IT PROGRAMME MANAGER

Helping over ten million people around the world manage their savings, retirement plans and life insurance requires a lot of people behind-the-scenes.  It’s up to us in L&G Group functions – which includes our tech and digital teams, Group Finance, HR, Risk and Corporate Comms to provide the essential support services that all areas of the business need, here in the UK and overseas. Simply put, we enable everyone at Legal & General to do what they do best. That means we’re helping to improve our customers’ lives, and contributing to the success of the business every day.

Are you an experienced IT Programme Manager? Do you enjoy being in the thick of large scale transformation? We may have the ideal role for you. We are now recruiting an IT Programme Manager on a 12 month fixed-term contract basis to provide strategic management and oversight of highly complex Technology Programmes, as part of the Group Finance IT Portfolio to agreed time, cost, scope and quality criteria. Manage all IT Products / Services, Partners and Resources to help sponsors achieve their objectives, by identifying and delivering technologies and changes that provide significant and lasting business value.

• As part of your role, you will be establishing and maintaining the correct governance and organisational structures to control and monitor the IT deliverables to the business.

• Determining, monitoring and reviewing all programme economics, including costs, staffing requirements, programme resources, and risks, ensuring that there are appropriate and effective governance arrangements, supported by appropriate and timely reporting.

• Ensuring that programme control procedures are in place so that these can be used to assess the risks, issues, assumptions and has on project costs, timescale and resources.

• Delivering effective communication to all interested parties, key stakeholders and Senior Managers, to support effective decision-making and the smooth and efficient delivery of IT Programmes.

• Proven experience of delivering a range of IT Programmes / Projects.
• A Strong customer focus.
• Strong financial acumen with ability to effectively manage and control budgets, whilst ensuring value for money is delivered.
• Significant experience in managing delivery of IT Programmes and transformational change.
• Good organisational and change management skills with demonstrated ability to prioritise effectively.
• A strong and practical understanding of both on premise and cloud computing environments.

When you commit to Legal & General, we’ll commit to you too. That means we’ll recognise and reward your hard work, your performance and your contribution.

If you join us, you’ll get access to some great benefits, including 30 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), an annual supplement for private medical insurance, generous pension scheme, life assurance, and a car allowance of 12% of your annual salary. We’re also proud to offer competitive family leave. 

You’ll have the opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan, and there are the many discounts we offer that you can take advantage of – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online offerings. 

The brand with the brolly is choosing today to change tomorrow.

Since 1836, we’ve grown to become one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurance brands. 

We’re all here to improve the lives of our customers, build a better society for the long term, and create value for our shareholders - helping to shape a better future for society and the planet.

We need people who share our ambitions, agility and entrepreneurial spirit to help us do it.

At L&G, you’ll find a balance that helps you be your best. Empowered by hybrid working, we’re supported by technology and workplaces that enable us to work effectively wherever we are. We come together in offices to collaborate and connect, and use time at home for individual, focused activities. And, when we achieve great things, we celebrate our success and reward strong performance.

Today, there’s over 10,000 of us, working towards our mission, with plenty of opportunities to grow your career as we grow L&G. Will you join us?

Great minds don’t have to think alike, so we welcome voices from all backgrounds. Bringing together people with different life experiences helps us build empathy with our customers and drive innovation.

We don’t just talk about it, we actively promote diversity and equitable opportunities for all. That means our employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or protected veteran status. In fact, we embrace every dimension of diversity to reflect the customers and communities we serve.

We think it’s important to create an inclusive environment where we can all belong, contribute and drive progress, where you can develop and grow, and be empowered. We want you to use your voice to help us build a better tomorrow.

We all work differently, and have different needs, which is why. we’re always open to discussing flexible working arrangements. Likewise, we’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs during our recruiting process.

So whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever your story, we'd love to hear from you.