Senior Project Manager

Overview

The Senior Project Manager will play a pivotal role in leading the early stages of a major Policy Administration System (PAS) transformation for a specialty insurance organisation. This position involves collaborating with senior stakeholders in underwriting, operations, and technology to shape the roadmap for a significant, multi-year transformation effort focused on pre-discovery, mobilisation, and discovery phases.

Responsibilities

  • Lead project management across pre-discovery, mobilisation, and discovery phases.
  • Develop integrated project plans, documenting RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies), resources, and governance.
  • Coordinate business, functional, data, and technology requirements with various teams.
  • Support vendor engagement, selection, and mobilisation processes.
  • Shape implementation, transition, testing, and cutover strategies.
  • Provide governance, reporting, and decision-making support to senior stakeholders.

Requirements

  • Strong experience in delivering complex insurance transformation programmes.
  • Proven expertise in PAS, policy administration, or underwriting platforms.
  • Experience in London Market or specialty insurance environments.
  • Familiarity with Guidewire or equivalent core insurance platforms is highly desirable.
  • Experience in feasibility, pre-discovery, vendor selection, or mobilisation projects.
  • Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
  • Demonstrated capability in project governance, planning, and risk management.