Senior Project Manager

Role Description

As Senior Project Manager in Commercial Transformation, you will work collaboratively with other change professionals to realise business benefits through delivery of strategic projects in our portfolio, covering Digital Trading, Mid Markets and Distribution.

In this role you will work within a team of change experts as a trusted partner, driving our business towards achieving our strategic objectives. You will lead project teams, role‑model our values, while partnering with your sponsors, senior stakeholders and users.

You’ll have an innovative mind‑set and ensure delivery is value‑ and outcome‑based and aligned to the programme vision. You’ll be passionate about change and want to make a difference.

Pay:
Circa £70,000 per year. Pay is based on relevant experience, skills for the role and location. Salary is only one part of our total reward package.

• End‑to‑end delivery of multiple complex change projects, ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Defining and managing project plans, milestones, budgets and resource needs using Agile, Waterfall or hybrid methodologies.
• Engaging internal and external stakeholders, including managing third‑party relationships and commercial terms.
• Driving urgency, pace and clarity while maintaining strong communication and engagement across all stakeholder groups.
• Monitoring project benefits and ensuring alignment with strategic objectives throughout the lifecycle.
• Managing risks, issues, dependencies and operational impacts to ensure minimal disruption to business‑as‑usual.
• Ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements, supporting project closure and contributing to continuous improvement in delivery practices.
• Solving complex problems collaboratively with multiple stakeholders across functions.

• Experience in project and change delivery, having delivered a variety of projects of different sizes using both Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
• Strong understanding of change management and implementing people, process and systems change.
• Forward‑thinking, with experience in planning and forecasting and the ability to understand and manage risk proactively.
• Demonstrated experience of problem solving and removing impediments.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at all levels.
• Growth mindset and process improvement ability, focused on continuous improvement.
• Ability to manage a budget, including forecasting and estimating.
• Experience managing suppliers.
• Understanding of IT systems development lifecycle.
• Leadership, coaching and mentoring experience.
• Project, Agile or Change management qualifications are an advantage but not essential.
• Experience with in the commercial insurance industry is beneficial but not essential.

• Flexible buy/sell holiday options.
• Hybrid working.
• Annual performance‑related bonus.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Development days.
• Discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet.
• Retail discounts.
• Volunteering days.

Do you need flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it’s right for our customers, our business and for you, we’ll do everything we can to make it happen. Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABI's flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns that balance the needs of our customers with your personal circumstances and our business requirements, helping innovation, creativity and you to thrive.

Your work‑life balance is important to us.

At Allianz, we believe in fostering an inclusive workforce and are proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. Our commitment to equal opportunities, gender equity and balanced gender representation is demonstrated by our numerous accreditations: EDGE certified for gender inclusion, Women in Finance Charter members, Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, Business in the Community’s Race at Work Charter signatories and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer.

We embrace neurodiversity and welcome…