Senior Project Manager – Integration

Job title:

Senior Project Manager – Integration

Company

Gallagher

Job description

Job Description:IntroductionIndulge 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.
OverviewAre you an accomplished project manager with a proven track record of success within insurance or financial services? We are seeking a dynamic individual to lead and deliver cross-functional integration projects within our business.The primary focus of this role is to drive the delivery of our integration projects and system migration programme. You will work closely with impacted business units, as well as individuals in our division and our central service functions, to ensure seamless execution.Projects will move at a fast pace, requiring the successful candidate to possess strong analytical skills, engage effectively with senior stakeholders, and adapt communication styles to meet diverse needs. Your ability to drive project delivery and coordinate efforts with third-party vendors will be crucial.This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fast-paced team, supporting key priorities around operational excellence, people development, and revenue growth. The successful candidate will be given the autonomy to take responsibility for delivery, face the challenges of a large-scale project, and build an effective network to support their success.
How you’ll make an impact

• Manage the Integration projects in accordance with the Change Management Framework, defining project approach, resource requirements and estimating project delivery timelines
• Defining and agreeing project scope, outputs, timescale, quality, cost and benefits to ensure business requirements can be articulated, understood and agreed
• Defining, establishing and managing project structure, roles and teams to ensure efficient and effective project delivery
• Producing RAID logs and managing mitigation activities, including ongoing risk assessment
• Working with Information Technology / 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
• Creating high level and detailed documents, in order to effectively communicate with the project team, peers and stakeholders
• Act with integrity and sensitivity at all times, you will have access to confidential information, so discretion and the utmost professionalism is key
• Liaise with and manage design transformation resources. Share knowledge, experience and standard methodology when required.

About You

• Project Management PMP, Prince 2 or MSP certification desired
• Insurance or Financial Services experience is essential.
• Project Management experience with integration and demonstrates a good understanding of the requirements
• Experience of managing system migration projects from a business perspective is preferred
• Excellent knowledge of business improvement and change management methodologies
• Ability to negotiate, persuade and influence business decisions across all stakeholder groups
• Ability to respond confidently to conflicts and manage situations positively, proactively escalating on-going issues
• A self-starter, time management and deadline driven; able to set priorities, including when under timeline pressure, and monitor progress towards goals
• Ability to lead and motivate others through good people management skills
• Attention to detail, analytical approach, able to analyse findings and make valued, trusted recommendations
• High level of discretion and empathy
• Eligible to work in the UK
• UK travel required to assist with integrations

Compensation and benefitsOn 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 10x
• Income 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…

We value inclusion and diversityInclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with . If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

Expected salary

Location

Wakefield

Job date

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 06:56:21 GMT

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