Project Director

3 weeks ago

York, York City, United Kingdom Hiscox Full time

About the Role

The Hiscox UK Change Team is seeking a skilled Project Manager to lead change projects for the UK business. As a key member of the team, you will be responsible for managing projects from inception to delivery, ensuring successful outcomes and embedding change within the organization.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead project management activities, including benefit identification, plan management, tracking and reporting of delivery progress, and identification, evaluation, and resolution of risks, issues, and dependencies.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to create stakeholder, communication, and learning plans, and manage business readiness and adoption activities.
  • Define resource plans and work closely with internal teams, stakeholders, and vendors to manage project delivery activities.
  • Manage project scope to ensure commitments are achieved within agreed time, cost, and quality parameters.
  • Define and track project milestones and ensure dependencies are understood and accepted by relevant owners.
  • Remove barriers and lead resolution of issues/problems to enable teams to achieve objectives.
  • Oversee the agreed budget and ensure tracking and measurement of costs, as well as reporting on benefits.
  • Ensure projects adhere to the Hiscox Change Delivery Framework and foster project transparency, with accurate and timely reports on project status, schedule, and costs to the Portfolio Manager and PMO.

Requirements

  • More than 3 years of Project Management experience in the financial services industry, with a track record of successfully delivering projects.
  • A passion for leading people through change.
  • Excellent stakeholder, conflict, and influence management skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of working with people at all levels within and external to the business.
  • MS Project or other structured project management tools.
  • Experience working as a Project Manager in a multiple project environment with challenging timeframes and deliverables.
  • Exposure to distributed teams and relationship building with stakeholders.
  • Exposure to the full project life cycle, from inception to user acceptance testing, deployment, and handover to BAU.
  • Knowledge of PM best practices, methodologies, and project governance principles.
  • Experience with both Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
  • Proficiency in MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and similar tools.
  • Intellect and gravitas to influence and gain credibility with business personnel and management.
  • Be creative, proactive, logical, and innovative, and will not just accept the status quo.
  • Be highly results-driven, with the energy and determination to succeed in a very fast-paced environment where the pace of response and leadership is critical to success.

About Hiscox

Hiscox is a leading global specialist insurer, with a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. We believe that a diverse and inclusive culture drives success and are committed to creating a truly inclusive environment for our employees. We offer a hybrid working model, with office hub days 2-3 days per week, to enable a healthy work-life balance. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates.

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