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About the Role
We are looking for a Project Manager to join our team in London. This role is responsible for the full end-to-end delivery of business change projects within our Global Change Portfolio, ensuring successful, timely, and on-budget delivery.
Responsibilities
- Lead and drive project delivery, including stakeholder and SME engagement.
- Define project scope and objectives in collaboration with stakeholders.
- Ensure a clear project plan is maintained, tracking tasks, timelines, resources, and milestones.
- Evaluate and allocate resources effectively for successful project delivery.
- Manage business change project budgets throughout their lifecycle.
- Lead the development, approval, and management of business cases and benefit realization plans.
- Ensure change impact analysis and readiness assessments are conducted.
- Communicate clearly and transparently, acting as a central point of contact.
- Identify, document, and manage project risks, issues, and dependencies.
- Facilitate effective communication and collaboration among team members and stakeholders.
- Monitor and report on project progress, taking corrective actions as needed.
- Ensure project documentation and outputs meet quality standards.
- Address conflicts and challenges within the project team or with stakeholders.
- Support the development of the wider Project Delivery team through knowledge sharing.
- Perform other Project Delivery activities as agreed by leadership.
Requirements
- Experience in project managing business-focused transformational changes within the insurance industry, including Guidewire solutions, covering the E2E project life cycle.
- Experience leading and shaping multi-functional workstreams, including matrix management of teams (8-20+ FTE) across people, processes, data, and technology.
- Proven track record of managing projects with budgets of £1-£5m and timelines of 6-18+ months.
- Ability to manage complex requirements in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines, balancing detail with a high-level project view.
- Experience working with IT project managers and change management functions on complex, transformational projects across multiple regions, markets, or product lines.
- Insurance industry knowledge, particularly of the London insurance market and specialty insurance.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to drive executive decision-making and engage stakeholders at all levels.
- Adaptable communication methods to engage stakeholders and SMEs across various levels.
- Ability to manage ambiguity, change in project scope and timelines, and competing priorities with resilience.
- Proven understanding of project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid).
- Excellent organizational, time management, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Strong interpersonal, influencing, and communication skills (written and verbal).
Skills
- Project Management
- Business Change Delivery
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Project Planning
- Resource Management
- Budget Management
- Business Case Development
- Benefits Realization
- Change Impact Assessment
- Risk Management
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Quality Assurance
- Conflict Resolution
- Guidewire Solutions Implementation
- Matrix Management
- Agile
- Scrum
- Waterfall
- London Insurance Market Knowledge
- Specialty Insurance Knowledge
- Organizational Skills
- Time Management
- Analytical Skills
- Problem-Solving Skills
- Interpersonal Skills
- Influencing Skills
Location
- London
Work Type
- Full-time
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Experience of project managing business focused transformational changes
- Experience of leading, shaping and driving multi-functional workstreams
- Proven track record of managing projects with budgets of £1 - £5m and timelines of 6 - 18+ months
- Proven ability to focus on and manage complex requirements in a fast-paced environment
- Experience of working with IT project managers and other related change management functions
- Insurance industry knowledge
- Excellent stakeholder management skills
- Ability to adapt and deploy different communication methods
- Ability to manage ambiguity/change in project scope and timelines and competing priorities
- Proven understanding of project management methodologies
- Excellent organisational, time management, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Strong interpersonal, influencing and communication skills
Education Level
- University Degree, relevant professional qualification or demonstratable industry experience is required
- CII Certification and PRINCE 2 or equivalent is strongly preferred
- Change Management certification desirable
- Agile and or SCRUM certifications desirable
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
- Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- Study & continuing Professional Development Support
- Hybrid Working + IT Home Set-up Support
About the Company
- At Munich Re Specialty – Global Markets (MRS-GM), it is our ambition to become the leading Primary Specialty Insurance provider, underpinned by an effective and adaptable strategy, superior products and industry leaders working in a supportive environment.
- 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.
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
- 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.