Project Manager

Legal & General is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor. We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, aiming to build a better society for the long term by investing our customers’ money in things that make life better for everyone and create value for our shareholders.

Our Group Functions provide the services that all areas of the business need. This requires a talented and diverse team behind the scenes, who enable everyone at L&G to do what they do best. 

Joining us means helping to improve the lives of our customers and contributing to the success of the business every day.

Recruiter: Andy Banks - andy.banksd@landg.com Internal Closing Date: 28/03/2025

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Are you a skilled Project Manager with a passion for managing projects to meet identified business needs? Legal & General is seeking a talented individual to join our IT & Change Management team within our Group Functions division. In this role, you will take end-to-end responsibility for project delivery, establishing and maintaining the correct structures for control and monitoring. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and have a proven track record in project management, we want to hear from you!

What you'll be doing:

• Leading the delivery of projects in the within the Group Functions Change Portfolio, taking end-to-end responsibility for the delivery of a business function portfolio and/or significant programme
• Establishing and maintaining the correct structures to control and monitor all deliverables, as defined in the Business Case
• Leading project planning, scheduling, controlling, and reporting activities, ensuring comprehensive project, quality, and risk plans are prepared and maintained
• Delivering effective communication to all stakeholders to support decision-making and manage the smooth and integrated delivery of projects
• Managing third-party relationships, ensuring dependencies are identified and managed, and deliverables are achieved without incurring unnecessary cost or delay
• Determining, monitoring, and reviewing all project economics, including costs, staffing requirements, project resources, and project risk
• Ensuring project control procedures are in place and actively used to assess risks, issues, assumptions, and changes on costs, timescale, and/or resource needs
• Demonstrating compliance with agreed methodology, standards, policies, and procedures to ensure strong governance and adherence to Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) principles

Who we're looking for:

• Demonstrated project management and delivery experience
• Ideally degree-level educated with a professional qualification in project management, such as APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ), PRINCE2, PRINCE2 Agile, or Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Change Management, Agile, or SAFe qualification is desired
• Knowledge of principles, methods, techniques, and tools required for effective project management in a portfolio management environment
• Understanding of delivering projects to time, cost, and quality using tailored project methodologies
• Experience in translating analysis and solutions into practical implementation, facilitation, running workshops, and leading Steering Committees
• Proven experience of delivering projects to time, cost, and quality
• Resource, stakeholder, and matrix people management experience with well-developed communication, planning, and organizing skills

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer: 

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes  
• Generous pension contribution  
• Life assurance   
• Private medical insurance (permanent employees only) 
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday 
• Competitive family leave 
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice 
• There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online   
• In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart

Legal & General is a leading financial services group and major global investor, named Britain’s Most Admired Company in 2023, for the second year running. Rated top in our sector and top for inspirational leadership, we have a strong heritage and an exciting future.

We aim to build a better society for the long term by investing our customers’ money in things that make life better for everyone.

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We strive to be open, mindful and inclusive, so are always willing to discussing flexible working arrangements and reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs.

If you’re open to find out more, we'd love to hear from you.