Project Manager, Program ​/ Project Manager, Operations Manager

Project Manager

Leatherhead, Surrey

Premium Credit is the leading provider of insurance premium finance and a range of annually charged services, including tax, regulatory and accountancy fees, sports season tickets, memberships and school fees in the UK and Ireland. We're a multi award winning business lending more than £4.5 billion to over 2.5 million customers through a network of almost three thousand partners- and growing.

Recently certified as a Great Place to Work in the UK and Ireland, we’re a successful business with a Trustpilot rating of 4.5, a Net Promoter Score of +78, a Glassdoor rating of 4.2 and a Silver Sustainability medal.

You’ll be joining the team at the heart of business and technology change, to plan, design, execute and monitor a range of individual projects within programmes that contribute to the tactical needs and strategic initiatives of our business.

• Competitive salary up to £65000 per annum
• A workplace pension scheme
• Hybrid working, with collaborative days in our Leatherhead office
• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), with options to purchase and sell up to 5 days holiday per year (pro rata)
• Private health and dental cover
• Support and investment in your personal development
• 24/7 access to Employee Assistance Programme and Mental Health First Aiders

This is an exciting time of growth for us, and we’re hiring a Project Manager to help us continue this success. This is a great opportunity to develop a varied and rewarding career with a company that invests in, recognises and rewards its people.

Reporting to the Senior Project Manager, you'll manage multiple projects. You'll develop business cases and manage the project initiation process, collaborating with cross disciplinary teams to support requirements gathering, create and maintain detailed project plans and that activities are planned owned and executed to drive overall project delivery.

You will

• Participate in broader programme management processes, managing cross-workstream dependencies, priorities and risks
• Manage and maintain the RAID register, supporting mitigating actions for risks and issues.
• Manage changes to key project parameters, ensuring the right decisions are made, expectations managed and clear communication to all parties.
• Ensure SMEs are engaged and involved throughout, fulfilling their agreed accountabilities.
• Create and maintain project budgets, tracking actual spend and providing realistic forecasts, ensuring that project benefits reflect the solution scope.
• Maintain relationships with key stakeholders, owning communications and ensuring their buy-in.
• Facilitate workshops, working collaboratively with stakeholders, SMEs and project teams to ensure effective decision making.
• Ensure effective business change, communicating and influencing via change champions; supporting change impact assessments and readiness activities and providing visibility of project progress.

If you’re an individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment, able to work collaboratively with others and are looking to make a difference, this is a brilliant opportunity to advance your career to the next level with our sector-leading company.

To be successful as our Project Manager you’ll hold a relevant qualification (Prince2 or PMP) and have experience delivering digital projects using waterfall, agile and iterative methodologies covering the full life cycle. You’re a natural communicator, able to manage multiple stakeholders in group and one to one settings, utilising your meeting management and presentation skills.

You will have;

• Experience of whole project lifecycle within business change and technology projects
• Experience of optimising processes and outcomes working with outsourced or off-shore technology delivery teams
• Experience of managing IT Partner and supplier services
• In depth knowledge and experience of MS Project (Scheduling) and Office tools
• Experience with in the financial services sector

We’re committed to providing reasonable adjustments or accommodations for applicants, so if you need assistance or support during the recruitment process, please let us know on the application form…