Job Description

Summary

IT Project Coordinator
Permanent
Location: Edinburgh (We believe in the power of in-person collaboration, and our hybrid model requires colleagues to be in the office a minimum of 40% of their time)
Expected starting salary: A competitive salary from 27,760 - 34,700 depending on the experience you can bring
Closing date: 2nd February 2026
Enterprise Technology is Aegon's global IT partner that provides infrastructure services, information security and global/corporate application support for Aegon's businesses around the world.
From 6 locations in the US, the Netherlands, UK, and Hungary, we support 20+ country units and 24000+ employees in the world. Our support consists of a wide range of centralised global IT services such as programming, database management, project management, agile/dev/ops, and more.
We continue to maximise the value from having a clear digital and data technology platform strategy that extends our ecosystem, as an approach to digitisation, enhancing customer experience, and improving operational efficiency.
All these teams work closely together to provide innovative and digital solutions as well as critical technology support. This is essential for enabling Aegon's businesses around the globe to be innovative, digital, and competitive, efficient, and effective, and to provide the best solutions and customer experience for our customers and shareholders.
Enterprise Technology provides project and programme management, delivery assurance and consulting, health checks and related guidance for key programmes and projects. As a Project Coordinator, you will be assigned to various project management support assignments. Due to the global nature of the team, the role may require flexible hours on occasion to accommodate global projects.
Key Responsibilities:Provide Project Management support, which involves determining project deliverables and timelines, developing a project plan and managing to the plan, coordinating and leading meetings, preparing meeting minutes and status reports. Working with team members to resolve issues. Responsible for the accuracy and completeness of relevant project data in the project management system (ServiceNow SPM). Assist Business Units with navigating service requests, providing coordination as necessary. Coordinate activities of a project team which may include individuals from multiple teams, departments and locations. Coordinate and deliver assigned project activities to agreed timescales, budgets and quality standards. Maintain an understanding of Aegon Enterprise Technology services, operational processes and procedures. Develop relationships and expertise with stakeholders to provide high value services. Support Project Management methodologies.

We'd love to hear from you if you have:Basic understanding of the insurance and financial services industry. Basic understanding of IT principles and their potential impact on business operations. Good organisational skills (planning, prioritising). Good communication skills (written, verbal, listening). Equivalent work experience in a similar role, or a relevant university degree. Experience of MS Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). ServiceNow or Microsoft Project experience.

It would also be great - but not essential - if you've got:Exposure to structured Project Management toolsets or methodologies - Prince2 or Agile.

What's in it for you?We're serious about your future and our enhanced pension scheme is now in place. We ask you to contribute 3% of your salary to your pension and we'll put in 9%. If you decide to contribute more, we'll match it up to a combined total of 20% of your salary (that's 7% from you and 13% from us). A discretionary bonus, depending on personal and company performance. 34 days leave per year (including bank holidays, pro-rated for part-time).

We also offer private medical cover, life assurance, critical illness cover, enhanced parental leave and a variety of lifestyle benefits to help our employees live their best lives, including retail discount vouchers, cycle2work scheme, subsidised restaurant and online GP appointments. To find out more about what to expect at Aegon, visit our careers site.
Don't miss out on this opportunity to grow with us. Apply today!
The legal bits
We'll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include a credit and criminal record check, as well as providing satisfactory references.
Cifas Short Fair Processing Notice (applies to UK based candidates only).The personal information we have collected from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected, you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found by visiting www.cifas.org.uk/fpn.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their age, disability, race, religion/belief, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity.