Project Manager in London

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The Senior Project Manager works to deliver specific and approved initiatives in the best interests of the customer. Project Managers manage a varying quantity of initiatives based on the needs of the business and experience level, and may encompass Small Change, BAU, and discretionary transformational projects/programs within the Change Delivery team.

What will your essential responsibilities include?

• Contribute to build project methodology, and comply with AXA XL processes & standards.
• Define project scope, objectives, success criteria, and deliverables.
• Develop detailed project plans, schedules, and work breakdown structures (WBS).
• Manage driving schedule, milestones, dependencies, and critical path.
• Monitor progress and adjust plans as needed.
• Manage scope, including change controls for projects.
• Report project status to stakeholders in appropriate format and at the relevant level of detail.
• Plan and coordinate resources across providers.
• Develop and manage project budgets, forecasts, and cost control.
• Track actuals vs. plan and report variances.
• Lead and facilitate meetings (kickoffs, status updates, steering committees, retrospectives); drive decision making and issue resolution.
• Manage project stakeholders expectations.
• Interface with Business, App Managers, Business Analysts and Tech Leads to ensure service requirements are clearly understood, milestones agreed-to, and that execution trends in a manner favourable to project success.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks; maintain a risk register and implement mitigation and contingency plans.
• Quality assurance: define acceptance criteria, coordinate testing/QA activities, and ensure delivery meets quality standards.
• Facilitate deployment, business and technical readiness, acceptance of the solution/change and enabling the business benefit realisation.
• Managing vendor project engagements including participating in creation of SOW and ensuring proper invoice submission.
• Manages intra-project and cross-project deliverable dependency tracking.
• Developing project communication and team collaboration materials.

The Senior Project Manager will report to the Senior Manager, Change Delivery.

What you’ll bring

• Project management experience, with a track record of delivering projects on time and within budget.
• Problem solving, critical thinking, and analytical reasoning.
• Performs tasks according to established procedures, with some ability to exercise discretion. Projects are of moderate size and complexity.
• Provides effective solutions to problems based on broad experience.
• Knowledge of business functions, including an understanding of various processes, procedures and systems required to carry out assignments.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Certifications (preferred but not mandatory): PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner/Foundation, PMI-ACP (Agile Certified Practitioner), CAPM, or related Agile certifications (CSM, CSPO, SAFe certifications).

What we offer

AXA XL is committed to equal employment opportunity and will consider applicants regardless of gender, sexual orientation, age, ethnicity and origins, marital status, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic. At AXA XL, we know that an inclusive culture enables business growth and is critical to our success. That’s why we have made a strategic commitment to attract, develop, advance and retain the most inclusive workforce possible, and create a culture where everyone can bring their full selves to work and reach their highest potential.

Sustainability

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