Job Title: Project Manager

Location: UK-Kent-Tunbridge Wells

Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm

Negotiable Day Rate- 6-month contract

Overview:

As Projects Manager within the Group Operations team, you will be working in an exciting, diverse and changeable environment. You will be a valued member of the team and expected to deliver high quality projects and deliverables within Insurance through various delivery methodologies to provide value and benefits to the business.

Responsibilities:

* Carry out delivery of an Insurance project and products using various methodologies.
* Create and analyse relevant information and develop recommendations for presentation to senior management.
* Constantly monitor and report on progress of projects to all stakeholders.
* Provide timely reporting of issues that impact projects progress, coordinating actions and resolving conflicts.
* Assess and address the operational impacts of projects - e.g. training and resource requirements.
* Coordinate interaction and communication among impacted departments.
* Planning and leading meetings or workshops as required.
* Working closely with Product Owners / Project Sponsors to prioritise workloads including backlogs when required.
* Work with other appropriate team leaders/managers to allocate resource to project tasks and track progress of work.
* Working closely with local delivery teams to assist in any prioritisation and scheduling decisions.
* Responsibility for producing succinct and appropriate reporting and input into the demand and delivery portfolio.
* Tracking of all risks, issues, dependencies, deliverables, costs and benefits.
* Travel may be required as appropriate in your role as Project Manager.



Qualifications:

* Knowledge and experience in Insurance Services and Systems
* Able to converse with both technical and non-technical information.
* Familiar with a range of Project Management, Agile, and Scrum methodologies with the enthusiasm to contribute towards speed of delivery and continual improvements.
* Excellent stakeholder management, communication and interpersonal skills, both verbal and written, at all levels.
* Good workshop facilitation skills.
* Experience managing aspects of large cross-functional projects across the full lifecycle with the ability to work on multiple projects concurrently.
* Experience working with suppliers and contractors.
* Proven ability to support the creation, review and edit of requirements, specifications, business processes and recommendations related to proposed solutions.
* Excellent Project and Change management skills and experience.
* Commercial and Financial acumen.
* Proven experience of having managed diverse groups of stakeholders.
* Strong understanding of the business analysis discipline.



Essential Requirements:



* Understanding, knowledge and experience in Home and Motor Insurance
* Experienced Project Manager with Project Management certification.
* Solid and proven experience of Project methodologies.
* Financial and Insurance Services experience with business knowledge.