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Senior Project Manager

Location London, United Kingdom Job type Full-Time Work mode Hybrid Job level Professional Job ID 11240 Company Munich Re Specialty - Global Markets Employment type Regular Area of expertise Information Technology
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Responsibilities: 

  • To run and manage multiple complex projects with a budget of approximately £1m - £3m and take responsibility for their delivery using formal project management techniques as appropriate
  • Ensure the projects are delivered on time, meet the business & technical requirements and delivered within the agreed budget. Projects will be internally resourced but may require third parties to be managed as part of the overall delivery
  • Produce a Charter for each project based upon the agreed scope, define the budget, identify the resources, create the schedule, outline the approach and suggest the sequencing of work required to execute the project effectively
  • Drive the delivery of their projects with predictable consistency, efficiency and success, ensuring overall compliance with IT-internal requirements and smooth transition of the resulting solution into production
  • Managing vendor relationships and the effective utilization of resources on each project, minimizing use of external onshore and offshore resources, and ensuring the timely onboarding and offboarding of those resources when tasks are completed
  • To establish and maintain effective working relationships with all stakeholders and act as the key point of contact for the project
  • Identify issues/risks, analyse options and manage impacts to mitigate project delays and take appropriate action to keep the project on track, leveraging support from key stakeholders and/or management as required
  • Manage, monitor and report progress against milestones and budgets, ensuring consistent and transparent communications are provided to Management and Executive Leadership
  • Ensure all project costs (actuals) are actively tracked and managed, including SOWs/Purchase Orders, contracts, internal resource assignments, and ensure accurate forecasts and accruals are maintained in SAP and Clarity
  • Coordinate the completion of all documentation, project plans, change requests, approvals, lifecycle steps and compliance gate requests in a timely manner to ensure the project continues to align with the agreed schedule
  • Any additional duties and responsibilities that may reasonably be expected to be undertaken in accordance with the role

Knowledge and Skills

  • At least 5 to 7 years+ of experience in successfully managing the delivering of IT infrastructure, workplace or application projects within a technically complex and dynamic environment, ideally in a global Finance/Insurance or regulated industry
  • Able to demonstrate strong management skills including project management, financial management, change management and facilitation
  • Ability to lead and direct the project under a unified project lens without compromising business outcomes and priority constraints
  • Ability to work in complex organisation structures and tenaciously forge a path for delivery resulting in delivery
  • Excellent communication skills, strong experience in managing the diverging interests of various stakeholders
  • Proven ability to create meaningful reports and summarise project health status for stakeholder presentations
  • Proven ability to manage and track project costs and budgets to agreed baselines
  • Ability to drive a mixture of functional and geographic workstreams and co-ordinate step change delivery to the business in a unified way
  • Consulting and collaborative working style creating a culture of accountability and sharing
  • A self-motivated individual able to work with varying organisational and geographic styles to the end goal of unifying and standardising the delivery culture and capability
  • Fluent spoken and written English
  • Willingness to travel internationally

If you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with everything outlined, or you don’t meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the candidate we are looking for!

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Competitive Salary

We provide fair and competitive compensation that reflects your performance and commitment.

Company performance-based Incentives

In addition to your salary, our variable compensation approach allows you to share in Munich Re's success.

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Learning & Development

We offer tailored learning opportunities with a strong focus on core skills and business-critical knowledge.

Work-Life-Balance

Supporting your ability to balance family, leisure, and your career.

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