Senior Project Manager - Infrastructure

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Project ManagerCentral London - £70,000 - £85,000 + BenefitsInsuranceWe have an exciting opportunity with one of our clients, a world leader in reinsurance. They stand for exceptional solution-based expertise, consistent risk management, financial stability and client proximity.Overview:As a Project manager, you will have the ability to make a significant impact to the organisation by supporting the 3-year rolling roadmap. You will lead project team members to deliver stable operational services in a cost effective and adequate manner for applications in scope and IT infrastructure, including onsite IT and provider management.Role Responsibilities:Plans, schedules, monitors, reports on activities related to Infrastructure, Networks and Workplace projects, ensuring that there are appropriate & effective governance arrangements, supported by comprehensive reporting & communication.Ensures that projects are managed to realize business objectives & that project management is informed by an awareness of current technical & solution developmentsTakes responsibility for the definition, documentation & successful completion of projectsResponsibility for consistency of project management and proactive identification, management assessment of dependencies, risks and issues to the success of the project.Initialization of IT projects according to approved project charters and on boarding of project team, ensuring consistent project methodologiesTransparent and consistent communication with the project stakeholders.Responsibility for project budgetAny additional duties and responsibilities that may reasonably be expected to be undertaken in accordance with the roleHelp drive forward good Conduct for the business to deliver the best outcomes for customers / policyholders Experience required:Ability to drive agile change in a largely waterfall organisation and lead projects in new delivery approach.Ability to lead and direct the projects and project workstream leads under a unified project lens without compromising business outcomes and priority constraints.Several years of experience in IT infrastructure, networks, workplace or application project management organisations, specifically in the field of IT.Ability to work in complex organisation structures and tenaciously forge a path for delivery resulting in deliveryExcellent communication skills, strong experience in managing the diverging interests of various stakeholders.Proven ability to create meaningful reports and summarize project health status for C-level presentations.Track record of project financial budget management.Ability to drive a mixture of functional and geographic workstreams and coordinate step change delivery to the business in a unified way.Consulting and collaborative working style creating a culture of accountability and sharingA self-motivated individual able to work with varying organisational and geographic styles to the end goal of unifying and standardising the delivery culture and capability.Fluent spoken and written EnglishWillingness to travel internationallyBenefits:Qualifications and experience of one or more industry recognised best practise project management delivery methodologies i.e. PMP, PRINCE 2-certified, Agile methodologiesProven experience in Agile software development and lifecycle methodologiesCII qualifications Company benefits include:25 days Holiday in addition to public holidays (Increases with length of service)Group pension, 10% base salary, paid by the company with no employee contribution requiredSeveral insurance covers including private medical, health, critical illness and life assuranceFamily Friendly PoliciesGym Membership subsidyFlexible and Agile PracticesAnnual Bonus and Annual Pay Review If you have the skills and experience required and are keen to pursue a role as a Project Manager with a global company, then please click the link to apply!