Job Description
Job Type: FTC until Dec 2026
Location: Telford or Edinburgh with flexible working
Flexible working: All of our roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about Phoenix Flex here.
Closing Date: 9th November
Salary and benefits: £70,000 - £90,000 plus 16% bonus up to 32%, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more
Recruiter: Tim Singh
Who are we?
We want to be the best place that any of our 6,600 colleagues have ever worked.
We’re Phoenix Group, we’re a long-term savings and retirement business. We offer a range of products across our market-leading brands, Standard Life, SunLife, Phoenix Life and ReAssure. Around 1 in 5 people in the UK has a pension with us. We’re a FTSE 100 organisation that is tackling key issues such as transitioning our portfolio to net zero by 2050, and we’re not done yet.
The role
We’re currently recruiting for a change project manager to join one of our most significant migration programmes within the organisation.
To lead the design, planning & delivery of standalone projects or discrete work streams/projects within a larger project/programme. Ensure all requirements are captured, scoped, planned, priced, negotiated & delivered as agreed in the Business Case in a compliant manner
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who thrives in a complex, fast-paced environment and enjoys bringing clarity and structure to large-scale transformation programmes for someone with experience of finance and actuarial system migrations
Key Responsibilities
- Apply project management tools and team collaboration techniques appropriately to effectively manage the project through the change lifecycle to successful delivery, delivering the outcomes as per the business case
- Successfully source appropriate resources to ensure work streams or projects are adequately resourced; especially where resources are specialised and/or limited and therefore challenging to secure.
- Produce and actively maintain good quality project documentation, including plans, actions, decisions, RAID logs, change requests, incidents and governance in line with the project objectives to ensure successful delivery.
- Identify and actively manage stakeholders (typically up to SMQ level and Management Board Level) throughout the project to ensure project sponsor, steering group and other stakeholders are kept informed of project progress.
- Implement and operate effective and robust governance and control environment in line with the Phoenix change management framework
- Implement and operate effective and robust governance and control environment in line with the Phoenix change management framework
- Determining when project risks and issues can be dealt with internally and where they need to be escalated to senior stakeholders.
- Responsible for allocation of resources within the project, including financial resources within agreed budgets.
- Engages directly and builds collaborative relationships within house delivery teams, third parties and strategic partners as required.
- Ability to translate complexity into simplicity.
What are we looking for?
- Associate of Project Management (APM) - PMQ level or equivalent experience
- Project Management experience in complex regulated environment and project managing policy administration system migrations from a finance and actuarial aspect including at the management of Phx. key third parties
- Working with Actuarial specialists, preferably including 3rd party experts
We want to hire the whole version of you.
We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.
We’re reviewing applications as they come in, so apply early to avoid missing out.
Find out more about
- Guide for Candidates: thephoenixgroup.pagetiger.com/guideforcandidates
- Find or get answers from our colleagues: www.thephoenixgroup.com/careers/talk-to-us
