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IT Project Manager

Employer
Resource Solutions.
Location
London, United Kingdom
Salary
85,000
Closing date
Feb 3, 2023

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Job Function
Insurance
Industry Sector
Finance - General
Employment Type
Full Time
Education
Bachelors
IT Project Manager

London (Hybrid, 1 day per week in the office)

£85,000

Our client, a blue-chip, top-10 insurance organisation, are searching for an IT Project Manager to join the Business Sericces team. This individual will deliver a portfolio of projects across infrastructure, application management and change, as well as security initiatives. The individual will be responsible for the IT delivery, management and oversight of one or more small-medium sized projects in this porfolio. This includes the full end-end managment of scoping initiative and taking technical deliverables through execution and handover to service.

Key Responsibilities

* To manage the delivery of ABS projects. This will include ensuring that the project is correctly specified, delivered on time, meet's business & technical requirements and is within the agreed budget. ABS Projects may also require third parties to be managed as part of the overall production line.

* Creating a plan and being accountable for the delivery of that plan to time, quality and cost.

* To establish and maintain effective working relationships with all stakeholders. This will include technical, business, operational and third party personnel. Organising and running workshops / 1-to-1 meetings with senior stakeholders.

* To understand high-level technical architecture and be able to facilitate debate and drive decisions on appropriate solutions.

* To control the governance of the project including weekly status meetings and reporting to Steering Committees

* To be responsible for the project administration and the production of project management documentation, e.g. project plans, financial plans, resource planning, status reports, steering packs, briefing packs.

* To monitor and manage the project processes and ensure that any elements which fail in the workflow are remedied.

* To track progress against milestones, deadlines and budget. To Report on these items to key stakeholders and to provide dependency information into ABS delivery team for projects.

* To anticipate, manage and resolve issues and act as the point of contact for the project.

* To use best practice risk management, assessing risks in an informed and considered manner and to plan for the mitigation of these risks.

* Ensuring the project remains focused on achieving its stated business outcomes.

* Be able to communicate technical project updates in an easy to understand, business language to MS Amlin internal clients (MSABS is a Service Company to MS Amlin's underwriting legal entities)

Personal attributes

* Ability to cope in a technically & politically complex and fast-changing environment, and to respond calmly and rationally to changing aspirations in a deadline-driven situation.

* Strong planning and organising skills including the ability to manage several work streams simultaneously through to implementation

* The ability to foster a commercial mind set by establishing scoping documentation (SOWs/PIDS) and controlling projects through credible impact assessments against time/quality/cost.

* Excellent communication skills with a capacity to present, discuss and explain issues coherently and logically both in writing and verbally.

* Good influencing and persuasion skills with the ability to enthuse and inspire multidisciplinary teams and build successful relationships at all levels.

* Good team player, self-motivated and able to work on own initiative.

* Computer literate, able to quickly and efficiently use a wide range of common Office software including Word, Excel, Project and Power Point).

* Clear decision-making ability with the facility to judge complex situations and assess when to escalate issues.

* Ability to balance conflicting and changing demands through prioritisation and a pragmatic approach.

* Strong sense of prioritisation and execution against critical deliverables, coupled with a sense of personal ownership for key project deliverables

* A track record of delivering against tight timescales in an ambiguous, demanding and changing environment

* Ability to demonstrate flexibility, multi-tasking skills and a 'can do attitude'

* Experience in dealing with conflicting priorities and opinions (multi-customer scenario)

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