Senior Project Manager (12-Month FTC)
About AXA:
AXA is a global leader in insurance and financial services, dedicated to helping customers protect what matters most to them. As the sixth-largest insurance company in the world, we provide a wide range of services, including health, car, home, and business insurance. We support millions of customers worldwide, helping them navigate life's uncertainties with confidence.
AXA Global Healthcare offers global healthcare support and protection to individuals and businesses in more than 200 countries, building on over 55 years of experience through its international hubs.
Job overview:
We're seeking a Senior Project Manager to join AXA Global Healthcare, overseeing the planning, management, and delivery of highly complex strategic projects. This role involves collaborating with senior stakeholders to drive successful outcomes and ensure seamless project execution. The ideal candidate will have proven expertise in the Claims Technical Excellence domain, as this role is specifically focused on delivering the Claims Technical Excellence Project. If you're a strategic thinker with a track record of managing large-scale initiatives within healthcare or insurance, we invite you to make a meaningful impact with AXA.
Key responsibilities:
• Manage highly complex strategic projects within scope, time, budget, and quality parameters, ensuring the realisation of expected benefits.
• Lead all aspects of project lifecycle from initiation through to successful completion, including planning, execution, and closure.
• Develop and coordinate mobilisation and initiation activities in collaboration with Transformation teams, sponsors, and SMEs.
• Establish and motivate a project organisation and team structure tailored to the change, fostering a high-performance environment.
• Apply and monitor project management frameworks, ensuring governance, controls, and reporting meet organisational standards.
• Identify, communicate, and manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and assumptions, escalating cross-portfolio risks as needed.
• Ensure all project documentation and deliverables are of high quality and meet stakeholder needs.
• Manage project budgets and reporting, tracking spend, and ensuring delivery aligns with financial targets and timelines.
Work arrangements:
At AXA we work smart, empowering our people to balance their time between home and the office in a way that works best for them, their team and our customers. You'll work at least two days a week (40%) away from home, moving to three days a week (60%) in the future. Away from home means attending the office, visiting clients or attending industry events.
We know that some candidates may be discouraged from applying if they don't meet every requirement. If you're excited by this job and the prospect of working at AXA but you're not sure you tick every box, we'd still encourage you to apply.
Your skills & experience:
• Extensive experience delivering highly complex, strategic projects, working closely with senior stakeholders.
• Experience in process re-engineering, continuous improvement, cost saving, business process design, process improvement.
• Proven success in delivering insurance claims process improvement, automation, and re-engineering projects.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to influence and negotiate effectively across all stakeholder levels.
• Knowledge of various project frameworks and governance, including Waterfall and Agile methodologies.
• Relevant professional project management qualification (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2).
• Excellent organisational and planning abilities, with the capacity to work independently or as part of a team.
• Experience in the Financial Services sector, ideally within PMI/IPMI industry.
Internal candidates are encouraged to apply for this role as a secondment opportunity through the internal careers site.
As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.
How to apply:
To apply, click on the 'apply now' button, you'll then need to log in or create a profile to submit your CV. We're proud to be an Equal Opportunities Employer and don't discriminate against employees or potential employees based on protected characteristics. If you have a long-term condition or disability and require adjustments during the application or interview process, we're proud to offer access to the AXA Accessibility Concierge. For our support, please send an email to daniel.harrison@axa-uk.co.uk.
We encourage you to apply for this opportunity as soon as possible, as we may close this advert earlier than the listed closing date.
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