Job Title
Senior Project Manager (Interim)
Location:
UK (Agile Working)
Salary Range:
Competitive Day Rate
Reporting to:
Head of Change / Programme Leadership
Type:
Contract (6 Months)
Overview:
An exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Project Manager to join a growing insurance organisation undergoing significant business and technology transformation. This role will take ownership of complex change initiatives from inception through to implementation, working across business and technology functions to ensure successful delivery.
The successful candidate will be a confident and commercially minded project leader, capable of managing senior stakeholders, driving governance, coordinating cross-functional teams and delivering outcomes within agreed timelines and budgets. This is a highly visible role with significant exposure to senior leadership and strategic initiatives.
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex business and technology transformation projects.
• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables and success criteria in collaboration with key stakeholders.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, milestones, dependencies and resource requirements.
• Manage project budgets, business cases and benefit realisation activities.
• Establish and maintain effective governance structures, reporting frameworks and project controls.
• Identify, manage and mitigate project risks, issues and dependencies.
• Coordinate internal teams, subject matter experts and third-party vendors to ensure successful delivery.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across business and technology functions.
• Produce project documentation including project charters, RAID logs, status reports and steering committee materials.
• Drive continuous improvement and identify opportunities to enhance operational effectiveness and project delivery.
• Coach and support project team members, promoting accountability and high performance.
What We're Looking For:
• 10+ years' project management experience delivering large-scale business change and technology transformation programmes.
• Proven experience delivering complex projects within regulated financial services environments.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with experience engaging senior leadership and executive-level stakeholders.
• Experience managing cross-functional teams spanning business, technology, architecture and change functions.
• Demonstrable experience managing third-party vendors and external delivery partners.
• Strong governance, planning, budgeting and project controls expertise.
• Experience developing business cases and supporting strategic decision-making.
• Excellent communication, influencing and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to operate independently in fast-paced and evolving environments.
Desirable but Not Essential:
• London Market, Lloyd's or wider insurance industry experience.
• Experience delivering regulatory change initiatives.
• Knowledge of insurance regulatory frameworks and controls.
• Experience working with project portfolio management tools.
• Formal project management certification (PRINCE2, PMP, Agile or equivalent).
About the Company:
A well-established global insurance and reinsurance business with a strong reputation for technical excellence, financial strength and innovation. The organisation operates across multiple international markets and is investing heavily in business transformation, operational excellence and technology modernisation to support its next phase of growth.