Senior Project Manager (Insurance)

We are currently working with a leading insurance player to recruit for a Project Manager into their Change team. The role will be responsible for providing support across multiple business functions within the Group, this role is about enabling the delivery of a wide range of projects; from the planning phase through to development and implementation. Projects will range from the support for new deal development and acquisition, through to wider business improvement projects. The Project & Implementation Manager will use a combination of tools and techniques, coupled with practical experience and problem-solving skills to enable the successful delivery of projects across the business, whilst helping to develop a wider knowledge base within the business relating to project management discipline.

The responsibilities will include;
• Working across various stakeholders to develop clear project plans for both small and large-scale projects, ensuring assignment of clear actions, owners and deliverables
• Successfully managing the delivery of these projects within agreed timescales
• Helping to develop project management discipline across the business
• Critically reviewing and assessing plans to understand how delivery can be enabled, within overall landscape of ongoing business change
• Prioritisation and management of time and resource across the delivery of multiple projects
• Engagement and ongoing management of relevant stakeholders
• Identification and progression of business improvement opportunities
• Clear reporting of project progress, including production of board-level report inputs
• Development of clear project delivery tracking methods to be used internally across the group

Key skills required;
• Project management skills and experience; preferably supported by formal qualifications (e.g. Prince 2)
• Operational Excellence and Process Improvement, including knowledge of Lean/Six Sigma methodology
• Experience of successfully applying methodology and tools in a variety of practical situations, adapting style and method where required
• Able to manage multiple projects at one time
• Stakeholder management and delivery through a network of contacts
• Problem solving & critical thinking
• Prioritisation and time management
• Effective management of available resources
• Cost control
• Resilient and able to work under pressure
• Coaching skills