Project Manager
Leatherhead, Surrey
Overview
Premium Credit is the leading provider of insurance premium finance and a range of annually charged services, including tax, regulatory and accountancy fees, sports season tickets, memberships and school fees in the UK and Ireland. We’re a multi award winning business lending more than £5.5 billion to over 2.9 million customers through a network of over 3000 partners. Certified as a Great Place to Work in the UK and Ireland, we’re a successful business with a Trustpilot rating of 4.5, a Net Promoter Score of +78, a Glassdoor rating of 4.2 and a Silver Sustainability medal.
You’ll join the team at the heart of business and technology change, to plan, design, execute and monitor a range of projects within programmes that contribute to the tactical needs and strategic initiatives of our business.
Benefits
* Competitive salary up to £65,000 per annum
* Workplace pension scheme
* Hybrid working, with collaborative days in our Leatherhead office
* 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), with options to purchase and sell up to 5 days holiday per year (pro rata)
* Private health and dental cover
* Support and investment in your personal development
* 24/7 access to Employee Assistance Programme and Mental Health First Aiders
The Role
This is an exciting time of growth for us, and we’re hiring a Project Manager to help us continue this success.
Reporting to the Senior Project Manager, you\'ll manage multiple projects. You\'ll develop business cases and manage the project initiation process, collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams to support requirements gathering, create and maintain detailed project plans and ensure activities are planned, owned and executed to drive overall project delivery.
Responsibilities
* Participate in broader programme management processes, managing cross-workstream dependencies, priorities and risks
* Manage and maintain the RAID register, supporting mitigating actions for risks and issues
* Manage changes to key project parameters, ensuring the right decisions are made, expectations managed and clear communication to all parties
* Ensure SMEs are engaged and involved throughout, fulfilling their agreed accountabilities
* Create and maintain project budgets, tracking actual spend and providing realistic forecasts, ensuring that project benefits reflect the solution scope
* Maintain relationships with key stakeholders, owning communications and ensuring their buy-in
* Facilitate workshops, working collaboratively with stakeholders, SMEs and project teams to ensure effective decision making
* Ensure effective business change, communicating and influencing via change champions; supporting change impact assessments and readiness activities and providing visibility of project progress
Qualifications
* Experience of whole project lifecycle within business change and technology projects
* Experience of optimising processes and outcomes working with outsourced or offshore technology delivery teams
* Experience of managing IT Partner and supplier services
* In-depth knowledge and experience of MS Project (Scheduling) and Office tools
* Experience within the financial services sector
* Project management qualification (PRINCE2 or PMP) and experience delivering digital projects using waterfall, agile and iterative methodologies
* Strong communication skills to manage multiple stakeholders in group and one-to-one settings
Other information
We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments or accommodations for applicants. If you need assistance during the recruitment process, please let us know on the application form or by email recruitment@pcl.co.uk.
If you are offered employment, you will be required to prove your eligibility to work in the UK before you start. You must reside in the UK from the start date; visa sponsorship is not available at this time.
To work from home efficiently you may be asked to provide your internet speed at the application stage.
Premium Credit are an equal opportunities employer with a strong commitment to Diversity, Equality and Inclusion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments, the better our work will be. We are open to part-time working and job share.
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All postholders will be subject to appropriate pre-employment vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check prior to appointment.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we identify a number of suitable candidates. We are not engaging agency support for this role and respectfully ask that agencies do not submit unsolicited candidate details to Premium Credit Limited in relation to this role.
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