Senior Technical Project Manager

Our exclusive collaboration with Tokio Marine HCC continues as we aim to recruit a top-tier Business Change team. Our first phase is nearing completion and we have defined the final role for the Project Management practice.

The job description is below but in the last role we are looking for the following experience

• Strong technical Project Management background, with varied experience within IT
• experience working with policy administration systems, PAS implementations and delivering technical integration solutions.
• Experience working with both onshore and offshore teams
• someone who can also manage stakeholders well and is technical but also able to explain technical solutions to non-technical stakeholders

Technical aspects could include in order of priority

Insurance Policy Administration Systems, PAS

Data projects

Systems integration

Networking

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job title: Senior Technical Project Manager

Location: City of London

Reporting to: PM Practice Lead

Position type: 35 hrs p/w (3 days in the office, 2 days working from home)

Why Tokio Marine HCC?

Standing still is not an option in the current world of Insurance. TMHCC are one of the world’s leading Specialty Insurers. With deep expertise in our chosen lines of business, our unparalleled track record and a solid balance sheet, TMHCC evaluates and manages risk like no one else in the industry. Looking beyond profit, empowering our people and delivering on our commitments are at the core of our customer values, and so is a desire to grow and provide creative and innovative solutions to our clients.

Job Purpose:

Due to our continued growth and development, we are looking to build a world-class Enterprise Change Function. We have one remaining Mid-level Project Manager position. In this role you will deliver pivotal business and transformational changes across TMHCC, ensuring we remain at the forefront of the London Market and a driver of positive change in the insurance industry.

This is a fantastic opportunity to put your own stamp on things and drive the continuous improvement and development of a new, specialist change function whilst leading on cutting edge projects within the London Market.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead a number of change initiatives as project manager, across all appropriate workstreams including technology.
• Planning and designing project(s), workstreams and appropriate governance.
• Engage with business stakeholders, wider change teams and subject matter experts (SMEs) to define and agree project approach, project plans and costs.
• Monitors and reports project status against business case, plan, specific milestones.
• Proactively monitoring overall progress, resolving issues and initiating corrective action.
• Learns from previous experience by participating in post implementation reviews, lessons learned sessions and knowledge share/peer reviews

Skills and Experience Specification:

• Proven experience leading IT Technical projects in the financial services sector
• Outstanding stakeholder management skills: the ability to influence, challenge the status quo, and deliver results.
• Expertise in utilising a range of project delivery methodologies.
• Strong planning and decision-making abilities, ensuring you consistently meet deadlines and deliver results.

Personal Specification:

• Passion for project management and change deliver in the financial services sector
• A growth mindset with the ambition to continuously drive improvement.
• The ability to manage multiple priorities and workstreams in a fast-paced environment.
• A natural ability to apply a pragmatic and methodical approach to problem solving.
• Creative thinker with a collaborative mindset to problem solving.

What we offer

Tokio Marine HCC is a leading specialty insurance group with offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and other locations. With the strength and stability that comes from being a member of the Tokio Marine group, and more than forty years of growth, profitability, and stability, we offer important insurance products that most people do not even know exist.

The Tokio Marine HCC Group of companies is an equal opportunity employer. Please visit www.tmhcc.com for more information about our companies.

This piece of hiring is being run by our retained recruitment partner Highams Recruitment | Specialist Recruitment Across Insurance, Pension & Wealth Sectors