Project Manager

AXA XL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. London, UK We invent the new to help the world move forward. Combining powerful analytics and deeper insights with bigger ideas and innovative solutions, we free up our clients’ potential, thereby fulfilling our own.

What you’ll be doing

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

What you’ll bring

We’re looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

• 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

Inclusion 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.

Five Business Resource Groups focused on gender, LGBTQ+, ethnicity and origins, disability and inclusion with 20 Chapters around the globe. Robust support for Flexible Working Arrangements. Enhanced family-friendly leave benefits. Named to the Diversity Best Practices Index. Signatory to the UK Women in Finance Charter.

Learn more at axaxl.com/about-us/inclusion-and-diversity.

Total Rewards AXA XL’s Reward program is designed to take care of what matters most to you, covering the full picture of your health, wellbeing, lifestyle and financial security. It provides competitive compensation and personalized, inclusive benefits that evolve as you do. We’re committed to rewarding your contribution for the long term, so you can be your best self today and look forward to the future with confidence.

Sustainability At AXA XL, Sustainability is integral to our business strategy. In an ever-changing world, AXA XL protects what matters most for our clients and communities. We know that sustainability is at the root of a more resilient future.

Our 2023-26 Sustainability strategy, called “Roots of resilience”, focuses on protecting natural ecosystems, addressing climate change, and embedding sustainable practices across our operations.

Our Pillars:

• Valuing nature: How we impact nature affects how nature impacts us. Resilient ecosystems - the foundation of a sustainable planet and society – are essential to our future. We’re committed to protecting and restoring nature – from mangrove forests to the bees in our backyard – by increasing biodiversity awareness and inspiring clients and colleagues to put nature at the heart of their plans.
• Addressing climate change: The effects of a changing climate are far-reaching and significant. Unpredictable weather, increasing temperatures, and rising sea levels cause both social inequalities and environmental disruption. We’re building a net zero strategy, developing insurance products and services, and mobilizing to advance thought leadership and investment in societal-led solutions.
• Integrating ESG: All companies have a role to play in building a more resilient future. Incorporating ESG considerations into our internal processes and practices builds resilience from the roots of our business. We’re training our colleagues, engaging our external partners, and evolving our sustainability governance and reporting.

AXA Hearts in Action: We have established volunteering and charitable giving programs to help colleagues support causes that matter most to them, known as AXA XL’s “Hearts in Action” programs. These include our Matching Gifts program, Volunteering Leave, and our annual volunteering day – the Global Day of Giving.

For more information, please see axaxl.com/sustainability.

Who we are AXA XL, the P&C and specialty risk division of AXA, is known for solving complex risks. For mid-sized companies, multinationals and even some inspirational individuals we don’t just provide re/insurance, we reinvent it. How? By combining a comprehensive and efficient capital platform, data-driven insights, leading technology, and the best talent in an agile and inclusive workspace, empowered to deliver top client service across all our lines of business − property, casualty, professional, financial lines and specialty. With an innovative and flexible approach to risk solutions, we partner with those who move the world forward.

Learn more at axaxl.com.