IT Project Manager in London

About the company

Steamship Mutual is a P&I insurance company, with 210 employees worldwide. The main office is based near Liverpool Street station, London. We have offices in Bermuda, Brazil, Cyprus, Greece, Hong Kong, Japan, and Singapore.

Overall Job Purpose: 

Reporting to the Programme Manager, the IT Project Manager will play a pivotal role in managing projects within the IT delivery portfolio. The IT Project Manager will successfully deliver assigned IT projects, within agreed budget, project framework, quality, and timescales.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple IT projects (large and small and varying complexity) from inception through to transition to BAU across the full life cycle of project.
• Identify project delivery risks and issues and assist the team so they can overcome them.
• Create the appropriate project management documentation in accordance with the project framework.
• Create detailed project plans, estimated resource effort and timelines in collaboration with the wider IT team.
• Where necessary, provide guidance, support and intervention or escalation.
• Empowering and inspiring the resources allocated to an IT Project to deliver successful outcomes.
• Oversee and manage assigned technical resources, ensuring timely delivery of IT projects.
• Work with 3rd party suppliers, where applicable to the project, to ensure successful delivery.
• Collaborative and engage effectively with IT teams, and business stakeholders.

Other:

• Undertake other relevant tasks, projects and activities as directed by the Programme Manager, CIO, or other Director of the Company.

Person Specification

• Friendly, approachable, empathetic, and sincere with excellent communication skills (written and spoken).
• Flexible, strong work ethic, willing to go the extra mile to get the job done.
• Strong time management and organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and multi-task effectively.

 Essential Skills

• Proven and demonstrable experience of managing IT projects across varying technology functions, such as Software and applications, IT infrastructure, IT governance, Data, and analytics.
• Strong experience with Project management methods and techniques, including stakeholder management, negotiation, conflict management, planning, business case creation, dependency management, issue and risk management, budget, and resource management.
• Pro-active and able to look ahead for potential problems with IT projects and take preventative or mitigating actions in advance.
• Able to drive and manage effective organisational change and experienced with the tools and practices that effectively manage and facilitate change effectively.

·       Liaising with IT suppliers / managed service providers.

• A good technical background coupled with an understandingof IT functional teams and how they operate.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interact effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make sound decisions under pressure.
• Proven ability to adapt to changing project requirements and priorities.
• Experience in the insurance or banking sector or highly regulated sector.
• Strong MS Project experience or other project management tooling.

Desirable Skills

• PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent certification is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of Agile using Scrum/Kanban framework and techniques of continuous improvement.
• Knowledge of software testing and delivery.
• Knowledge of tools such as JIRA, Kanban, and Azure DevOps.
• Knowledge of IT Governance and best practice standards, such as COBIT, ITIL4.

Benefits

• We will offer you a generous employers contribution to the Steamship Group Pension Fund and give you peace of mind with life insurance, Group Income Protection and private medical and dental cover. Additionally there is flexible working to help you achieve work-life balance, when you need it the most
• We offer hybrid working with 3 days in the office and 2 days at home
• We offer a programme of wellbeing activities throughout the year, trained on-site mental health champions and a health subsidy to create an environment that supports everyone’s mental and physical health
• Offers a range of services such as counselling, information, and support across a wide range of issues such as personal and work related concerns, legal, financial advice and health. The EAP service is confidential, available 24/7 and run by an independent provider

Company Values

Mutuality - ensuring fairness amongst Club Members

Integrity - upholding high ethical, legal, and regulatory standards

Safety and Sustainability - contributing to safety of life at sea and the preservation of the environment

Transparency - building strong relationships based on trust and open communication

Excellence - enabling our people to realise their full potential as team members, industry experts, leaders, and managers

Collaborative - embracing flexibility, diversity, and inclusivity

**Steamship Insurance Management Services Ltd is committed to providing a great service to all our members. We pride ourselves on offering a people-centred culture that provides mutual respect and support for all our staff and we welcome and encourage you to apply**