Senior Project Manager (fixed term)

Senior Project Manager (fixed term)

Reporting to the Head of Finance Change Portfolio, this role owns the end‑to‑end delivery of Regulatory projects. You will be responsible for driving the project objectives, scope, resources, and expected business outcomes together with detailed project plans. You will be expected to implement and adhere to the required project management methodologies and governance and provide the project team with direction and confidence to deliver and leverage the expected benefits.

Key responsibilities for this role:

• Facilitate effective collaboration with technical accountants and other stakeholders ensuring alignment of project objectives.
• Own the end to end delivery of medium to highly complex regulatory focused Finance projects identifying key business stakeholders; leading on project objectives, scope, resources and agreed set of expected benefits and outcomes.
• In conjunction with the Project Sponsor, communicate the outcomes / benefits of the project across the organisation to garner support and buy‑in.
• Create and maintain high quality project plans (with built in risk mitigation strategies) and work packages that support delivery ensuring that responsibilities are assigned to project resources.
• Adhere to governance standards including Project Change Standard and guidelines maintaining accurate RACI and RAID logs and Service Now records.
• Monitor and report progress to the impacted stakeholders (e.g. sponsor(s), programme manager, Change Programme Directors, steering committee) including ongoing business case viability.
• Independently identify and take ownership of issues, risks and dependencies making recommendations to mitigate the risk or to reduce / remove issues.
• Escalate where appropriate to maintain progress towards project delivery and act as an escalation point on behalf of the Project Sponsor.
• Complete handover to BAU and business benefits realisation activities to close off projects.
• Manage resource planning and motivate the project team to ensure a high standard of output focused on customer satisfaction and delivery through developing others through providing ongoing guidance, mentoring or coaching.
• Manage relationships with required teams e.g. Technology, external suppliers and other business functions to achieve timely delivery.

Key Skills Competencies & Experience:

• Confident and effective communicator (both written and verbal) across all levels of the organisation.
• Confident in facilitating medium to large sized workshops and meetings with stakeholders.
• Ability to motivate, influence and constructively challenge where appropriate.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships across the business and with external parties.
• Strong organisational and planning skills with the ability to manage multiple projects, resources, priorities and deliverables to tight deadlines.
• Passionate about developing a work environment that embraces and values diversity.
• Attention to detail and the ability to articulate complex ideas / concepts to stakeholders.
• Ability to anticipate, prioritise and resolve issues using problem solving and analytical skills.
• Well‑developed interpersonal skills leading by example and exercising good judgment and decision‑making skills.
• Strong programme budgetary control and financial management.
• Commercial mindset to highlight risks covering contractual clauses including penalties.
• Advanced understanding and practical application of project management methodologies.
• In depth understanding of the asset management, asset owner and asset servicing operating model and associated infrastructure.
• Specific domain knowledge e.g. Regulations, ESG specific (add as applicable to specific role).

Experience:

• Proven experience as a Project Manager.
• Prior experience in the Financial Services industry is highly desirable.
• Experience of working in a highly controlled and regulated environment.
• Working effectively with stakeholders at different levels including executive and non‑executive directors, C‑Suite and NEDs and external parties.

What we offer: At M&G, we're committed to helping you thrive and supporting your wellbeing both at work and beyond. Our benefits are designed to help you balance your professional and personal life while planning confidently for your future. Our UK benefits include:

• A valuable pension scheme of 18% with 13% made up of Employer Contributions and 5% Employee Contributions.
• Share Save and our Share Incentive Plan together with access to financial wellbeing and support services.
• 38 days annual leave including bank holidays with the opportunity to purchase up to 5 extra days and additional flexibility through our Time Off When You Need It policy.
• Comprehensive support and paid parental leave covering maternity, adoption, surrogacy and paternity leave.
• Health & Protection cover including Private Healthcare, Critical Illness cover and Life Assurance for you with family options.