Project Manager - People Transformation

Responsibilities

The Project Manager will lead the design, planning, and delivery of standalone projects or discrete work streams within larger programs. They are responsible for managing project documentation, stakeholder engagement, and ensuring delivery remains within budget and scope.

Requirements

Candidates must hold an Associate of Project Management (APM) PMQ level qualification or equivalent. The role requires strong leadership, problem-solving skills, and the ability to work autonomously while managing cross-functional teams.

Skills

• Project management
• Stakeholder management
• Business case development
• Change management
• Risk management
• Governance
• Financial management
• Leadership
• Problem solving
• Strategic planning
• Resource allocation
• Communication skills
• Coaching
• Mentoring
• Collaboration
• Decision making

Benefits

• Pension
• Annual bonus potential
• Private medical insurance
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Enhanced maternity leave
• Enhanced adoption leave
• Financial services benefits
• Lifestyle flexible benefits

About this role

Salary:  
Job Type:  Permanent / Fixed Term Contract / Secondment ( delete as appropriate)
Job Contact:  0131 245 1000
Closing Date: 

At Phoenix Group, our talented people act with integrity, deliver on promises
and care about our customers, charities, and our role in the wider economy. 
We’re really proud of our legacy of helping our customers plan responsibly for
their future.  We utilise our diversity of outlook and unrivalled expertise to
serve our customers better than anyone else.   Working together for the right
reasons we can achieve great things; for you, for our customers, for the
business, and for society as a whole.

We’re currently for a < insert job title> to join our < insert team / business
area> 
To lead the design, planning & delivery of standalone projects or discrete work
streams/projects within a larger project/programme.  Ensure all requirements are
captured, scoped, planned, priced, negotiated & delivered as agreed in the
Business Case in a compliant manner
 
Hiring manager to add in details of the role, the team and why this is a good
opportunity for the candidate (the ‘hook’ – eg progression, interesting work,
shape a business area etc)

Key Responsibilities

Hiring Manager - select the top 6 to 10 (max) key responsibilities
* Work with the Business Sponsor, other relevant stakeholders and the project
team to scope, define and plan the project. This includes ownership for
producing a commercially viable Business Case, which is in line with business
strategy.
* Apply project management tools and team collaboration techniques
appropriately to effectively manage the project through the change lifecycle
to successful delivery, delivering the outcomes as per the business case
* Successfully source appropriate resources to ensure work streams or projects
are adequately resourced; especially where resources are specialised and/or
limited and therefore challenging to secure.
* Produce and actively maintain good quality project documentation, including
plans, actions, decisions, RAID logs, change requests, incidents and
governance in line with the project objectives to ensure successful delivery.
* Identify and actively manage stakeholders (typically up to SMQ level and
Management Board Level) throughout the project to ensure project sponsor,
steering group and other stakeholders are kept informed of project progress.
* Implement and operate  effective and robust governance and control
environment in line with the Phoenix change management framework
* Create and maintain a partnership with delivery teams and/or Outsource
Providers, also holding these parties to account, as per the delivery
agreements made during Project Initiation
* Develop network of contacts internally and externally to draw on and share
best practice of project management.
* Conduct project reviews, ensuring projects formally close, reviewed and
lessons learned captured/actioned as appropriate
* Determining when project risks and issues can be dealt with internally and
where they need to be escalated to senior stakeholders.
* Build strong relationships with project team members and other stakeholders
when typically there is no direct line management responsibility. 
Collaborate effectively across both internal teams and external
organisations/strategic partners
* Effectively managing  projects teams with limited resources within a cost
pressured environment.
* Effectively balancing long/short term objectives to meet agreed objectives
within an environment of change
* Role modelling the appropriate behaviours to develop an effective working
culture.
* Strong problem solving skills. Provide strong leadership and critical
decision making skills to support the organisation in both the delivery and
the adoption of change.
* Works autonomously with support from  line manager or Portfolio Delivery
Manager as required
* Responsible for the delivery of the project within the terms set out in the
PID/Business Case
* Responsible for combined project budgets typically up to £5 million with
cross functional project teams
* Responsible for allocation of resources within the project, including
financial resources within agreed budgets.
* Authorised to escalate issues to project sponsor, Senior Project Manager
and/or Portfolio Delivery Manager directly if required.
* Engages directly and builds collaborative relationships with in house
delivery teams, third parties and strategic partners as  required.
* At times, may be required to undertake line management. Provide coaching,
mentoring and support to their team to ensure a strong focus on the business
objectives. 
* Represent Phoenix, internally and externally, and promote its values through
appropriate behaviours, including the identification and mitigation of risk.

What We’re Looking For

Hiring manager to decide if qualifications stated below are essential or
desirable.  If not required please remove

Essential
* Hiring Manager to add in essential criteria
* Associate of Project Management (APM) - PMQ level or equivalent
* English Spoken
* XXXX
* XXXX

Desirable
* Hiring Manager to add in desirable criteria
* XXXX
* XXXX

What We Offer

Bring your ‘whole self’, skills and dedication to the Phoenix Group and we’ll
recognise your effort, support your development and help to drive your ambition.
We’ll ensure you’re rewarded for your contribution with a competitive package
that includes an attractive pension, annual bonus potential, private medical
insurance, generous holiday entitlement, enhanced maternity and adoption leave
and a range of other financial services and lifestyle flexible benefits. 

Join us and you join a unique organisation. It’s not just the 14 million
policyholders we serve, or the £300 billion of assets we look after. Or that
we’re a FTSE 100 company that has been listed as one of the UK's Top...

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