Senior Project Manager

About us

Munich Re is a global market leader in re-insurance, global specialty insurance and digital solutions. New technologies are disrupting the insurance value chain. Our innovative minds in IT spearhead the transformation and make change happen. We support clients with a comprehensive range of insurance and risk management products. Our goal is to become even more digital through the expertise of our IT & Tech specialists, and by leveraging data and insights to support innovation and client service. We are therefore making targeted IT investments and helping our insurance clients and partners to tackle problems in the modern digital world with innovative and forward-looking solutions.

At the heart of our success is a strong culture where people are encouraged to be present, bold and curious, allowing them to achieve their individual goals.

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Senior Project Manager

We are currently looking for a Senior Project Manager to be based in London on a full-time basis, reporting into the Head of Section - EA and Business Change Projects

The Operations Projects (OP) team is responsible for delivering IT Infrastructure and Operations projects across Data Centre, Cloud, Networks, Workplace, Support, Service Management, Integrations, Facilities and Enterprise Architecture.

Operating as a global centre of project and program excellence for change delivery, budget management, and people development within IT, the OP team enables transformation and ensures the successful implementation of technology solutions that underpin the Munich Re global organisation.

Responsibilities:

• To run and manage multiple complex projects with a budget of approximately £1m - £3m and take responsibility got their delivery, using formal project management techniques.

• Ensure the projects are delivered on time, meet the business & technical requirements and delivered within the agreed budget. Projects will be internally resourced but may require third parties to be managed as part of the overall delivery

• Produce a Charter for each project based upon the agreed scope, define the budget, identify the resources, create the schedule, outline the approach and suggest the sequencing of work required to execute the project effectively

• Drive the delivery of their projects with predictable consistency, efficiency and success, ensuring overall compliance with IT-internal requirements and smooth transition of the resulting solution into production

• Managing vendor relationships and the effective utilization of resources on each project, minimising use of external onshore and offshore resources, and ensuring the timely onboarding and offboarding of those resources when tasks are completed

• To establish and maintain effective working relationships with all stakeholders and act as the key point of contact for the project

• Identify issues/risks, analyse options and manage impacts to mitigate project delays and take appropriate action to keep the project on track, leveraging support from key stakeholders and/or management as required

• Manage, monitor and report progress against milestones and budgets, ensuring consistent and transparent communications are provided to Management and Executive Leadership

• Ensure all project costs (actuals) are actively tracked and managed, including SOWs/Purchase Orders, contracts, internal resource assignments, and ensure accurate forecasts and accruals are maintained in SAP and Clarity

• Coordinate the completion of all documentation, project plans, change requests, approvals, lifecycle steps and compliance gate requests in a timely manner to ensure the project continues to align with the agreed schedule

Knowledge and Skills

• At least 5 to 7 years+ of experience in successfully managing the delivering of IT infrastructure, workplace or application projects within a technically complex and dynamic environment, ideally in a global Finance/Insurance or regulated industry

• Able to demonstrate strong management skills including project management, financial management, change management and facilitation

• Ability to lead and direct the project under a unified project lens without compromising business outcomes and priority constraints

• Ability to work in complex organisation structures and tenaciously forge a path for delivery resulting in delivery

• Excellent communication skills, strong experience in managing the diverging interests of various stakeholders

• Proven ability to create meaningful reports and summarise project health status for stakeholder presentations

• Proven ability to manage and track project costs and budgets to agreed baselines

• Ability to drive a mixture of functional and geographic workstreams and co-ordinate step change delivery to the business in a unified way

• Consulting and collaborative working style creating a culture of accountability and sharing

• A self-motivated individual able to work with varying organisational and geographic styles to the end goal of unifying and standardising the delivery culture and capability

• Experience of developing less experienced PM’s, of setting an example of behaviours and standards and helping build high performing teams

• Fluent spoken and written English

If you are excited about this role but your experience does not align perfectly with everything outlined, or you don’t meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the candidate we are looking for!

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

At Munich Re, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion foster innovation and resilience and enable us to act braver and better. Embracing the power of DEI is at the core of who we are. We recognise diversity can be multi-dimensional, intersectional, and complex, so we want to build a diverse workforce that includes a wide range of racial, ethnic, sexual, and gender identities; economic and geographic backgrounds; physical abilities; ages; life, school, and career experiences; and political, religious, and personal beliefs. Additionally, we are committed to building an equitable and inclusive work environment where this diversity is celebrated, valued, and has equitable opportunities to succeed.

All candidates in consideration for any role can request a reasonable adjustment at any point in our recruitment process. You can request an adjustment by speaking to your Talent Acquisition contact.

Learning and innovating today, striving for sustainable societies and business tomorrow

At Munich Re Specialty – Global Markets our approach to ESG is underpinned by our desire to seize business opportunities and to nurture a stimulating and inclusive work environment. Our ESG strategy aims to deliver holistic impacts across environmental, social and governance topics including supporting a number of local initiatives within our community and offering volunteering opportunities for colleagues.

Learn more about sustainability at Munich Re – choose your impact!

Benefits

• 25 days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays

• 10% Non-contributory Pension

• Eligibility for an Annual Bonus

• Private Medical + Dental Insurance

• Critical illness insurance + Life Assurance + Permanent Health Insurance

• Wellbeing and Development Scheme + EAP + Health Assessments (subject to scheme eligibility)

• Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme

• Study & continuing Professional Development Support

• Hybrid Working + IT Home Set-up Support

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