Senior Project Manager- Business Integration

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading global brokerage as a Senior Project Manager. Drive transformative change while collaborating with diverse teams and C-suite stakeholders. This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on project management in a thriving insurance environment.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Defined contribution pension scheme

Life insurance at 4x basic salary

Income protection

Health cash plan or private medical insurance

Employee stock purchase plan

Discounted gym membership

Qualifications

• Experience as a Senior Project Manager in finance or digital transformation.
• Knowledge of general insurance products required.
• Familiarity with agile and waterfall project delivery methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Manage full project life cycle for multiple initiatives.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define project scope and deliverables.
• Lead project meetings and ensure alignment with strategic goals.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem Solving

Education

Project Management certification (PMP, MSP, or Prince 2)

Job description

Introduction

Indulge your passion for problem-solving and embrace the thrill of addressing risk head-on at Gallagher's global brokerage team. Join a family of diverse minds, united by a relentless pursuit of excellence. As part of our team, you'll be the architect of protection, safeguarding businesses and empowering their ambitions. Together, we'll build a legacy of trust and triumph in the dynamic world of risk management.

We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.

Overview

Gallagher are one of the world's largest insurance brokers, provides a full range of retail and wholesale property/casualty brokerage and alternative risk transfer services globally, as well as employee benefit brokerage, consulting, and actuarial services. We also offer claims and information management, risk control consulting, and appraisal services to clients around the world.

Gallagher Global Brokerage (GGB) UK is made up of four key trading divisions - Retail, Specialty, Reinsurance and Pen (MGA)).

The Insurance Broker Accounting (IBA) function provides core finance services to GGB via 200 staff based in Glasgow and another 200 based off shore,

The IBA function is going through a significant transformation of People, Process & Technology, and as a qualified and experienced Senior Project Manager you will play a key role in leading major change initiatives.

You will be part of the Programme Office, working with C-Suite stakeholders and SME’s from across the Gallagher business, delivering change, developing & driving plans to improve the performance of the function and the business in support of the strategic goals and objectives

This role is based from our Glasgow office and a requirement will be to commute to this office 3 days a week.

How you'll make an impact

• Full project life cycle ownership: successful project delivery will include full implementation from initiation to deployment for one major or several minor initiatives simultaneously
• Manage all aspects of multiple related projects to ensure the overall program is aligned to and directly supports the achievement of strategic objectives
• Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation and excellence
• Participate in establishing practices, templates, policies, tools and partnerships to expand and mature these capabilities within Change for the organization
• Collaborating with stakeholders to document project scope, deliverables, goals, risks, blockers, success measures, and estimated resources needed.
• Prepare estimates and detailed project plan for all phases of the project
• Ensure adequate resources to achieve project objectives in planned timeframes
• Manage the day-to-day project activities and resources and chairs the project management team meetings
• Provide status reporting regarding project milestones, deliverable, dependencies, risks and issues, communicating across leadership
• Understand interdependencies between technology, operations and business need
• Manage project scope, changes, quality control and participate in quality issue resolution
• Manage project and program issues and risks to mitigate impact to baseline
• Identify and develop relationships with project and program stakeholders, sponsors and stakeholders
• Ensures adherence to legally binding requirements.
• Carry out duties following internal policies and procedures in accordance with applicable laws, rules, regulations, good governance and Gallagher’s shared values, in particular, putting clients at the heart of our business
• Continue professional development in order to keep abreast of emerging technologies, methods and best practices

About you

• Previous experience gained as a Senior Project Manager, leading operational data and digital or finance transformation projects
• Knowledge and experience of general insurance (London Market / Lloyd’s and Industry) products is required.
• Understanding of project delivery methodologies e.g. agile, waterfall
• Experience leading, motivating and managing various project and program team sizes, including internal and external resources, while holding team accountable for performance in fast paced environments
• Extensive understanding of project and program management principles, methods and techniques
• Excellent leadership, communication (written, verbal and presentation) and interpersonal skills
• Able to present to executive sponsors and demonstrated communication skills; both written and oral with technical and non-technical staff, all levels of management
• Experience working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Flexible with proven ability to conform to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities
• Project Management PMP, MSP or Prince 2 certification would be an advantage
• Eligible to work in the UK
• UK travel to Gallagher offices maybe required from time to time

Compensation and benefits

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.

Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

• Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days
• Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
• Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
• Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
• Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Other benefits include:

• Three fully paid volunteering days per year
• Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
• Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
• Critical illness cover
• Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
• Season ticket loan
• Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
• Emergency back-up family care
• And many more…

We value inclusion and diversity

Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.

Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.

Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.

We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.

Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with [e-mail] . If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.

Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.

Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.