Project Manager - Global Experience Analysis at Pacific Life Re, London, 18 Months, £Day Rate

job requisition id

R13668

Job Title

Project Manager - Global Experience Analysis

Job Description

We are hiring a Project Manager on an 18 month contract - day rate, Inside IR35.
 

The Role

As Project Manager you will work with the Divisional Lead to deliver the project providing guidance in the planning, management, oversight and communication of the project on an ongoing basis.
 

You will oversee all stages of the system development lifecycle, from requirements definition to Implementation and ongoing monitoring of effectiveness.

You will manage Business and IT stakeholder relationships globally to effectively manage business change.
 

The initial focus for this role will be to support the Divisional Lead in establishing the Project Plan and navigating all necessary Project Governance to initiate and manage the project effectively. The project will be delivered in phases and once initiated the first phase will see you steering the project through the initial kick off, planning and co-ordination required to deliver in the first chosen region and business functions. Future phases of the project will involve extending the user base of the system to our offices in other regions.

You will work alongside our broad and multi-location Business and Technology Delivery teams including Technical and Business Systems Analysts, Platforms, Infrastructure, Data, PMO and ISO and where appropriate Actuarial Systems, Pricing, Corporate Actuarial, R&D and other teams to develop and manage the project plan and timelines.
 

The Team

The Global EA project is an internal R&D driven initiative in which we seek to build and deliver a centralized system for carrying out treaty Experience Analysis across Pricing, R&D and Strategic Analytics actuarial teams. This system is intended to be adopted consistently by the company across its global network of locations and supported by appropriate infrastructure.
 

The project team is made up of actuaries, developers and IT experts who need to work in tandem to delivery this ambitious project.

We are now looking to add a Project Manager with an IT & Technology focused background to assist in the planning, co-ordination, and delivery of a bespoke, in-house built assumption management application.

Duties (Est. % of time)

• Setting project scope, priorities, timelines, milestones, deadlines, plans, RAID, resource plans and deliverable schedules. 25%

• Coordinating work with team. Eliciting clear progress updates with transparency and realism regarding risks and issues. Monitoring and reporting on project status. 25%

• Change Management – Build strong links with global colleagues and ensure strategic alignment between the project and wider stakeholders. Includes facilitating discussions and consensus among various project stakeholders including the facilitation of the Project Steering Committee. 20%

• Working with team to develop activities and assign to resources, supervising work, ensuring adherence to established quality and risk management standards and methodologies.  Escalating issues as appropriate along with proposals for resolution. 20%

• Managing and monitoring project budgets and expenditures. 10%

Qualifications & Expertise

• Demonstrable record of project delivery in Business and Technology environments

• Strong stakeholder management skills and understanding of Change Management principles

• Understanding of best practises in systems development lifecycle  

• Experience of support model definition including service design and readiness

• Previous deployment of IT projects at scale across medium to large organisations

• Comfortable working in Waterfall, Agile & Hybrid delivery frameworks

• Scrum/Agile methods experience

• Experience working with actuarial teams an advantage but not essential

• Proven communication skills including workshop facilitation

• Management of 3rd party vendors

• Knowledge of Jira / Atlassian suite & Microsoft 365 an advantage