Senior Project Manager - Delivery

Senior Project Manager – Insurance Change

Speciality Insurance

Leeds - Hybrid

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to join a leading, prestigious, specialist insurer’s UK Business Change team, supporting the delivery of complex strategic projects across the organisation.

This is a key role working with cross-functional teams, senior stakeholders and third-party system providers to deliver projects from initial planning through to implementation and review.

Key responsibilities:

• Leading large, complex projects within the UK portfolio
• Creating and managing full lifecycle project plans using MS Project
• Chairing Project Working Groups and Steer Co meetings
• Coordinating multiple work streams, dependencies and resources
• Managing project risks, issues, budgets and third-party suppliers
• Providing clear progress reports to sponsors and senior stakeholders
• Leading business-readiness, communication and implementation planning
• Ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget and to the required quality

We’re looking for someone with:

• A strong track record of delivering complex projects within insurance or financial services
• Experience managing third-party vendors and senior internal stakeholders
• Excellent knowledge of waterfall project delivery and MS Project
• Prince2 Practitioner and/or Agile experience
• Strong change management and business-improvement expertise
• Experience leading workshops, Steer Cos and working groups
• Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder-management skills
• Strong budget management and end-to-end business-readiness experience

This is an excellent opportunity to join a collaborative, people-first organisation and play an important part in delivering meaningful business change.