Project Manager
Share
Job Location:
Monthly Salary:
Posted on:
10 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Title: Project Manager
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Edinburgh or Alderley Park
Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based
Closing date: 6th February 2026
We have several opportunities for Project Managers to join our Chief Operating Office initially focussed on a major transformation programme.
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.
COO is 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 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 roles sit within Long-Standing Customers & Annuities.
About the role
We are delivering a major multiyear transformation that will transition outsourced administration andservicing back into Royal London bringing critical operations data people and technology inhouse. The programme will deliver the transfer of colleagues and operational capability the migration of policies to our Royal Londonstrategic target platforms and the transition of other platforms supporting technologies including telephony workflow and CRM solutions. Were looking for candidates with proven experience in largescale transitions or complex change environmentscandidates who can navigate operational technical and peoplecentric change to ensure a smooth wellgoverned and highquality transition.
As a Project Manager you will:
- Apply best project management practice to ensure outcomes are delivered to time cost and quality objectives
- Provide leadership to the delivery team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones
- Define and agree required level of project resource needed for successful project delivery
- Manage risks and issues understanding a wider risk context associated with thebusiness and the delivery
- Build a collaborative relationshipwith 3rd parties to manage delivery costs and maximise value
- Implement appropriate level of Governance in-line with Group methods
- Cost control on the project andunderstanding the impact this has on Group-wide financialperformance and value to the customer
About you
Experience of working in projects within financial services with:
- The ability to solve and unblock issues within teams ordepartments
- An adaptable approach to communicating across alllevels in Royal London
- The skills to build consensus betweenorganisations or highly independent and diversestakeholders
- Proactivity and future thinking around the managementand control ofproject costs and benefits
- Interpersonal skills to influence and spur change facilitate and enhance performance within a cross - functional environment
- Experience of leading project teams building and maintaining the trust confidence commitment and collaboration of others
- Experience of working on integration programme or project or platform migrations is highly desirable.
About Royal London
Were the UKs largest mutual life pensions and investment company offering protection long-term savings and asset management products and services.
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
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- Project Management Methodology
- Project / Program Management
- Construction Estimating
- Construction Experience
- PMBOK
- Visio
- Construction Management
- Project Management
- Project Management Software
- Microsoft Project
- Project Management Lifecycle
- 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.
