Project Manager

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to join a leading Life and Pensions Consultancy. You will join their Transformation & Change team. The key priority for the role will be to manage and deliver multiple projects or programme work-streams in orderto meet business objectives.Salary: Up to 50kLocation: Bristol, Peterborough, Liverpool, Salisbury, BasingstokeYour Responsibilities:

• Responsibility for delivery of a project or a work stream within a programme, ensuring delivery is on time, within budget, to scope.
• Ensures the application of the appropriate project management disciplines
• Establishes an effective project organisation structure and responsible for project team shaping, building, development, management and motivation
• Responsible for the budget reporting, forecasting and expenditure associated with projects.

• Responsible for shaping and developing the technical solution in line with current strategy
• Responsible for ensuring that the delivered project or work stream meets the needs of the business as specified in the original requirements.
• Manages and contributes to the selection of supplier delivery relationships for technical partners, software vendors and contract agencies
• Responsible for managing and maintaining relationships with stakeholders and key customers, ensuring delivery meets requirements

RequirementsYour Competencies and Past Experience:

• Educated to A level or equivalent experience or relevant Industry qualification
• Ideally accredited at Project Management discipline (practitioner level) (e.g. Certified Project Manager, APMP, Prince2, ISEB)
• Financial services experience (Banking, Insurance, Life & Pension) would be an advantage however, is not essential as project management skills are key to this role
• Experience and excellent understanding of project management techniques and disciplines

• Experience of management and motivation of a team of specialist and non-specialist staff
• Experience of managing medium to high scale and / or medium to high risk projects in a commercial outsource organisation and / or financial services environment.
• Has experience of managing multiple cross-functional stakeholders, both internal and external
• Multi-disciplinary experience and has demonstrated ability to quickly come up to speed on new areas, to quickly build credibility with professionals from other disciplines
• Has driven business solution identification and project initiation

BenefitsBenefits:

• Working as part of one of the global leading IT and Change companies, the opportunity to develop your career through the wider global organisation of the TCS family
• Eligibility for a discretionary annual bonus, contributory Company pension scheme membership
• 25 days holidays + 8 bank holidays alongside various family friendly policies to support diversity and inclusion in the workplace

• Ability to work on a flexible home/office working arrangement where business need allows
• Company support is available to study professional qualifications to further professional accreditation for career development
• Access to our bespoke 24/7 professionally accredited online learning and development tools including 24/7 access to a wide range of e-books
• Access to a wide range of employee reward and benefits including retail discount shopping schemes and many other discounted services and options
• Access to a broad range of Wellbeing support tools and options, including our Confidential Helpline, available to be used by you and your family for advice on various matters

Keyskills :
APMPCertified Project ManagerISEBinsurancebakingfinancial servicesPrince2project managementLife and pensions