Canopius require an experienced Senior Project Manager to jointhe Change Team in Manchester Centre of Operational Excellence office.
The Senior Project Manager is responsible for the successful delivery of complex, strategic projects across the Change portfolio.
The role leads end-to-end project planning, execution, and delivery, ensuring initiatives are delivered within scope, time, cost, and quality parameters, while driving strong stakeholder alignment and business outcomes.
Operating across Change, Technology, Data, and Operations, the role plays a key part in embedding delivery standards, improving project capability, and enabling successful transformation outcomes.
Responsibilities will include:
Lead end-to-end project delivery, from initiation through to implementation and benefits realisation
Develop and manage integrated project plans, including milestones, critical path, and dependencies
Ensure delivery against defined scope, KPIs, timeline, budget and quality standards
Drive structured governance and reporting in line with Change methodology
Planning & Control
Define and agree clear, measurable project scope and success criteria
Manage risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies, ensuring proactive mitigation and escalation
Oversee resource planning and allocation to ensure effective delivery
Monitor delivery performance and take action to maintain alignment to plan
Stakeholder Management
Build and maintain strong relationships across business, technology and data teams
Lead engagement with senior stakeholders, including C‑suite, to ensure alignment and decision‑making
Create and manage communication strategies to ensure transparency and engagement
Lead steering committees and governance forums
Delivery Leadership & Transformation
Lead cross‑functional delivery teams, ensuring alignment and accountability
Drive collaboration across Change, Architecture, Technology and business functions
Support successful adoption of delivered solutions, including rollout planning and stakeholder engagement
Contribute to continuous improvement of delivery standards, tools and practices
Identify and manage interdependencies across projects and programmes within the change portfolio
Support portfolio‑level planning and prioritisation activities
Contribute to improving delivery capability, standards and consistency across Change
Strong understanding of project and programme management methodologies (Agile / Waterfall / hybrid)
Experience working across business, technology and data environments
Demonstrated ability to manage risk, dependencies and competing priorities
And other ad hoc duties as required
Further Relevant Skills and Experience
Anunderstandingof theinsuranceindustry preferably London Market.
Proventrack recordof successful strategic project/ programme delivery
Effective communication and presentation skills tailored for the needs of theaudience and influencing skills
Good stakeholder management skills as the role will involve working with cross functionalteams from all areas of the organisation and at all levels
Ability to produce high quality projectdocumentation
Beingproactive andworking in astructuredway
Experience working in multi ‑ disciplinary teams across Change, Technology and Data
Passion for improving delivery ways of working and contributing beyond individual assignments
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