Foundation Project Manager

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Hybrid Working: Guildford

Role Description The purpose of this role is to support other project management and change professionals to realise business benefits through the application of project and programme processes and tools; and the provision of progress and performance tracking of projects within a specific Programme and business area.

Key Responsibilities Planning, Scheduling & Delivery

• Define and manage plans and schedules ensuring accurate estimate of cost, time and resource requirements, taking into account any dependencies to ensure the successful delivery of a change initiative.

Financial & Budget Management

• Plan and control the finances and budgets for change initiatives, to control forecast and actual costs against the budgets in accordance with the organisation's overall financial management.

Value & Benefits Management

• Establish value and benefits plan including tracking and realisation processes.

Resource & Supplier Management

• Identify and manage the resources needed for change initiative(s) from internal and/or external providers, taking account of availabilities and scheduling including the procurement and contracts for the provision of goods and/or services, monitoring compliance to Allianz standards and managing variances.

Quality Management & Governance

• Develop, maintain and apply quality management and governance structures that define clear roles, responsibilities and accountabilities for delivery of change initiative activities and outputs, reporting on progress to relevant project board/governance forums that align with organisational practice gaining appropriate authorisation for revision to plan from sponsor and change practices.

Project Governance

• Ensure that portfolio tools are used effectively to support all Portfolio Management activities.

• Act as a role model to others, with behaviours that demonstrate the Corporate Mission & Values.

• Ensure appropriate levels of compliance to the internal standards laid down under ACDMs.

• Ensure all regulatory and compliance requirements are adhered to.

• Support the reporting of progress through the defined IT Management Reporting suite.

Skills

• Project Management skills including organisation, governance, estimation, planning, scheduling, tracking, reporting and risk/issue management.

• Proficient in Project Management & Office tools such as MS Office Suite, MS Project etc.

• Understanding of financial planning and budget management skills, including business cases.

• Able to provide clear communication packs, combining information sources for senior stakeholders.

Experience Experience in 3 of the following:Industries

• Some experience within Financials Services, preferable Insurance.

Type of Change

• Some experience within project and change delivery.

Budget

• Some experience of financial and budget management for small change initiatives.

Resource & Supplier Management

• Some experience of resource management.

Project support

• Previous experience in project support roles.

Techniques/Methodology

• Some experience of problem solving and facilitation and using delivery methodologies such as Waterfall or Agile.

Qualifications

• Professionally qualified within Project Management - Prince II Foundation, Agile or other.

What We Will Offer You Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from- so you can pick a package that's perfect for you. We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and fantastic career development and training. That's on top of enjoying all the benefits you'd expect from the world's number one insurance brand, including:

• Competitive salary package

• Annual performance related bonus

• Hybrid working

• Contributory pension scheme

• Development days

• A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet

• Retail discounts.

Our Ways of Working Do you need some flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it's right for our customers, our business and for you, then we'll do everything we can to make it happen. Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.

Diversity & Inclusion At Allianz, we prioritize diversity and inclusion, demonstrated by our numerous accreditations: EDGE certified for gender inclusion, Women in Finance Charter members, Disability Confident employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, Business in the Community's Race at Work Charter signatories, and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard employer.We embrace neurodiversity and welcome applications from neurodivergent and disabled candidates, offering tailored adjustments to ensure your success.We encourage our employees to advocate for their needs, whether it's assistive technology, ergonomic equipment, mentoring, coaching, or flexible work arrangements.

Accessible Application for All As part of the Disability Confident Scheme, we support candidates with disabilities or long-term health conditions through the Offer an Interview Scheme, for those meeting the essential skills for the role.Contact our Resourcing team to opt into this scheme or for assistance with your application, including larger text, hard copies, or spoken applications: Hr-recruitment@allianz.co.uk

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