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Job Title: Senior Project Manager (Data Migration Events) 

Contract Type: Permanent 

Location: Edinburgh 

Working Style: Hybrid 50% home / 50% office based 

We have an exciting opportunity for Senior Project Manager (Data Migrations) to join our Change Team at Royal London, initially focussed on a major data migration programme. The Change Team work across Royal London to help deliver the Group’s strategic ambitions. We work in partnership to deliver operational excellence, drive innovation, enhance customer experience, and protect our business from threats impacting our industry. Bringing together thousands of colleagues to look after millions of customers to deliver great outcomes for customers. As a Senior Project Manager, you will have overall responsibility for planning and leading the delivery of the whole change lifecycle for projects covering both Business and Technical driven change. 

About the role   

We are delivering a major, multiyear programme that will transform our proposition and transition critical operations, data and technology. The programme will deliver an enhanced proposition through migration of policies to our Royal London strategic platforms. The role involves the design, execution and governance of the event runbook including validation through dry runs and dress rehearsals. We’re looking for candidates with proven experience in largescale data migrations within complex change environments—candidates who can design, plan and execute technical and operational change to ensure a smooth, well governed and high quality transition.  

As a Senior Project Manager you will:   

• Lead our most complex and critical initiatives   

• Apply best project management practice to ensure outcomes are delivered to time, cost and quality objectives  

• Provide leadership to the delivery team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones   

• Define and agree required level of project resource needed for successful project delivery   

• Manage risks and issues, understanding a wider risk context associated with the business and the delivery ​   

• Build a collaborative relationship with 3rd parties to manage delivery, costs and maximise value​   

• Implement appropriate level of Governance in-line with Group methods   

• Cost control on the project and understanding the impact this has on Group-wide financial performance and value to the customer​    

• Coach and mentor other Project Managers in the team, potential with people management responsibilities   

• Contribute to continuous improvement of the ways of working within our change delivery environment  

What you will bring to the role: 

• Extensive demonstrable experience of delivering complex Data Migration projects within financial services 

• The ability to solve and unblock issues within teams or departments   

• An adaptable approach to communicating across all levels in Royal London ​   

• The skills to build consensus between organisations or highly independent and diverse stakeholders   

• Proactivity and future thinking around the management and control of project costs and benefits   

• Interpersonal skills to influence and spur change, facilitate, and enhance performance within a cross - functional environment   

• Experience of leading project teams, building and maintaining the trust, confidence, commitment and collaboration of others   

If you think you would be a great fit for our team at Royal London but don’t meet all the requirements of the role, please get in touch as your application will still be considered. 

About Royal London 

We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.    

Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.  

We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits   

Inclusion, diversity and belonging  

We’re an Inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.