Pensions Project Manager

Royal London is a financial services company with a difference. As the UK's largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, we're owned by our members and work for their benefit, not for shareholder profits. We've grown rapidly and have been recognised as one of the UK's top rated places to work.

Today, Royal London has over £114 billion of funds under management, and around 3,500 employees working in six offices across the UK and Ireland. We've worked hard to become experts in our specialist markets, building a trusted brand - and our teams have plenty of awards to show for it. Whatever team you're interested in joining and whatever role you play, we'll help you to make a difference.

Purpose of the Role:

Royal London are currently seeking aPensions Project Manager for a 6-month contract based in Edinburgh, a hybrid working model.

In this role, you will lead the "Think Beyond" workstream, which will support new features and production incidents in the Servicing Squads who focus on Manage Money and Use Money products and services.

As the Pensions Project Manager you will be responsible for:

• Leading in the workstream in #thinkbeyond.
• Understanding the Pension lifecycle to support the team in the Servicing Squads who focus on Manage Money and Use Money.
• New features and production incidents and will prioritise accordingly.
• Looking at the Change activities from the business perspective.
• Transformation from legacy systems.
• Demonstrating decisiveness in resolving business problems, making decisions and identifying priorities.
• Developing and delivering progress reports, proposals, requirements documentation and presentations to various audiences, including project team, sponsors, CIO and key stakeholders.
• Defining success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project lifecycle.
• Identifying and developing trusted adviser relationship with project stakeholders and sponsors.

What we require from the candidate:

• Pensions product and project lifecycle experience.
• Experience of leading project teams with minimal support and supervision.
• Highly competent in using planning tools and experienced in implementing and operating financial control frameworks.
• Proven ability to demonstrate a drive for results and accountability of business needs.
• Proven ability to work in an ambiguous environment and collaborate across multiple areas in order to achieve a common business or technical objective.
• Interpersonal skills to influence and spur change, facilitate and enhance performance within a cross - functional environment.

Next steps

This client will only accept workers operating via an Umbrella/PAYE engagement model.

If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria outlined above, please click the link to apply and speak to one of our sourcing specialists now.

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