- Delivery Lead / Project Manager - Life Insurance (Techno-Functional)
- 12-month contract with strong potential for extension or conversion to a permanent position. The project has a minimum expected timeline of 2 years.
Role Summary
We are looking for an experienced Delivery Lead / Project Manager with strong Life Insurance project delivery experience. The role will be responsible for driving end-to-end delivery across business and technology teams, with a strong focus on governance, stakeholder management, risks, issues, and dependencies.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end delivery of Life Insurance projects from initiation through implementation.
- Manage project plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, and overall delivery governance.
- Work closely with Business, Product, Technology, Operations, Architecture, Data, and other teams to ensure successful delivery.
- Act as the key point of contact across multiple stakeholders and drive timely decision-making and resolution of issues.
- Provide techno-functional understanding to bridge business requirements and technology solutions.
- Coordinate SIT, UAT, deployment, and production readiness activities.
- Prepare project status reports, governance packs, RAID logs, and management updates.
- Work independently, take ownership, and proactively drive delivery outcomes.
- Support AI / Generative AI or digital transformation initiatives where required.
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Project Manager, Delivery Lead, or Programme Manager within Life Insurance.
- Strong experience delivering business and technology transformation projects.
- Good techno-functional understanding with the ability to work across business and technology teams.
- Strong programme governance, risk, issue, dependency, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience working with multiple cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders.
- Strong communication, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Comfortable working independently in a fast-paced environment.
- AI / Generative AI delivery experience is a strong advantage.
