Job Title
Senior IT Project Manager - Security
Job Description
Inside IR35 day rate contract - 12 months
The Role
Pacific Life Re (PLRe) are embarking on a security uplift programme with our Insur-Tech UnderwriteMe (UMe). We therefore require an experienced Senior IT Project Manager to lead on this programme.
As a Senior IT Project Manager, you will lead the security uplift programme for UMe liaising with senior stakeholders across UMe, Pacific Life Re (PL Re) and Pacific Life (PL) providing the planning, management, oversight and communication.
The primary focus for this role will be supporting the Security uplift focussing on Desktop and workplace technologies followed by cloud security. This comprises of Identity and Access management, Platform and Endpoint security, Information protection and IT Asset management.
To be successful in this role, you will possess a strong background in project management, along with a good understanding of IT security, Identity Management, Microsoft 365 tenants, Laptop and Device Management and Cloud Security. You will have a track record of delivering complex projects on time and within budget, ensuring planning, management, oversight and communications are in line with PL Re’s expectations.
You will work alongside our broad and multi-location Business and Technology Delivery teams including Operational Risk & Resilience (OR&R), IT and Platform Engineering, Security, Infrastructure, Data, Enterprise Architecture and other appropriate teams to develop, align and manage the project plan and timelines.
Key Duties
Responsible for the successful completion of the Security uplift programme for UMe including laptop and device management and cloud Security.
Partner with project sponsors & stakeholders to define project scope, priorities, timelines, milestones, deadlines, plans, RAID, resource plans and deliverable schedules.
Working with UMe Engineering, OR&R, Support Services and Cloud teams across UMe, PL Re and PL to ensure alignment and on time delivery to objectives.
Anticipate issues and delays to the project and evaluate trade-offs between project size, complexity, cost, risk, etc., effectively assessing and mitigating all project risks.
Work with various teams to develop activities and assign to resources, supervise work and ensure adherence to established quality and risk management standards and methodologies. Escalating issues as appropriate along with proposals for resolution.
Facilitate discussions and consensus among various project stakeholders, including the facilitation of the Project Steering Committee.
Coordinating work within the team. Eliciting clear progress updates with transparency and realism regarding risks and issues. Monitoring and reporting on project status.
Manages and monitors the project budget and expenditures.
Ensures the project adheres to the business’ standards for project methodology, governance, reporting and risk management.
Qualifications, Expertise and Attributes
Essential experience and proven track record of delivering IT projects including IT Security within medium to large organisations.
Proven and demonstrable experience as a Senior Project Manager in complex IT Service Management / Technology environments.
Comfortable working in Waterfall, Agile & Hybrid styles, demonstrating an ability to select the best approaches for the tasks and challenges at hand.
Understanding of the software development lifecycle.
Data & analytical expertise, ability to elicit and agree requirements across a broad a diverse group of stakeholders.
Expert planning, control and monitoring skills.
Solid understanding of the importance of and adherence to Technology Risk Management standards and security.
Proven communication skills with the gravitas to interact at Executive and Senior Leadership levels.
Significant experience in people management and matrix team leadership.
Extensive experience managing and partnering with multiple 3rd party vendors.
Strong understanding of project and programme methodologies (e.g. PRINCE2, APM).
Project and Programme Management experience of at least 10 years.
Knowledge and experience of using PPM solutions, Jira / Atlassian & MS 365 an advantage.
About PL Re
We are one of the largest and most experienced in the longevity market and are continuing our rapid growth internationally with offices across Europe, Asia, North America and Australia.
Our global team, comprised of the best minds in the industry, are not afraid to disrupt and challenge industry thinking to provide the best Life, Critical Illness, Income Protection, Hospital Cash and Longevity reinsurance products and services possible.
We pursue personalised, bespoke solutions for every one of our clients and our commitment to cutting-edge technology reflects our ambition to offer the most sophisticated answers to the most challenging reinsurance questions.
Working in some of the most complex and fast-moving markets has taught us that knowledge and innovation must go hand in hand. By seeking to manage risk, rather than eliminating it, our team is always learning, researching and rethinking the best solutions to the challenges our clients face.
As our relatively short history reveals, we are one of the youngest players in the reinsurance market. We are proud of our beginnings and we celebrate our youth because it is what keeps us tenacious, agile and energised. We are equally proud of the security and freedom we possess from having the backing of our parent company Pacific Life. With a heritage of 150 years, Pacific Life provides strength and resilience to our business which enables us to bring our fresh and dynamic approach to the marketplace.
About UnderwriteMe
UnderwriteMe is a UK based Insurtech creating disruptive SaaS solutions for the insurance industry. We are on a mission to make life insurance more widely accessible, providing technology to ensure people and their loved ones are protected when the inevitable happens.
We are wholly owned by Pacific Life, but operate as an autonomous business within the company. This gives us the best of both worlds - the freedom to act like a technology scale-up, with the stability of a large company meaning longer-term thinking and no last minute pivots to gain our next funding round. Pacific Life Re became 100% shareholder of UnderwriteMe in 2017 given the strategic synergy with its reinsurance business.
UnderwriteMe has two main products we sell to customers:
• Decision Platform - a B2B enterprise platform that provides a best-in-market Underwriting Rules Engine used by over 30 insurers to power their underwriting decisions. The product is sold across UK & Ireland, Asia-Pacific and North America. The platform combines our engine with technology to source and process third-party information supporting underwriting decisions for insurers. We are already working on capabilities, powered by AI, to make these decisions even more efficient.
• Protection Platform - a B2B2C marketplace used by over 15,000 advisors to power quoting and purchase of protection products in the UK. We currently deliver 16% of the UK markets protection policies and we are already working to increase our reach.
Working For Pacific Life Re
Every person in our global team is valued for the unique qualities they bring to our business and we seek to build their expertise and support their individual ambitions at every step. Of course, we take our work seriously and we know our team can operate under great pressure. We work hard and thrive on achievement, but we also know how to have fun and relax too. We regularly host a range of team building days to strengthen our team's connection with each other and reflect on their successes.
Providing employees with a healthy work-life balance is very important to our culture. We have a wide range of employee benefits and we host regular social activities and well being initiatives. We are also committed to supporting our employee's involvement in their communities, by actively fundraising, hosting charity events and overseeing volunteering opportunities.
Benefits (Only for Permanent and Fixed Term Employees)
Leave
25 days of annual leave with option to buy/sell more days
Adoption and fertility leave
Generous enhanced parental leave
Healthcare
Savings & Retirement
Wellness
Subsidized gym membership
Access to Employee Assistance Program
Cycle to Work and Electric Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme
Time off for volunteering
Charitable matching of employee donations
As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we will provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure equal access to applicants with disabilities. Please contact us about your needs so that we can discuss these with you to make sure that suitable adjustments are made, where possible.
Pacific Life Re Values
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