Senior Project Manager

M&G plc • Full-time • City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom • 1w ago

Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions.

Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.

Through telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.

The Role

We’restrengthening how change is delivered across the organisation by building a coherent,well‑governedstrategic tooling landscape and best practice framework. 

We’relooking for aSenior Project Managerto support the SMEs in Change Excellence with the delivery of our colleague continuous improvement agenda. This role sits within our newly established Change Excellence Team, which exists to raise the bar on how change is planned,governedand delivered across M&G. 

Your role will focus on taking a defined strategic direction and turning it into reality, managing scope, dependencies,risksand delivery across multiple workstreams. You will ensure that tooling investments are implemented effectively, embedded well, and deliver tangible improvements for teams delivering change.

Key Responsibilities for this Role

Identifyand compare the best processes or delivery methods to use, including measuring and evaluating outcomes. Helps the team to decide the best approach

Leading the delivery of theend‑to‑enddelivery of the colleague continuous improvement agenda.

Translatinghigh‑levelstrategy into clear plans, milestones,deliverablesand governance

Managing delivery across multiple workstreams spanning business and technology teams

Actively managing dependencies, risks,issuesandtrade‑offsacross the programme

Ensuring deliveryremainson track, within agreed scope,costand timelines

Partnering with senior stakeholders to align priorities, escalate issues and supportdecision‑making

Establishing andmaintainingeffective programme governance,reportingand controls

Tracking benefits and outcomes to ensure tooling delivers measurable value

Working closely with Change Excellence colleagues to embed consistent standards, ways of working and tooling capabilities via effective changemanagement

Identifyingopportunities to simplify processes and improve how change is planned,governedand reported

Key Knowledge, Skills & Experience

Our ideal candidate will thrive inahands‑onstakeholder leadership roleand is someonewho enjoys structure, clarity and momentum, someone who can manage complexity, provide confidence to seniorstakeholdersand keep delivery moving in afast‑pacedchange environment.

Senior delivery leadershipthrough proven experience managing large, complex initiatives that span business and technology

Structured delivery approachwith a strong grounding in project and programme management disciplines, with experience across Agile, hybrid and waterfall environments

Hands‑on involvement in delivering enterprise tooling initiatives (e.g. portfolio management, planning or transformation platforms)

Confident engaging with senior stakeholders, managing expectations and navigating competing priorities

Risk & dependency managementthrough a strong capability inidentifyingissues early and driving resolution

Outcome‑focused mindsetand clear on how to define success, measure progress and ensure benefits are realised

Clear communicatorand able to provide concise, meaningful updates and translate complexity into practical actions

Delivery pragmatismand comfortablewithmaking decisions, managing constraintstokeep work moving forward

We’dlove to hear from you ifyou’resomeonewho’sgenuinely curious-the kind of person who asks thoughtful questions and digs a little deeper to understandwhat’sreally going on. You enjoy working with others and naturally bring people together, even when things feel a bit unclear. You think ahead, notice patterns earlyand stay focused on creating real value for the people around you.

Most of all, you care about making things better-for colleagues, for customers, and for theworkplace as a whole.

If this sounds like you, we want you to apply!

Location:Various– London, Sterling,Kildean, Home Based–England& Scotland

Job Level:Manager / Expert

Reports to:Michelle Brookes

Recruiter:Shanika-Marie John

What we offer:

At M&G, we’re committed to helping you thrive and supporting your wellbeing, both at work and beyond. Our benefits are designed to help you balance your professional and personal life, while planning confidently for your future. Our UK benefits include:

As a savings and Investments firm we are proud to offer a valuable pension scheme of 18%, with 13% made up of Employer Contributions and 5% Employee Contributions.We also offer Share Save and our Share Incentive Plan, together with access to financial wellbeing and support services - to help give you real confidence to put your money to work.
Enjoy 38 days annual leave including bank holidays, with the opportunity to purchase up to 5 extra days and additional flexibility through our Time Off When You Need It policy – to balance your work and personal commitments.
Our market leading Inspiring Families policy includes comprehensive support and paid parental leave covering maternity, adoption, surrogacy, and paternity leave - as supporting families is a core aspect of our inclusive culture.
Health & Protection cover including Private Healthcare, Critical Illness cover and Life Assurance for you, with family options - for peace of mind.

To explore more about life at M&G and our full benefits offering, visit Life at M&G

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.

M&G is also proud to be a Disability Confident Leader, and we welcome applications from candidates with long-term health conditions, disabilities, or neuro-divergent conditions.

If you need assistance or an alternative means of applying for a role due to a disability or additional need, please let us know by contacting us at: careers@mandg.com

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