Oliver James
Project Manager
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Project Manager - New Business Projects Transformation | 12 Month FTC | Circa £60,000 DOE
The Role
We're looking for a Project Manager to support the delivery of new business projects for a leading insurance business, coordinating change from initiation through to implementation. You'll manage day-to-day project activity, dependencies, risks and stakeholder engagement across business and third-party teams to ensure new propositions, processes and operational capabilities land successfully and transition smoothly into BAU.
This is a 12-month FTC paying circa £60,000, depending on experience.
What You'll Be Doing
- Producing PIDs, project plans, timelines, milestones and deliverables for new business initiatives, including all required governance
- Coordinating business, operational, technology and third-party activity to deliver projects to agreed scope, time and budget
- Managing risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies tied to product launch, process change and operational readiness - escalating where needed
- Leading project governance, status reporting and stakeholder communications across sponsors, business teams and delivery partners
- Managing third-party suppliers and delivery partners, with clear accountability and performance oversight against milestones, scope and quality
- Ensuring project outputs support business readiness, customer outcomes, control requirements and quality standards
- Working cross-functionally with distribution, operations, compliance and technology to remove blockers and keep delivery on track
- Supporting implementation, post-launch review, lessons learned and handover into BAU
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What We're Looking For
- Proven experience delivering business change or new business projects from initiation to implementation in a structured environment
- Strong planning, organisation and prioritisation skills, with genuine attention to detail
- Experience managing risks, issues, dependencies, budgets, resources and implementation activity across multiple stakeholders
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, comfortable reporting to and coordinating with senior stakeholders
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence without direct authority
- Good working knowledge of project management tools and MS Office
- Solid understanding of life insurance products and new business processes, with awareness of customer, operational, regulatory and delivery impacts
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Desirable
- PRINCE2, APM or PMP certification
- Experience with new business, product, proposition, distribution or operational change projects in insurance or financial services
- Familiarity with Agile, Waterfall or hybrid delivery approaches
- Experience in a regulated insurance or financial services environment
- Commercial awareness, including supplier governance and third-party management in complex delivery settings
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