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We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about flexible working here.\nWho are we?\nWe’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.\nLife 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.\nThe Role\nThis role will report into the Head of PIO Transformation but will work closely with the Head of Policyholder Operations and their SLT, wider PIO stakeholders and other functions across Standard Life Group and third parties, to deliver the Project outcomes.\nBoth the ability to manage complex and potentially competing priorities and excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills will be critical to being successful in this role. You will have experience of building and running multi-disciplined, cross-functional business and change teams, managing initiatives with several projects and workstreams. Strong knowledge of the policyholder asset processes, investment operations, data, reporting, trading and fund-related change is essential as is a detailed understanding of the broader securities services landscape especially custody & fund accounting.\nKey responsibilities\nAs Project Manager you will be responsible for delivery on behalf of the executive sponsor and will act as the primary contact for the executives and other key stakeholders in relation to the PIO outcomes. You will:\nWork closely with the Executive Sponsor and colleagues to translate PIO strategic objectives into actionable plans.\n\nUndertake a leadership role to ensure that the project team remains focussed on the core business outcomes and benefits aligned to the Retirement Solutions and Asset Management workstreams of project migration.\n\nWork collaboratively with delivery team leads across Standard Life and external partners.\n\nLead on all aspects of the PIO workstream of project migration, including shaping, approach/planning, and driving day-to-day delivery (including risk management elements) to make sure core objectives / required business outcomes are achieved.\n\nWork closely with the Head of PIO Transformation and other change teams to ensure efficient resource allocation and project execution.\n\nWork closely with the RS & AM Finance team on all financial matters (budgeting, forecasting, and reporting)\n\nEffectively manage strategic business partners / third party providers, working with other teams as required.\n\nBe responsible for project governance and reporting, chairing relevant forums and providing MI as required, including updates to Boards and Committees (where required).\n\nWork closely with the three lines of defence on risk management and assurance aspects.\n\nDefine and provide appropriate MI on progress versus the roadmap into the relevant governance forums and ensure clear communication of the roadmap to interested stakeholders (internal and external).\n\nWhat we're looking for\nEssential\nAn experienced Project Manager with a career history that includes leading large scale project teams and Integrations or a similar management role; a track record of delivering complex, high quality and customer focussed transformation.\nSignificant experience within Financial Services / Retirement Solutions and Asset Management, including investment operations and policyholder asset-related change.\nEssential Policyholder Investment Office (PIO) knowledge, including policyholder investment processes, Fund Accounting, governance, data, reporting, trading and fund operations.\nInvestment operations acumen and experience, with the ability to understand operational impacts, dependencies, risks and controls across PIO-related change.\nExperience of supplier onboarding / offboarding within a securities service / operations environment.\nAbility to manage multiple stakeholders (all levels) and threads of work under pressure.\nAnalytical skills to evaluate project performance and initiate corrective actions.\nStrong financial acumen, budgeting, and forecasting.\nStrong risk and issue management skills.\nStrong people skills (including leadership, communication, influence, negotiation).\nExperience of project methodologies (including waterfall, hybrid and agile) and tools. \nExperience of working with and presenting project-related activity to the UK financial services regulators (ie. 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