Pensions Project Manager

• Job Title/Location: Pensions Project Manager, London/Hybrid or fully remote
• Salary: £50,000 to £60,000
• Office/WFH: Either office based 2 days p/w in London + 3 days p/w WFH, or Remote
• Requirements: Very strong DB or DC pensions administration experience + prior projects experience, ideally some experience in managing projects or a similar level
• Role Snapshot: Initiation & delivery of projects to time, cost & scope whilst also supporting the facilitation & prioritisation of business improvement projects.

Really positive situation surrounding this expanding business - a number of recent new scheme/business wins leading to the creation of new roles & new teams.

The Company: An established pensions business, multiple industry award winners and recognised for their investment in people. This ongoing expansion makes for good development opportunities in terms of learning and progressing within the company.

The Role: The Pensions Project Manager is a key member of the Project Management Office (PMO) team and responsible for the delivering projects within the business to support delivering contractual services to members and clients. The Project Manager is also responsible for delivery of internal business improvement projects. A varied range of projects including internal business change, software development, new client implementation & client change projects. Key responsibilities include:

• Initiation/delivery of projects to time, cost & scope for both internal & external stakeholders. This includes project initiation, planning, monitoring, reporting, risk management & change control.
• Define project scope & objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders, ensuring technical feasibility.
• Co-ordinate & monitor internal & external resources to ensure delivery against project objectives, budgets & timescales.
• Organise, manage & lead internal/external project meetings to deliver status reports & project updates to all stakeholders.
• Track project performance to analyse the successful completion of all goals.
• Identify & recommend additional commercial opportunities, inc. post-live projects.
• Deputise for the Lead Project Manager & represent the team as and when required.

Skills / Experience Required: For this Pensions Project Manager role you must possess very strong DB or DC administration experience, have prior experience of pension projects, ideally from a management perspective and be PRINCE2 qualified, or equivalent.

Additional Information: Salary for the Pensions Project Manager role is to £60,000 + professional study support & company pension. The average working week is 2 days office & 3 days WFH if office based. For those outside of the South-East, there is an option to work the role remotely. Please apply below.

The Pensions Project Manager role is only one of many vacancies we are handling. ARC is a specialist within Financial Services recruitment and the Consultant handling this role has over 30 years of experience in this field. Areas of focus include administration, compliance, business analysis, customer service, project/programme management, paraplanners, sales support, marketing, underwriters and group risk/employee benefits related roles. Check the website and feel free to call Darren Snell at any time.