Project Manager in Bristol

ARAG UK Group are looking for a proactive Project Manager to join our high performing and friendly Strategic Change department. The successful candidate will hold responsibility for supporting the delivery of the organisational strategic change agenda. Working with senior stakeholders across the business, you’ll identify required resources to support change projects, initiatives and activities, whilst managing the updates, reporting and communications for implementations. This is an excellent opportunity to develop relationships, whilst ensuring that legal and regulatory obligations are understood and discharged and ensuring the timely and in-budget delivery of assigned projects for the organisation.

Responsibilities

• Providing leadership and development to assigned Business Analysts.
• Actively participating in Strategic Change related forums and team meetings, as well as chairing relevant Steering Committee meetings.
• Overseeing the delivery of projects & initiatives within risk appetite and organisational budgets with detailed project plans and maintaining budget tracking.
• Working with IT & Architecture to align on delivery activities and timetables, in addition to working with Change Management support (where assigned) to manage stakeholder impacts.
• Overseeing the production of fit for purpose business requirements and milestones.
• Ensuring robust and effective risk management across all projects, as well as appropriate project documentation and artefacts are being maintained.
• Ensuring that appropriate testing is undertaken by relevant parties prior to release, and providing respectful challenge where applicable to the project teams and stakeholders.

We are keen to hear from candidates with an understanding of the LEI market and products, with proven experience of delivering complex projects. You’ll have an understanding of project management frameworks, methodologies, tools and techniques, with a passion for ensuring good customer outcomes and an empathy for the impacts change can have on an organisation and its customers.

In Addition, You Will Be Able To Demonstrate

• Ability to communicate and present effectively, with comfortability challenging senior stakeholders in a professional manner.
• Excellent planning and time-management skills, with a strong commercial acumen and financial awareness.
• Ability to problem solve and deliver all work with pace and urgency, whilst fostering an environment within project teams where this is commonplace.
• Comfortability managing ambiguity and changing circumstances.
• Ability to work well under pressure to tight deadlines, whilst motivating and encouraging others.

Benefits

• 26 days holiday with the option to buy up to a further 5 days.
• Company pension scheme with the option to increase contributions.
• Progressive career pathway and development opportunities.
• Employee reward and incentive scheme.
• Group Income Protection for all employees.
• Group Legal Protection for all employees.
• A choice of either European Motor Assistance or Home Emergency Assistance.
• Inclusion in our Health Cash plan.
• Salary sacrifice benefits including Cycle scheme.
• A comprehensive wellbeing programme including a range of free weekly exercise classes (dependent on your office location) and free eye tests.
• Access to our employee discounts hub offering exclusive discounts across thousands of retail partners, including discounted gym memberships at over 3,000 gyms across the UK.
• The option to join our Sports and Social club which organises discounted events such as theatre visits and shopping trips.

If you think you would be a good match for this role and can demonstrate some transferable experience please apply, regardless of whether you meet all the criteria listed above.

ARAG UK has been helping businesses and individuals gain access to justice for over 40 years. Its our founding principle to enable everybody, not just those who can afford it, to assert their legal rights. Thousands of businesses and individuals defend or pursue legal action each year safe in the knowledge that ARAG are paying their legal bills. Our businesses include a legal expenses insurance company and a law firm with many opportunities in both areas. We have always been aware that its the people that really make it happen; the quality of our people defines the quality of the company, the service we offer and the good outcomes for our customers, so we're committed to creating a great place to work for our employees. We believe it is an exciting time to join ARAG. You can expect an organisation that will challenge and develop you to progress your career. By giving you every opportunity to develop yourself professionally and personally, we also pride ourselves on having an open, inclusive and high energy culture that encourages a fun working environment and places our customers at the very heart of everything we do. If you are keen to become part of our exciting future then we would love to hear from you. In addition to the very genuine development opportunities we provide we also offer a generous reward and benefits package.