Director/Programme Director - Edinburgh, United Kingdom - Royal London Mutual Insurance Society

Description

Contract Type:
Permanent

Office based around 4 days per week

As a result of the size and complexity of the programme of work, there will be significant focus on risk, issue and dependency management, supported through extensive governance and reporting at all levels.

You will be accountable for managing programme budgets, monitoring financial performance and optimizing resource allocation.

Overall responsibility for ongoing management of the programme to ensure that desired programme outcomes and objectives are delivered in alignment with the business strategy, within agreed budget and timescales.

Set programme strategies, clear goals and objectives and establishing key performance indicators to measure success.
Define and agree required level of programme resource needed for successful project delivery.
Management of all key Programme controls e.g. status reporting, dashboards, finance tracking and risk management.

Proven experience as Programme Director across large scale strategic and technical programmes ideally within a Pensions and Insurance environment.

Expert understanding of project/programme management techniques and methods both agile and waterfall.

Extensive working with 3rd parties in a delivery and systems integration capacity, holding 3rd parties to account and negotiation on changes to requirements.

Expert knowledge of data analysis in the context of systems integration and data migrations.
Proven experience of working with third parties to deliver quality artefacts within an agreed budget and timescales.
Expert in all areas of risk management, specifically identifying, measuring and reporting risks early and actioning appropriate mitigation.

Expert level planning and scheduling skills, ensuring the complex activities of interrelated project and BAU teams are foreseen and managed in a controlled way.

Strong leadership, organisational, delegation and team building skills for the effective management across multi-function teams and the programme.
Strong commercial and financial understanding is essential for delivering business outcomes and lasting benefits.

We're the UK's largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.

We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance.

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