Overview
Senior Project Manager (Business Change)
About the Role
Previous experience in effective delivery of complex projects is essential for this role.
The successful candidate will work both independently and collaboratively, to manage specific workstream within a large business transformation programme, adhering to the LV= Project Management Framework (PMF), ensuring these meet the agreed cost, time and quality constraints.
We support hybrid working, with a regular (2 days a week) presence required at either our Exeter or Bournemouth offices.
Key Responsibilities
•Support the Programme Manager with delivery scope and managing the programme cost model.
•Manage specific programme workstreams in line with LV= change processes.
•Ensure that objectives are delivered in a timely manner and that they meet budget and quality requirements.
•Build and maintain effective working relationships with third-party suppliers to ensure a smooth delivery.
•Collaborate with onshore and offshore scrum team to deliver SmartComms documents and Data Extracts through Fabric for the protection business.
•Provide information and updates to a range of stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.
About You
•Demonstrated experience of successfully delivering complex projects, with multiple stakeholders and suppliers.
•Competent to apply robust project/programme management skills to more complex situations, demonstrating proactive delivery ownership.
•Possess knowledge and experience of various project management approaches and tools including: waterfall, agile and hybrid, and how best to apply these to optimise the project team’s ability to deliver.
•Relevant project management certification, relevant degree or QBE.
•Excellent communication and influencing skills, able to work with stakeholders at all levels and with key external delivery partners.
•Strong commercial awareness.
•Leadership or mentoring experience, with the ability to provide coaching/assistance if required.
•Ability to identify project priorities and challenges, and collaborate with the team to implement effective solutions.
Desirable
Rewards & Benefits
This role is a Band C in the LV= Structure.
At LV= Life and Pensions, you’ll go above and beyond to do the right thing for our customers. We’ll reward your hard work with an attractive, competitive salary and benefits package, which includes:
•30 days’ holiday.
•The opportunity to buy or sell up to two days of holiday.
•An annual bonus scheme based on company and personal performance.
•Flexible benefits, including a cycle to work scheme, personal accident insurance, critical illness cover, private medical insurance, and dental insurance.
•Competitive pension scheme – LV= Life and Pensions will double-match the amount you pay, up to 14% (subject to National Minimum Wage requirements).
•Group Life Assurance of four times your basic pay to your dependents (you’ll have the option to increase this to 8 x cover).
•Group Income Protection, if you enrol into the pension scheme and reach 5 years of service.
•Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) service for support when you need it.
•Virtual GP service.
•Shared parental leave.
•Up to 20% discount on our life products for you and your immediate family.
Please note that any successful internal colleagues will be offered a secondment opportunity. The secondment policy is available on the intranet for internal colleagues.
We’re proud of our inclusive culture at LV= and, as an equal-opportunity employer, we continually work to remove unconscious bias from our recruitment process. We value our colleagues for what they bring to our team regardless of any protected status or characteristics they may have. Talk to us about flexible working as part of your application; if it’s right for you, our members and customers, and our business, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen.
