IT Project Manager

Career Family, Level & Title: Technology Services, Universal, Senior Professional/Team Leader

Job Type: Fixed Term Contract - 24 months

Benefits: €90,000 - 100,000 base salary, 10% Non-Contributory Pension (matched up to a further 2%), Funded Industry Qualifications, Lunch Allowance, Hybrid working .

We offer salaries within the stated pay range. Typically, new hires start at the lower end of the range, though recognition of relevant experience and prior service may result in a higher starting salary.

Who are we?

We’re Standard Life, a retirement specialist focused entirely on retirement savings and income. We champion the belief that everyone’s journey to and through retirement can be better, and for more than 200 years, we’ve been helping our customers plan and prepare for their financial futures.

Life today is increasingly complicated, uncertain and unpredictable. People move through different careers, face unexpected moments and navigate important choices. We offer our colleagues flexibility, trust and benefits that work for whatever life brings. In return we expect curiosity, connection, accountability and high standards. We make room for what matters - so you can bring your best, every day.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the initial scoping of the project to ensure business case, project objectives, deliverables and success measures are appropriately defined.
• Apply project management tools and techniques appropriately to effectively manage the project to successful delivery.
• Successfully secure appropriate resources for the project at the outset, and maintain this throughout the project to ensure projects are adequately resourced.
• Produce high quality project documentation, including plans, actions, decisions, risks, issues, incidents and governance in line with the project objectives to ensure successful delivery.
• Identify and actively manage stakeholders throughout the project to ensure project sponsor, steering group and other stakeholders are kept informed of project progress
• Work within defined project governance framework to ensure risks and issues associated with the project are appropriately recorded and monitored.
• Develop network of contacts internally and externally to draw on and share best practice of project management
• Conduct project reviews to ensure projects are formally closed, reviewed and that lessons learned are captured and actioned as appropriate.
• Determining when project risks and issues can be dealt with internally, and where they need to be escalated to senior stakeholders.
• Building strong relationships with project team members and other stakeholders when typically there is no direct line management responsibility.
• Effectively managing projects with limited resources within a cost pressured environment.
• Effectively balancing long and short term objectives to meet agreed timescales within an environment of change
• Responsible for allocation of resources within the project, including financial resources within agreed budgets.
• Authorised to escalate issues to senior stakeholders directly if required.

What We’re Looking For

A Senior project manager with financial services experience

We want to hire the whole version of you.

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we’ve advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we’d love to hear from you.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.

We’re reviewing applications as they come in, so apply early to avoid missing out.

Find out more about working at Standard Life

• Guide for Candidates: standardlifeplc.pagetiger.com/guideforcandidates
• Find or get answers from our colleagues: www.standardlifeplc.com/careers/talk-to-us

Key Competencies

• Analytical Skills

Use of a variety of diagnostic techniques to understand a situation/issue/problem by breaking it down and tracing the root cause/underlying implications in a methodical step-by-step way.

• Communication Skills

Clearly and effectively communicates information, ideas, plans, requests and opinions to internal and external stakeholders through a range of channels including written and oral. Ensures alignment with communication guidelines and policies.

• Delivering Results

Meeting and exceeding performance goals and expectations to deliver results.

• Embrace Change

Adjusting your behaviour to meet the demands of a changing working environment.

We value diversity in our workforce and welcome enquiries from everyone.