Overview

Senior Project Manager

About the Role

We have a fantastic opportunity for a proactive, astute individual to join our Business Change team as a Senior Project Manager on a fixed-term basis of six months.
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 presence required at either our Bournemouth or Exeter offices.

Key Responsibilities

  • Supporting the Programme Manager with delivery scope and managing to the programme cost model.
  •  Managing specific programme workstreams in line with LV= change processes.
  • Ensuring that objectives are delivered in a timely manner and that they meet budget and quality requirements. (This will include defining and planning projects, reporting on progress and advising of any issues or risks, managing risks, and liaising effectively with stakeholders).
  • Building and maintaining effective working relationships with third-party suppliers to ensure a smooth delivery.
  • Working with several Life (Adviser & Consumer) aggregators to ensure the successful technical integration of new digital quote systems, overseeing this process and dealing with any issues/concerns.
  • Working with third party suppliers for integration of an underwriting rules engine.
  • Providing information and updates to a range of stakeholders in a clear and concise manner. 
About You
Our ideal candidate will…
  • Have strong experience of successfully delivering complex projects, with multiple stakeholders and suppliers.
  • Competently 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.
  • Have gained a relevant project management certification, relevant degree or QBE.
  • Possess excellent communication and influencing skills, able to work with stakeholders at all levels within LV= and with key external delivery partners.
  • Have strong commercial / business awareness.
  • Showcase some leadership or mentoring experience, with the ability to provide coaching/assistance if required. 
  • Have some experience of working in the life insurance sector (desirable).
  • Quickly identify key priorities and challenges within existing projects, and work with the team to agree on, and implement solutions. 
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 we are unable to offer Skilled Worker Visa Sponsorship for this role. Therefore, you must ensure that you are eligible to work in the UK without our sponsorship in order for your application to be considered. 
If you are offered this role as an internal secondment, please note your base band benefits will not change during the secondment. 

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.

Please note that any successful internal colleagues will be offered a secondment opportunity. The secondment policy is available on the intranet for internal colleagues.

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