Senior Project Manager
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Job Summary
Job Title: Senior Project Manager
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Alderley Edge or Edinburgh
Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based
Closing date: 9th October 2025
We have a unique opportunity to offer a new Senior Project Manager role aligned to Digital within the Chief Operating Office that will help shape the future of Royal London.
Our Chief Operating Office (COO) works across Royal London to help deliver the Groups strategic ambitions. We work in partnership to deliver operational excellence drive innovation enhance customer experience and protect our business from threats impacting our industry.
We are the largest business unit within Royal London bringing together thousands of colleagues to look after millions of customers to deliver great outcomes for customers. Our business focuses on aligning colleagues applications and projects with our three business value streams: Long Term Savings Protection & Equity Release and Long-Standing Customers & Annuities led by our Chief Information Officers our Shared Service Platforms and Enabling Teams. This role sits within the Digital Office.
One of Royal Londons strategic goals is to be a Digital-First organisation with a frictionless customer experience. As a member of the Digital team you will help realise this ambition. Our projects will improve the customer journeys on our Mobile application and both customer and adviser web portal journeys as well as projects to increase efficiency of our operations. You will be part of an exciting growing team.
About the role
- Manage complex initiatives that span one or multiple lines of business
- Full project life cycle management from initiation to deployment with proven ability to operate at different stages of the project cycle simultaneously.
- Provide leadership for project team by coaching and motivating team members to meet project goals to ensure they realise their potential
- Provide status reporting regarding project milestones deliverable dependencies risks and issues communicating across leadership
- Understand interdependencies between technology operations and business needs
- Promote continuous improvement by activelyengaging within colleagues across COO and other areas of Royal London.
- Build a collaborative commercial relationshipwith 3rd parties to manage costs and maximise value.
- The role will lead and / or People Manage technical resources comprising internal contract and supplier resource.
- Matrix management across multiple disciplines - BAs developers testers technical resources third parties and business SMEs.
About you
- Proven track record of successful project and programme delivery ideally in a Financial Services environment.
- Experience of building and leading high performing teams creating a supportive environment to maximise colleague contribution and engagement.
- Highly competent in use of planning tools and experienced in operating financial and risk control frameworks in a project setting.
- Proactivity and future thinking around the managementand control ofprogramme/project costs and benefits.
- Strong stakeholder management experience at all levels up to C-suite.
- Thorough understanding of different project delivery methodologies and ways of working and able to adopt the most suitable approach to a given project.
- A self-starter able to work with minimum supervision or direction.
About Royal London
Were the UKs largest mutual life pensions and investment company offering protection long-term savings and asset management products and services.
Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive responsible enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered Trustworthy Collaborate Achieve.
Weve always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here -Our Benefits
Inclusion diversity and belonging
Were an Inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected whatever their background.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Business Development
- Project Management Methodology
- Project / Program Management
- PMBOK
- Waterfall
- Wastewater
- Construction Management
- Project Management
- Project Management Software
- Microsoft Project
- Budgeting
- Contracts
About Company
From Pensions to Retirement, Savings, Investments and Life Insurance, Royal London has been helping people plan for life’s financial milestones since 1861.
