Project Manager, Project & Program Management, Change Management

Project Manager

At Munich Re Specialty – Global Markets (MRS-GM), it is our ambition to become the leading Primary Specialty Insurance provider, underpinned by an effective and adaptable strategy, superior products and industry leaders working in a supportive environment to achieve this.

At the heart of our success is a strong culture where people are encouraged to be present, bold and curious, allowing them to achieve their individual goals.

We are looking for a Project Manager to join our team in the city of Manchester on a full-time basis with hybrid working of 2-3 days per week.

Project Managers are responsible for delivering key projects within our Global Change Portfolio, supporting the delivery of projects across various areas of the business.

This role is responsible for the full end-to-end (E2E) delivery of business change projects, ensuring all key elements are tracked, reported and managed to a high standard to ensure successful, timely and on budget delivery. This will involve managing and working with other key change delivery functions, such as IT project managers, data leads, business analysts, business SMEs etc.

• Project ownership
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  Key person to lead and drive project delivery, including the engagement of stakeholders, at all levels and SMEs.
• Define project scope and objectives: Work with stakeholders to clearly define the scope and objectives of the project, outlining what needs to be accomplished and the desired outcomes.
• Project planning: Ensure a clear project plan is available at all times. Ensure that tasks, timelines, resources, and milestones are tracked/reported on as required by the Business Change leadership team, PMO and key stakeholders.
• Manage resources
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  Evaluate and allocate resources across their projects. Work pro-actively with resource owners and stakeholders to ensure this is estimated, allocated and utilised effectively to ensure successful project delivery.
• Budget management
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  Manage business change project budgets throughout the life cycle of their projects.
• Business case and benefits realisation: Lead the development, approval and ongoing management of business cases, ensuring investments deliver measurable business value. Define and monitor benefit realisation plans, track performance against agreed outcomes, provide transparent reporting to stakeholders and governance forums, and drive interventions where benefits, timelines or financial objectives are not being achieved.
• Assess the change impact: Ensure impact analysis and a change readiness assessment is conducted, and stakeholders are identified and engaged.
• Communication: Communicate in a clear and transparent manner supporting the achievement of project goals. Act as a central point of contact and coordination to ensure project success. Coordinate and manage external parties including TPAs and fronting companies, as well as parties across the Munich Re Group. Enable the development, delivery and management of key communications to internal and, where appropriate, external parties.
• Risk management: Identify, document and manage potential risks, issues and dependencies across their projects, ensuring there is a mitigation plan in place.
• Stakeholder management and collaboration
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  Facilitate and lead effective communication among team members, stakeholders, and other relevant parties, ensuring everyone is on the same page and aware of project progress. Prepare and manage workshops and other project-related meetings with senior management, SMEs and other stakeholders.
• Monitor, control and report progress
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  Monitor and report on project progress, as well as manage project planning, taking proactive, corrective actions when necessary to keep the project on track.
• Quality assurance
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  Ensure project documentation and outputs meet required quality standards/specifications and are managed in accordance with the agreed portfolio governance.
• Conflict resolution
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  Address conflicts and challenges that arise within the project team or with stakeholders and report/escalate risks/issues appropriately and proactively.
• Support the development of the wider Project Delivery team: Examples include project peer reviews and other ways of sharing knowledge and experience.
• Perform other Project Delivery activities: Take on other responsibilities from time-to-time as agreed by the Business Change leadership team.

• Experience of project managing business focused transformational changes within the insurance industry,…