Senior Programme Manager

With proven experience of establishing effective relationships with senior stakeholders, you protect programme deliverables and benefits defined within a business case. You have great negotiation and influencing skills and work well under pressure. You steadfastly identify significant risks and issues as they arise and ensure senior stakeholder groups are informed and involved in key decisions. To join our team, you’ll also have:

PRINCE2 qualification (or equivalent), Management of Portfolios and Managing Successful Programmes (or be willing to work towards) Change Management Certification at practitioner level.

Recent experience of leading major change / IT improvement programmes, including in an Agile environment

Experience of leading and motivating a cross functional team including external suppliers

Experience of making key/significant business decisions with successful outcomes

A successful track record of planning and integrating complex activities and managing dependencies and multiple senior stakeholders

Experience of budgetary process, expenditure tracking and reporting.

We’re one of the UK’s leading general insurance and financial services companies. For over 110 years we’ve put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us. We pride ourselves on being “a great place to work” and are one of only 39 companies across the globe, and the only organisation with headquarters in the UK, to receive a Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2022 award. We were also named in the LinkedIn Top 25 Companies List 2021. We offer a supportive culture where we empower and inspire our people to perform, offer them opportunities to grow, and recognise and reward their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable, so we are successful now and in the future.