Finstech Consulting are looking for a hands-on Project Manager with a background in data projects, to work on an exciting new engagement with our Insurance Broking client.
The successful candidate will lead the project, working closely with internal business stakeholders and 3rd party clients. It is essential that the successful candidate has experience of projects that involve business process improvement and dealing with 3rd party software implementations, ideally within a commercial insurance setting. Excellent stakeholder management skills are also paramount, alongside the planning and usual project reporting disciplines required at an enterprise level. The ability to build new relationships with 3rd parties to achieve the goals of the project are key for this one.
Due to the base of the key stakeholders, we're ideally looking for someone who can get into the Ipswich office at least 2 days a week, but we would consider fully remote for the right candidate. The role is outside of IR35, on a SOW basis for which the specific deliverables are expected to take around 6 months to complete. All necessary hardware will be provided by the client as access to their networks is required to successfully support the project.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop a project plan, timelines and coordinate resources and third parties/vendors for flawless execution.
- Identify and mitigate potential risks and issues.
- Communicate project progress, risks, and issues to stakeholders and senior management.
- Ensure change management is built into all project plans and the adoption of new technologies.
- Support the reporting into the Business and Tech PMO. Also prepares inputs for Project Steering Group.
- Work closely with 3rd parties to ensure successful delivery.
Key Experience
- Experience of working with or on projects aligned to the Acturis platform.
- Proven experience in delivering process improvement projects within an insurance or broking environments.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
- Strong understanding of project management methodologies and tools
- Excellent leadership and influencing skills
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
- Proficiency in project management software (eg MS Project)
- BCS, PMP or PRINCE2 certification
Key Skills & Behaviours
- Technically minded - we're integrating between internal and external platforms, and are data driven - you'll need to be able to understand the methods and concepts being used.
- Stakeholder Management - We're delivering globally, you'll be working with a multitude of people across regions and roles, sometimes with conflicting opinions.
- Time management: We're running many work streams in parallel, and you'll need to be able to manage your time and workload effectively to support this.
- Articulate Communicator: You'll be able to bridge technical gaps between the end user and the product team and be able to tailor your written and verbal communication to best suit the task at hand - whether this is writing detailed acceptance criteria or mocking up a screen to talk through high level ideas with business users.
- Change Management - we're driving significant change, so you'll be challenging the status quo and be able to break down and simplify complex problems so we can build a solution.