Senior Project Manager - Migrations

TN United Kingdom; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead migration projects in a hybrid role. This position offers a unique opportunity to shape migration strategies within a dynamic organization. You will be responsible for overseeing the entire change lifecycle, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget. With a focus on collaboration and stakeholder engagement, you will drive successful outcomes through effective project management and communication. Join a company that values diversity and offers a fulfilling work environment, along with competitive benefits.

Benefits

28 days annual leave

14% employer pension match

private medical insurance

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex migration projects with cross-functional teams.
• Highly competent in ETL or ELT migration tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project management for migration projects.
• Develop and implement comprehensive migration plans.

Skills

Project Management

Migration Strategy

ETL/ELT Tools

Risk Assessment

Stakeholder Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Project Management Certification

Tools

Project Management Software

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 financial constraints.
8. Develop a migration practice including a toolset with templates, policies, tools, and partnerships to expand capabilities.

About you

1. Experience leading complex migration projects with cross-functional teams across multiple parties.
2. Highly competent in ETL or ELT migration tools and managing data translation and loading via staging areas.
3. Ability to translate complex data requirements to a business audience for clarity.
4. Proven ability to work in ambiguous environments and collaborate across areas to achieve objectives.
5. Interpersonal skills to influence change and enhance performance within a cross-functional environment.
6. Experience developing and delivering reports, proposals, documentation, and presentations to various audiences.
7. Ability to develop trusted relationships with 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 to work in an inclusive, responsible, enjoyable, and fulfilling environment, underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values: Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.

We offer great benefits such as 28 days annual leave plus bank holidays, up to 14% employer pension match, and private medical insurance. See all our benefits here -

Inclusion, diversity, and belonging

We celebrate and value diverse backgrounds and cultures. Our diverse perspectives give us a range of skills that are recognized and respected—whatever your background.