Programme Manager

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Are you a Programme Manager looking for your next move?

We are currently looking to hire a Programme Manager to join Legal and General Group Technology. This is a fantastic role where you’ll be end to end responsibility for driving and delivering large and complex change programmes

Group Technology delivers shared infrastructure and cloud services as well as being the Service Integrator for the Legal & General group. This role will be focused on major infrastructure, cloud, and service-based change.

• Having end to end responsibility for driving and delivering large and complex change programmes, engaging with leadership and other business and technology stakeholders in order to shape, define and deliver change programmes
• Driving end to end execution of projects and be present in all fundamentals of the life of a project
• Engaging project sponsors, stakeholders and the Project Management Office to drive delivery of complex technology delivery programmes and Influence senior stakeholders
• Driving the management of capacity, availability, problem management, change management and knowledge management activities within the team
• Managing the relevant Project Management processes and systems to ensure a consistent and high level of Project Management service that means customers’ expectations are met
• Build, maintain an role-model effective, positive working relationships with all levels of our Third Party Service providers and the wider IT communities
• For this role you’ll have strong experience of Project Management methodologies including Waterfall and Agile and the appropriate application of these methods
• You’ll be able to demonstrate core skills resulting from project management experience including communications capabilities, decision making and problem-solving skills, lateral thinking, analytical and interpersonal skills
• Exposure to experiencing positive, challenging interactions with Senior Executives across the businesses and a desire to increase that exposure as Projects becoming larger and more complex
• You’ll also demonstrate exposure to financial/analytical activities and being able to contextualise financial data to support the viability of Projects
• It is key that you have excellent interpersonal and communication skills with an ability to communicate effectively and confidently at all levels across the Group
  
  

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 private medical insurance, 30 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), a generous pension scheme, life assurance, and Income Protection. You’ll receive a car allowance of 12% of your annual salary, and you can participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice. We’re also proud to offer competitive family leave.

You’ll have the opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes. And then 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?

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.

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.

If this opportunity excites you but you’re not sure you meet all the requirements, or you’d like to know a bit more, please contact Jamie Daley at jamie.daley@landg.com (LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamie-daley-92836458/).

If you’d like to be considered for this role, please submit your application through our careers website as we’re not accepting email applications.