Senior Project Manager - Migrations

Royal London; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mutual life and pensions company is seeking a Senior Project Manager to oversee and deliver multiple migration projects. The role includes planning, executing, and growing migration capabilities within the organization. Ideal candidates will have experience in complex project environments, excellent interpersonal skills, and proficiency in ETL or ELT tools. This position offers a hybrid working model and competitive benefits including annual leave and pension contributions.

Benefits

28 days of annual leave

Up to 14% employer matching pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Qualifications

• Experience of leading complex migration projects with cross-functional teams.
• Highly competent in ETL or ELT migration tools.
• Ability to translate complex data requirements for clarity.
• Proven ability to work in ambiguous environments.
• Interpersonal skills to spur change in cross-functional settings.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project management for migration projects.
• Develop and implement comprehensive migration plans.
• Collaborate with technical teams for seamless integration.
• Monitor and track project progress against plans.

Skills

ETL or ELT migration tools

Cross-functional team leadership

Risk assessment

Stakeholder management

Interpersonal skills

Job description

Job Title: Senior Project Manager - Migrations

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Alderley Edge or Edinburgh

Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based

This is a unique opportunity to join Royal London at the start of building a dedicated capability to lead and deliver migration projects across the organisation. We are looking for an exceptional individual who has delivered multiple migration projects, ideally within a Life and Pensions environment, and would relish the chance to use their experience to help shape how we do things here.

You will strive to ensure business outcomes are clearly understood and associated solutions are delivered to enable the business to realise benefits on time, within budget, and to agreed quality standards.

You will take overall responsibility for planning and leading the delivery of the whole change lifecycle for projects covering both Business and Technical driven migrations, creating a reusable strategy and approach.

About the role

1. Lead end-to-end project management for migration projects within the organization.
2. Develop and implement comprehensive migration plans, including migration strategy, scope definition, resource allocation, and documentation.
3. Collaborate with technical teams to ensure seamless integration and minimal disruption to business operations during migrations.
4. Conduct risk assessments and develop mitigation strategies to address potential challenges and issues that may arise during migrations.
5. Monitor and track project progress, identify deviations from plan, and take appropriate corrective actions to keep projects on track.
6. Coordinate with key stakeholders to ensure their requirements are included in migration plans and effectively communicated to project teams.
7. Manage project budgets, forecasts, and financial reporting to ensure projects are delivered within agreed-upon financial constraints.
8. Develop a migration practice including a toolset incorporating templates, policies, tools, and partnerships to expand and mature these capabilities for the organisation.

About you

1. Experience of leading complex migration projects with cross-functional teams across multiple parties.
2. Highly competent in the use of ETL or ELT migration tools and the use of staging areas for managing the translation and loading of data.
3. Ability to translate complex data requirements to a business audience to ensure clarity of requirements.
4. Proven ability to work in an ambiguous environment and collaborate across multiple areas to achieve a common business or technical objective.
5. Interpersonal skills to influence and spur change, facilitate, and enhance performance within a cross-functional environment.
6. Develop and deliver progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation, and presentations to various audiences, including project teams, sponsors, CIO, and key stakeholders.
7. Identify and develop trusted adviser relationships with project stakeholders and sponsors.

About Royal London

We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions, and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings, and asset management products and services.

Our commitment to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable, and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values: Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.

We’ve always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days of annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme, and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here -

Inclusion, diversity, and belonging

We’re an employer that celebrates and values different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognized and respected – whatever their background.