Responsibilities
- Creating and maintaining good working relationships with project sponsors and various business stakeholders across the business.
- Communicating across all levels to enable clear understanding of the strategy behind project needs, design and delivery approach.
- Preparation and presentation of supporting project documentation to senior management across the business.
- Having the ability to support a team of business professionals deployed across a range of projects to achieve excellent standards of productivity and quality.
- Being an effective negotiator, balancing alternatives and seeking win‑win solutions.
- Effectively managing project team members and resources, including third parties and suppliers, always maintaining an excellent level of service and ensuring project delivery to time, budget and quality.
- Effective communication of projects’ status and issues to business management, IT and the project teams.
- Project governance including creation and maintenance of the project plan, highlight & progress reporting, risk and issue management.
- Working to a waterfall methodology but having an open mind to bring new ideas and ways of working and being resilient to change.
- This role would suit an experienced Project Manager in the financial services space who is self‑starting, proactive, and people‑oriented and looking for a new, challenging opportunity.
You will ideally have experience leading people or tech workstreams and preferably through change programmes. Day‑to‑day, you will apply the best project management methodologies and principles to enable the timely and budget‑friendly delivery of work.
Qualifications & Skills
- Exposure to various methodologies, specifically Waterfall but flexible to bring new ideas and ways of working.
- Proven experience of managing cross‑divisional stakeholder and change management.
- Resilient mindset with an openness to communicate effectively at all levels.
- Proven stakeholder management.
- Positive attitude to work with a proactive approach to organisation and delivery.
About Saga
Saga Values: Make it Happen, Do the Right Thing, Customer First, Excellence Every Day, Our People Make Us Special. Over the past 75 years we have become the UK’s specialist provider of products and services to people aged over 50. We are the most trusted brand in this demographic, recognised for high‑quality products and exceptional standards of service. Our portfolio includes cruises, holidays, insurance, personal finance products and our Saga Magazine.
We are committed to making sure that colleagues can be their best, be themselves and make a difference – more than anywhere else. We have created a truly inclusive culture where all colleagues can bring their full and authentic selves to work and be treated with dignity and respect in an environment free from discrimination and harassment.
Benefits
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays.
- Option to purchase additional leave – 5 extra days.
- Pension scheme matched up to 10%.
- Company performance‑related annual bonus – up to 5%.
- Life assurance policy on joining us, 4 x salary.
- Wellbeing programme.
- Colleague discounts including family discounts on cruises, holidays and insurance.
- Range of reductions and offers from leading retailers, travel groups and entertainment companies.
- Enhanced maternity and paternity leave.
- Grandparents leave.
- Income protection.
- Access to Saga Academy, our bespoke learning platform.
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