Transformation Programme Manager – Big Ticket & Finance

Hiscox Insurance Company; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Hiscox Insurance Company is seeking a Transformation Programme Manager to drive delivery across a cluster of transformation workstreams. You will partner with sponsors and leads to define objectives, assess risks and unblock delivery, reporting to the Transformation Office Director.

You will balance independent assurance with practical intervention, coordinating with Finance, Technology, People, Risk and Procurement, and guiding readiness, adoption and business case benefits across the programme.

Qualifications

• Experience leading or recovering large programmes (portfolio level).
• Ability to judge realism of plans and delivery risks.
• Confident with senior sponsors and workstream leads; provides challenge respectfully.
• Strong planning, dependency management and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to simplify complex information into clear actions and options.
• Good understanding of business cases, financial control and benefits realization.
• Familiar with programme, project, product, agile and hybrid delivery approaches.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with your workstream cluster to build relationships with sponsors and leads.
• Assess delivery health and provide evidence-based views of confidence.
• Identify issues early and agree actions with owners and dates.
• Manage dependencies and capacity, aligning hand-offs between workstreams.
• Lead targeted intervention and recovery plans with sponsors and leads.
• Support governance discussions with concise progress updates and decisions.
• Ensure readiness, adoption and transition plans into business as usual.

Skills

Programme management

Delivery assurance

Stakeholder management

Planning & dependencies

Problem-solving

Financial awareness

Hybrid/agile delivery

Clear written/verbal communication

Ownership & follow-through

Job description

Hiscox Insurance Company is seeking a Transformation Programme Manager to drive delivery across a cluster of transformation workstreams. You will partner with sponsors and leads to define objectives, assess risks and unblock delivery, reporting to the Transformation Office Director.

You will balance independent assurance with practical intervention, coordinating with Finance, Technology, People, Risk and Procurement, and guiding readiness, adoption and business case benefits across the programme.