Project Manager

ELEKS Project Management Office is looking for a skilled and experienced Project Manager in the UK.

ABOUT PROJECT

Our Customer is a UK-based insurance and finance company that provides award-winning services across a diverse range of sectors. The role involves overseeing strategic initiatives within their Transformation team to support a significant technology transformation and help drive the company’s technology strategy, ultimately delivering business value.

REQUIREMENTS

• 5+ years in technology project management, delivering complex projects successfully
• Expertise in driving successful technology transformations
• Understanding of business operations, especially in Financial Services
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills to motivate teams and collaborate effectively
• Excellent communication skills, capable of influencing stakeholders at all levels
• Proven ability to plan, execute, and deliver projects on time and within budget
• Experience with managing onshore and offshore suppliers
• Comfortable using JIRA and Confluence for project tracking and collaboration
• In-depth knowledge of Agile and Scrum methodologies
• Excellent at prioritizing and managing multiple tasks efficiently
• Strong problem-solving skills and calm under pressure
• Highly flexible in fast-changing environments
• Fluent in English

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead Strategic Projects: Oversee and drive key projects aligned with corporate goals, ensuring they deliver business value within agreed costs, timelines, and quality standards
• Manage Complex IT Change: Lead complex IT transformation projects, coordinating with IT teams and stakeholders for seamless integration of changes
• Communication & Stakeholder Engagement: Provide regular updates on project progress, maintain transparency in reporting, and manage clear communication channels with stakeholders, ensuring complex technical issues are explained in non-technical terms
• Coordinate Multiple Teams: Manage and align multiple delivery teams, ensuring smooth integration and managing dependencies across various teams. Lead agile, waterfall, or hybrid methodologies
• Supplier Management: Collaborate closely with external suppliers to ensure deliverables meet project requirements, monitor performance, and maintain strong, productive relationships
• Data Migration & Decommissioning: Plan and execute data migration with minimal disruption to business operations, ensuring data integrity and coordinating with relevant stakeholders to validate successful execution
• Operational & Business Readiness: Work with Service Management, Technology Leadership, and Business Stakeholders to ensure the project is well-supported post-implementation and ready for business use
• Jira Management: Utilize Jira to track progress, manage issues, and report on project status. Ensure teams use Jira as the central tool for managing tasks and workflows
• Project Fundamentals: Manage project planning, budgeting, and capacity. Identify and handle risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies (RAID) to maintain momentum and avoid delays

What will you get with ELEKS

• Close cooperation with a customer
• Challenging tasks
• Competence development
• Team of professionals
• Dynamic environment with low level of bureaucracy

ABOUT ELEKS

ELEKS is a custom software development company. We deliver value to our clients, thanks to our expertise and experience gained from working as a software innovation partner since 1991.

Our 2000+ professionals located in the Delivery Centers across Eastern Europe and sales offices in Europe and North America, provide our clients with a full range of software engineering services. These include product development, QA, R&D, design, technology consulting and dedicated teams.