Job Description

Our client, a leading global insurer, are passionate about Agile and passionate about Data. Agile is transforming the way they work, and Data is transforming how they do it. With colleagues, customers, patients and residents in mind you’ll have the opportunity to work on innovative projects and make a real impact on people’s lives.

In this role you will lead the Group’s Project Management (PM) Practice. Setting PM standards and frameworks, incorporating Agile principles, driving continuous improvement, and ensuring alignment with best practice and the Groups Change Delivery Framework.

You will also assume line management responsibility for direct reports comprised of Senior Project Manager and Project Manager colleagues, including the provision of effective developmental and performance management enhancing individual value-add and that of the broader capability.

Job responsibilities:

• Be an effective leader, provide strong developmental support and effective performance management across the PM function, ensuring the practice is optimized for delivery in a fast-paced, agile change environment aligned to SAFe best practice and principles, and the First Central Change Delivery Framework (CDF)
• Lead on setting the standard policies and practices for the PM Team, which align and reinforce Business Agility
• Define the competencies which underpin PM practices and apply situational leadership for each PM. 
• Coordinate project delivery activity on strategically important programmes of work, setting the delivery approach, defining scope, shaping, and allocating work packages as well as assuring the quality of PM delivery activities and deliverables.
• Work proactively with business areas to manage and execute effective resource planning, ensuring PM effort is aligned to stated priorities across the portfolio.
• Ensure compliance with Company Policies, Values and guidelines and other relevant standards/ regulations always.

Experience & knowledge

• Experience of managing and developing a team of PM’s and change professionals, including developmental and performance management practices and techniques
• Extensive experience of change delivery within an agile delivery environment, including CI, Lean practices, and the application of agile project management tools and techniques
• Demonstrable experience of managing and influencing senior stakeholders around high-profile projects and programmes
• Demonstrable experience of delivering multiple, concurrent change initiatives within a large, complex, fast-paced environment.
• Ability to explain approaches, concepts, and activities to non-technical audiences.
• Knowledge and experience of managing a Strategic Portfolio of change

Skills & Qualifications

• Highly developed leadership and people management skills
• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong workshop and meeting facilitation skills
• Formal Project Management qualification such as APMP, PRINCE2, Agile Project Management or equivalent

If the above sounds like it could be of interest, please send a copy of your CV to thigginson@tcm-partners.co.uk to find out more!