Senior Project Manager - Savings & Retirement Technology (contract)

Pacific RE; City Of London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm is seeking a Senior Project Manager to oversee complex technological implementations within their Savings and Retirement business. The ideal candidate will have at least 10 years of project management experience, a strong background in managing stakeholders, and technical expertise in various methodologies. This role offers a competitive day rate for a 6-month contract and comes with comprehensive employee benefits, including generous leave policies and private healthcare.

Benefits

25 days of annual leave

Comprehensive private insurance

Subsidized gym membership

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Project and Programme Management experience.
• Proven experience managing 3rd party providers.
• Understanding of Technology Risk Management standards.

Responsibilities

• Manage the implementation of complex IT projects.
• Deliver projects on time and within budget.
• Coordinate with multi-location teams and stakeholders.

Skills

Project management

People management

Communication

Agile methodologies

Collaboration with stakeholders

Education

Degree or equivalent relevant industry experience

Tools

Jira

MS 365

Job description

Overview

Job Title: Senior Project Manager - Savings & Retirement Technology (contract)

This is a day rate contract vacancy for 6 months - Inside IR35.

We are planning the implementation of new Business to Business and Business to Consumer solutions in our Savings and Retirement business to enable clients to generate reinsurance price quotations on a self-service basis. We are upgrading legacy platforms to accommodate multiple clients on secure and scalable platforms and seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead the technical implementation of Technology Projects within the PL Re organisation.

You will have a strong background in project management, with proven experience managing 3rd party providers and implementing new platforms. You will deliver complex projects on time and within budget, ensuring planning, management, oversight and communications meet PL Re expectations.

You will work with multi-location Business and Technology Delivery teams including Savings and Retirement, Platforms, Infrastructure, Data, Enterprise Architecture and E-ISO and, where appropriate, Actuarial Systems, Finance, Operations, Pricing and other teams to develop, align and manage the project plan and timelines.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the successful end-to-end management of the implementation across the organisation.
• Ensure the delivery of a high-quality solution that meets PL Re requirements and provides a smooth experience for internal business, external clients and technology teams.
• Partner with project sponsors & stakeholders to define project scope, priorities, timelines, milestones, deadlines, plans, RAID, resource plans and deliverable schedules.
• Work with Change and Incident management teams to ensure alignment and on-time delivery of objectives.
• Anticipate issues and delays, evaluate trade-offs between size, complexity, cost, risk, etc., and mitigate all project risks.
• Develop activities with various teams, assign resources, supervise work and ensure adherence to quality and risk management standards; escalate issues with proposals for resolution.
• Facilitate discussions and consensus among project stakeholders, including the Project Steering Committee.
• Coordinate work within the team; elicit clear progress updates with transparency regarding risks and issues; monitor and report project status.
• Manage and monitor the project budget and expenditures.
• Ensure the project adheres to the business standards for project methodology, governance, reporting and risk management.

Qualifications, Expertise and Attributes

• Essential experience and proven track record of end-to-end project implementations in a complex, large-scale environment with multiple senior stakeholders; experience as a Senior Project Manager in complex IT Service Management / Technology environments.
• Experience in a regulated industry is highly desirable.
• Comfortable with Waterfall, Agile & Hybrid styles; able to select the best approach for tasks.
• Understanding of the software development lifecycle.
• Data & analytical expertise with ability to elicit and agree requirements across diverse stakeholders.
• Excellent planning, control and monitoring skills.
• Strong understanding of Technology Risk Management standards and security.
• Proven communication skills with the gravitas to interact at Executive and Senior Leadership levels.
• Significant experience in people management and matrix team leadership.
• Extensive experience managing and partnering with multiple 3rd party vendors.
• Strong understanding of project and programme methodologies (e.g., PRINCE2, APM).
• Degree or equivalent relevant industry experience.
• 10+ years of Project and Programme Management experience.
• Knowledge and experience using PPM solutions, Jira/Atlassian & MS 365 is advantageous.

Working For

Pacific Life Re

Benefits

Leave

• 25 days of annual leave with option to buy/sell more days
• Adoption and fertility leave
• Generous enhanced parental leave

Healthcare

• Comprehensive private insurance for employee and dependents
• Group Life Insurance coverage of 9x basic annual salary and Group Income Protection up to 75% of basic annual salary
• Optical benefits

Savings & Retirement

• 15% combined employee/employer contributions

Wellness

• Subsidized gym membership
• Access to Employee Assistance Program
• Cycle to Work and Electric Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Time off for volunteering
• Charitable matching of employee donations

We are committed to diversity and inclusion and will provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure equal access to applicants with disabilities. Please contact us about your needs so that we can discuss suitable adjustments where possible.