Senior Technology Project Manager

Location: Greater London

** Job Title
** Senior Technology Project Manager
**** Job Description
**** The Technology function comprises multiple globally distributed teams (Global Technology Solutions;
Global Service & Infrastructure Management; Risk; Enterprise Architecture & Data; Information Security; and regional support hubs). Together, they are responsible for the design, delivery, management and security of PL Re’s global application and infrastructure landscape.

The team delivers a mixture of bespoke, business‑critical solutions (e.g., Underwriting, Claims, Pricing and Actuarial applications) and enterprise systems, while maintaining a high standard of service and security across our UK/Europe, Asia, North America and Australia offices.

The Role We are investing in strengthening our Technology change delivery capability as part of a maturing Portfolio Management and governance framework. As a result, we are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead a number of strategically important change initiatives across Technology and the wider business.

This role will own end‑to‑end project delivery across multiple domains—Platforms, Infrastructure, Data, Enterprise Architecture, Information Security and Partnerships with Actuarial, Finance, Operations and regional business units. You will be accountable for ensuring projects are well‑governed, strategically aligned, properly costed, risk‑managed and delivered to agreed outcomes.

You will play a key role in supporting the uplift in Technology Portfolio maturity, contributing to planning cycles, supporting effective prioritisation, and ensuring that delivery teams operate with discipline, transparency and predictable cadence.

This position requires a proactive leader with deep delivery experience, exceptional stakeholder and vendor management skills, and the confidence to influence senior technology and business stakeholders. You will also act as a mentor to Project Managers and Analysts, supporting the development of delivery capability across the function.

Key Responsibilities
* Lead the full lifecycle delivery of medium‑to‑large technology projects, from concept and mobilisation through to implementation and handover to BAU.
* Manage scope, schedule, budget, resources, dependencies and delivery risks to ensure predictable outcomes.
* Ensure clear definition of benefits, deliverables, dependencies and success criteria.
* Operate within the Technology Portfolio Management and governance frameworks, ensuring disciplined reporting, RAID management and change control.
* Produce high‑quality reporting and insight for Portfolio governance, Technology leadership, Steering Committees and Executive forums.
* Ensure compliance with Technology risk management, security standards and regulatory expectations (where applicable).
* Engage and influence stakeholders across all Technology towers and business units, managing expectations and ensuring aligned priorities.
* Work collaboratively with Enterprise Architecture, Information Security and Risk to secure appropriate design, assurance and approval.
* Manage relationships with external vendors, ensuring contractual commitments and deliverables are met.
* Contribute to quarterly planning cycles, project pipeline shaping, and multi‑year roadmap development.
* Support Portfolio leadership in preparing prioritisation materials, business cases and impact assessments.
* Drive clarity on capacity requirements, delivery sequencing and resource constraints.
* Provide day‑to‑day leadership and coaching to Project & Portfolio teams.
* Promote best‑practice delivery disciplines and champion continuous improvement across the change community.
* Support the maturity of PMO and Portfolio processes and tooling.

Qualifications, Expertise and Attributes
* Significant experience delivering complex technology projects in a multi‑discipline, multi‑location environment, ideally within financial services, reinsurance, insurance or another risk‑aware sector.
* Expert understanding of project and programme management methodologies, including Agile, Waterfall and hybrid approaches, with the ability to tailor methods pragmatically to the initiative.
* Proven leadership…