Working hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday
Duration: 6 Month Contract
Location: Gloucester
About the role
Benefact Group are looking for a Project Manager on a 6 month contract to join our Gloucester office.
As a Project Manager you will manage the effective delivery of an upgraded insurance platform and upgraded reinsurance platform run from an in-house on-premises system to a supplier managed cloud solution. This will include managing the supplier and internal resources to deliver both upgrades and cloud migration within the time, cost and quality parameters.
What you’ll be doing
Lead end‑to‑end delivery of complex system upgrades and cloud migrations, ensuring alignment with architecture, regulatory standards, and business objectives.
Drive structured planning and governance, including impact assessments, regression testing, cutover/rollback strategies, DR testing, and controlled change management.
Ensure compliance and operational readiness, validating functional, non‑functional, security, data, and regulatory requirements across insurance and reinsurance environments.
Manage and govern third‑party suppliers, holding them accountable for delivery, quality, timelines, budgets, and integration into project governance and risk processes.
Provide strong programme leadership, including integrated planning, financial governance, senior‑level decision support, and escalation of risks with clear analysis and recommendations.
What you’ll need to have
Proven experience delivering complex IT system upgrades for Insurance Policy Admin systems and Reinsurance systems
Experience migrating complex IT platforms from on prem to MS Azure Cloud
Previous experience managing multiple 3rd party suppliers including active supplier management
Previous experience managing lprojects with budgets >£1.5m
Ability to influence up to Director level and influence steering groups at Exec level
Ability to manage multiple workstreams including technical, business readiness and non-technical scope and dependencies
Delivering to demanding timescales while maintaining a motivated team
Experience of working with different methodologies such as waterfall or Agile (SCRUM) to meet the required project outcome
Analytical mind set, the ability to think laterally identifying root causes and confident in making recommendations.
Experience of using the Microsoft 365 suite alongside Atlassian toolset (Jira) to manage and track projects.
Prince II or APM
Hear from the hiring manager
We’re seeking a Project Manager on a contract basis to manage the delivery of an upgraded insurance platform and reinsurance platform to a supplier managed cloud solution. This is an exciting opportunity to play a pivotal role in our transformation journey, ensuring we deliver value at pace and scale.
We welcome applications from everyone.
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