Diligenta - a subsidiary of Tata Consultancy Services
Project Manager
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Project Manager – Defined Benefit Pensions
Job Type: FTC until end of 2026
Salary: £43,350 - £54,190
Location: Bristol – Hybrid/Remote
Who are Diligenta?
Diligenta's vision is to be acknowledged as Best in-class Platform based Life and Pensions Administration Service provider. Customer service is at the heart of everything we do and our aim is to transform our clients' operations. A business that has been described as ‘home’ by existing employees, we drive a culture that is founded on positive change and development.
Summary of the role
We’re looking for a highly skilled Project Manager to manage and deliver a project or a defined element of a programme within Defined Benefit Pensions in order to meet business objectives.
Benefits
- 33 days including Bank Holidays
- Eligibility for an annual discretionary bonus scheme
- Personal and career development opportunities to progress your aspirations within the company as well as through our global parent company (Tata Consultancy Services)
- Access to Perks at Work (an online discounted shopping platform) saving you money on a wide range of goods and services, including your weekly food shop, holidays and electrical goods
- Cycle to Work Scheme & Interest free Season Ticket loans
- A companywide Wellbeing programme, including an Employee Assistance Programme and other benefits/resources to support your mental/physical and financial wellbeing
- A comprehensive set of Moments that Matter policies, such as Carer’s Leave, Foster Leave and Retirement Leave
- A contributory company pension scheme where we match your contributions up to 6%, Group Life Assurance ('Death in Service") & Group Income Protection
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What you’ll be doing
- Responsibility for delivery of a project or a workstream within a programme, ensuring delivery is on time, within budget and to scope.
- Ensures the application of the appropriate project management disciplines, i.e. planning, resourcing, scheduling, monitoring, reporting and risk, issue, lessons learned and dependency management, including escalation/resolution of issues and contingency planning for risks.
- Establishes an effective project organisation structure and responsible for project team shaping, building, development, management and motivation including project resource planning, task allocation, prioritisation and monitoring.
- Responsible for the budget reporting, forecasting and expenditure associated with projects.
- Responsible for ensuring that the delivered project or workstream 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.
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What we’re looking for
- Educated to A level or equivalent experience and/or relevant Industry qualification
- Accredited at Project Management discipline (practitioner level) (e.g. Certified Project Manager, APMP, Prince2, ISEB)
- Defined Benefit Pensions knowledge/experience
- Proven decision making ability
- Ability to manage and develop people effectively
- Good communication & influencing skills, at all levels and up to “Head of” level
- Proficient in planning and organising
- Role model for project manager behaviours, skills and disciplines
- Use of MS project, Excel, Word and PowerPoint to intermediate level
- Previous project experience with proven track record of delivery in small – medium projects
- Good awareness of Project Management disciplines
- Experience of budget management
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