Senior Project Manager

Indulge your passion for problem-solving and embrace the thrill of addressing risk head-on at Gallagher's global brokerage team. Join a family of diverse minds, united by a relentless pursuit of excellence. As part of our team, you'll be the architect of protection, safeguarding businesses and empowering their ambitions. Together, we'll build a legacy of trust and triumph in the dynamic world of risk management.

We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Project Manager to join our team on a 12-month fixed-term contract. In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead and shape a diverse range of change initiatives that support our strategic priorities, including regulatory compliance, operational excellence, and operational resilience.

Responsibilities:

* Work with key Business stakeholders across multiple geographies to clarify project objectives, outputs, and timescale, quality, and cost criteria; building balanced relationships to enable the achievement of project objectives
* Manage the inception and initiation of projects in accordance with the Change Management Framework, defining project approach, resource requirements, and estimating project delivery timelines and cost
* Define and agree project scope, deliverables, timescale, quality, cost, and benefits to ensure the business case can be articulated, understood, and agreed
* Define, establish, and manage the project structure, roles, and teams to ensure efficient and effective project delivery
* Plan, manage, monitor, and report on the work of (sometimes disparate) project teams to deliver the outputs to the agreed timescale, quality, and cost criteria
* Produce RAID logs and manage mitigation activities, including ongoing risk assessment
* Provide leadership, direction, and mentoring to the project team and to other colleagues where appropriate
* Work with key Business stakeholders, leads, and sponsors to ensure clear and aligned communications are provided to set and manage expectations throughout the project lifecycle
* Work with the Technology team and/or external application vendors to include their costs, activities, and deliverables within the overall project scope and approach, providing challenge and support to ensure technology-related outcomes are achieved
* Build both high-level and detailed documents, using a mixture of pictorial and written means (within PowerPoint / Word) to effectively connect with the project team, peers, and stakeholders (including Executives and senior managers)

Requirements:

* Previous experience gained as a Senior Project Manager in the Financial Services industry is crucial, with general insurance (London Market / Lloyd’s and Industry) highly desirable
* Knowledge of legal/regulatory/risk principles and practices relating to the insurance and/or FS industry
* Excellent knowledge of project management, business improvement, and change management methodologies
* Demonstrable full life cycle project management experience, including leading complex, scale, and time-bound projects (including those related to external software vendors)
* Experience of managing multiple concurrent projects
* Able to deliver projects/change to agreed outcomes across multiple disparate business divisions/geographies with differing needs and challenges, including Information Technology components
* Decisive leadership in times of ambiguity and evolving business needs with a positive ‘can-do’ attitude
* Confidently builds and sustains a key relationship network at different levels
* A self-starter, deadline-driven; able to set/prioritise, including when under timeline pressure
* Creative problem-solver with the ability to think strategically as well as operate at a detailed level
* Excellent interpersonal skills, including listening, verbal and written communication, with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels, including Executives and senior-level management, coupled with the ability to empower others through good people leadership skills
* Ability to negotiate, persuade, and influence business decisions across stakeholder groups
* Ability to respond confidently to conflicts and manage situations positively, proactively escalating issues

If you are a highly motivated and experienced Senior Project Manager with a proven track record in delivering complex change initiatives, we would love to hear from you. Join us

Compensation and benefits

On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of

benefits. Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:

* Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’extra days
* Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10xIncome protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up Health cash plan or Private medical insurance

Other benefits include:

* Three fully paid volunteering days per year
* Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
* Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
* Critical illness cover
* Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
* Season ticket loan
* Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
* Emergency back-up family care
* And many more…

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