IT Project Manager, London, £65,000

IT Project Manager, London, £65,000

Role Purpose

To manage multiple large scale projects within the EMEA Portfolio, these can either be stand-alone projects or will fall within global or EMEA programs of work

Key Accountabilities

• Operational IT experience and BC project experience
• Production and sign off of business cases
• Defining project scope and deliverables and developing project plans; activity planning, sequencing and time estimating; development of management project plans
• Ensure governance processes are understood and followed, appropriate stakeholders engaged at the right time
• Determine resources needed to meet expectations. Coordinate the activities to obtain the needed resources and manage resources effectively
• Responsible for providing statistical analysis, reporting findings, identifying enhancements and streamlining processes
• Identify and manage risks and issues and provide solution
• Maintain various status and financial reports for projects. Ensure timely information provided to management as appropriate. Monitoring, controlling and reporting on project progress to stakeholders
• Third Part Management
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives as projects progress and conduct post-project completion reviews to identify areas of continual improvement

Experience

• 3+ years of experience in Project management or related roles with proven, significant professional growth
• Formal qualification in project management (Prince 2, PMP) Six Sigma is desirable
• Knowledge of benefits broking process and client servicing related to benefit plans desired
• Knowledge of employer and employee benefits delivery model and best practices

Person Specification

• Ability to initiate, grow and maintain strong working relationships at all levels including executive sponsors, business leaders, subject matter experts and other key stakeholders
• Ability to manage executive and senior staff and skilled in the management of stakeholder expectations
• Ability to adapt content, style and level of detail of written and verbal communications to fit numerous, diverse audiences, selecting the most effective method in each case
• Critical Thinker- Ability to understand, articulate and translate complex business problems in order to define clear activities which result in desired solutions
• Delivery Focussed- Ability to identify and pursue the successful completion of key project products simultaneously ensuring quality and timeliness of all outputs
• Time Manager- Able to manage numerous projects simultaneously, prioritising key actions to ensure close management of stakeholders and action owners in order to achieve successful delivery of project products and outputs
• Technical Expert- Solid Understanding of Project Management such as prince 2 and structures and can demonstrate a pragmatic application of these appropriate to a given audience.
• Proven Experience in;

• Proven ability in an insurance or financial services environment for at least 3 years. Process mapping, lean methodology and operational improvement implementation

IT Project Manager, London, £65,000

This role is being represented by Annapurna on behalf of the client, please send cv's through to d.wright@annapurnarecruitment.com