About the Opportunity
Job Type: Fixed Term ContractorContract duration : 8 months.Application Deadline: 22 February 2026
Job Description
Title Senior Project Manager - 9 Months Contract
Department Strategic Project Team
Location Kingswood, Surrey or Cannon Street, London
Reports To Programme Director
Level Senior Manager (Grade 6)
We're proud to have been helping our clients build better financial futures for over 50 years. How have we achieved this? By working together - and supporting each other - all over the world. So, join our Strategic project team and feel like you're part of something bigger.
About your team
You'll be part of our Project Team supporting a key strategic project within our Workplace/ DC Pension business. The project will entail engagement with many 3rd parties in the Financial industry, as well as internal project deliveries, and in this role you will be reporting to the overall Programme Manager.
About your role
The Senior Project Manager role will support delivery of a variety of exciting and challenging activities/workstreams across the programme.
In this role, you will be responsible for the planning and execution of project activities/workstream. This will include planning, designing, executing, and monitoring every aspect of specific activities/workstreams, including but not limited to the following:
* Meeting with senior management/stakeholders to identify project requirements, delivery timelines and costs
* Developing detailed project plans to guide project teams and revising based on changing needs and requirements
* Engagement with multiple Financial Industry 3rd parties
* Engagement with all internal operational and functional departments
* Identifying and assigning project tasks based on the skill sets, experience, and strengths of staff members
* Monitoring project performance to ensure timely delivery
* Compiling and submitting project status reports to stakeholders as required
* Working effectively with relevant stakeholders for efficient project implementation
* Showing excellent leadership and communication skills to liaise effectively with all project stakeholders and 3rd parties
About you
* Strong project and risk management skills with experience of working on and managing large and complex change projects in the financial services industry
* Strong presentation, verbal, and written communication skills; Proven ability/experience of engaging/communicating with stakeholders at all levels.
* Proven ability to work with 3rd Parties across the Financial industry
* Functional knowledge and experience of Fund/Pension Administration
* Ability to work across all internal departments - operational and functional
* Enquisitive mind with strong knowledge of DC Pension administration and/or proven ability to quickly learn functional processes and Technology solutions
* Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to negotiate and influence
* Ability to plan, organise, prioritise, and resolve issues, managing multiple tasks and working under pressure and to tight deadlines
* Commercially minded
* Experience of governance processes
Feel rewarded
We'll be as flexible as we can about where and when you work – finding a balance that works for all of us. It's all part of our commitment to making you feel motivated by the work you do and happy to be part of our team.
For more about our work, our approach to dynamic working and how you could build your future here, visit
As an international financial services organisation, we are in-scope of international regulations in the way that we carry out our work. This position is involved in work that is regulated by the FCA and/or the PRA and their Individual Conduct Rules (COCON) apply to it, along with any other regulation. We provide training on COCON and how it affects our employees. More information about COCON can be found in the Employment Handbook.