IMO Analyst

• Job Title: IMO Analyst
• Target Start Date: ASAP
• Contract Type: 12 month Secondment, Part Time, Full Time, Job Share option available
• Salary Range: £32,500 - £52,800
• Location: Eastleigh, hybrid
• Closing Date for applications: Wednesday 22nd July

IMO Analyst: We are looking for an individual with strong Agile delivery experience who can act as a bridge between delivery teams and our change framework. This is not a traditional PMO role; the successful candidate will have hands‑on experience working within Agile environments and be highly proficient in JIRA and the wider Atlassian toolset. You will support Value Streams and Functional Areas to structure, visualise and manage their work effectively within JIRA, helping teams move from traditional delivery approaches towards more transparent, outcome‑focused ways of working.

The role will focus on enabling others, and you will work closely with stakeholders who may have little or no prior Agile experience, guiding them through the Ageas change framework, coaching them on Agile principles and best practices, and helping them translate business objectives, plans and milestones into epics, stories, tasks and delivery roadmaps within JIRA. You should be confident providing practical support, challenging existing ways of working where appropriate, and driving consistent adoption of tooling, standards and processes across multiple teams.

This position operates on a hybrid working basis and will require travel within the UK as needed, predominantly to Reigate, Eastleigh and London, with occasional visits to other Ageas or Esure locations.

Main Responsibilities

• Support the IMO in the development, maintenance and ongoing update of integrated delivery plans, ensuring accuracy, consistency and alignment across all integration workstreams.
• Collaborate with integration workstream leads to drive plan updates, ensuring milestones, dependencies and key activities are kept up to date, and providing appropriate challenge and support with resolution where required.
• Support the identification and tracking of cross‑workstream dependencies, escalating potential conflicts, delays or impacts to the Planning & Reporting Manager, managing these using agreed programme tooling and processes, including the Ageas agile change framework.
• Track delivery progress against agreed milestones and plans, highlighting slippage, variances and emerging issues, working proactively with integration workstream leads.
• Manage traceability from synergy benefits, into strategic milestones and associated delivery plans; support and maintain traceability framework and ensure that reporting is aligned to that framework.
• Maintain core IMO planning and reporting artefacts, including the integrated plan, milestones tracker, decision tickets, RAID log and action trackers, with the appropriate tooling (e.g. JIRA, Confluence).
• Support the production of regular IMO, Executive and Board‑level reporting, including status dashboards, summaries and supporting analysis, ensuring that integration workstreams follow the agreed governance frameworks, templates and cadence.
• Advocate and support the adoption of new ways of working and tooling across Ageas, including working in partnership with the QBR team.
• Ensure reporting inputs are accurate, timely and consistent with IMO standards, templates and governance requirements.
• Provide ad‑hoc analysis and insight to support IMO leadership with decision‑making and issue resolution.

Skills and Experience You Need

• Knowledge of JIRA or other similar workflow tools is essential.
• Previous experience of working in a Programme Office and/or Change Team.
• Previous experience working in a large‑scale, complex transformation programme with agile ways of working.
• Knowledge of Confluence, including ability to configure and integrate with Jira content.
• Domain knowledge and experience across the Insurance value chain.
• Highly organised and strong attention to detail.
• Good communicator with strong interpersonal skills, including at senior levels.
• Strong written skills.
• Strong analytical and numerical skills.
• Ability to manage and engage with a wide range of stakeholders.
• Highly proficient in the use of MS Excel.
• Strong skills in MS Office – Word, PowerPoint and Outlook.

Benefits

• Flexible Working – Smart Working @ Ageas gives employees flexibility around location (within the UK) and flexibility within the working day. Includes part‑time and job‑share opportunities. Minimum 35 days holiday (incl. bank holidays) with the option to buy or sell days.
• Supporting your Health – Dental Insurance, Health Cash Plan, Health Screening, Will Writing, Voluntary Critical Illness, Mental Health First Aider support and Well‑Being activities – Mindfulness.
• Supporting your Wealth – 50% off Esure and Sheila’s Wheels motor and home insurance, Annual Bonus Schemes, Annual Salary Reviews, Competitive Pension, Employee Savings and Employee Loans.
• Supporting you at Work – Well‑being activities, mindfulness sessions, Sports and Social Club events.
• Supporting you and your Family – Maternity/pregnant parent/primary adopter entitlement of 16 weeks at full pay; paternity/non‑pregnant parent/co‑adopter at 8 weeks’ full pay.
• Benefits for Them – Partner Life Assurance and Critical Illness cover.
• Get some Tech – Deals on gadgets including wearables, tablets and laptops.
• Getting around – Car Salary Exchange, Cycle Scheme, Vehicle Breakdown Cover.
• Supporting back to work – Return‑to‑work programme after maternity leave.

Equal Opportunity and Disability Inclusive Employer

We are an inclusive employer and encourage anyone to apply. We’re a signatory of the Race at Work Charter and Women in Finance Charter, member of iCAN and GAIN. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to ensuring our recruitment processes are fully inclusive. We guarantee an interview for applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the role. We have a zero‑tolerance approach towards any form of harassment during the recruitment process, ensuring that everyone is treated with respect and professionalism.