Posted 05 August, 2026
Senior Project Manager - Change Delivery
Avencia Talent Solutions
Leeds, ENG, GB
Full Time
Job Description
Senior Project Manager – Insurance Change
\nSpeciality Insurance
\n£70,000 - £75,000 + 20% Bonus + Exceptional Benefits
\nLeeds - Hybrid
\nWe’re looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to join a leading, prestigious, specialist insurer’s UK Business Change team, supporting the delivery of complex strategic projects across the organisation.
\nThis is a key role working with cross-functional teams, senior stakeholders and third-party system providers to deliver projects from initial planning through to implementation and review.
\nKey responsibilities:
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- Leading large, complex projects within the UK portfolio \n
- Creating and managing full lifecycle project plans using MS Project \n
- Chairing Project Working Groups and SteerCo meetings \n
- Coordinating multiple workstreams, dependencies and resources \n
- Managing project risks, issues, budgets and third-party suppliers \n
- Providing clear progress reports to sponsors and senior stakeholders \n
- Leading business-readiness, communication and implementation planning \n
- Ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget and to the required quality \n
We’re looking for someone with:
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- A strong track record of delivering complex projects within insurance or financial services \n
- Experience managing third-party vendors and senior internal stakeholders \n
- Excellent knowledge of waterfall project delivery and MS Project \n
- Prince2 Practitioner and/or Agile experience \n
- Strong change management and business-improvement expertise \n
- Experience leading workshops, SteerCos and working groups \n
- Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder-management skills \n
- Strong budget management and end-to-end business-readiness experience \n
This is an excellent opportunity to join a collaborative, people-first organisation and play an important part in delivering meaningful business change.
