Job Description

Senior Project Manager

Lloyd's Register

Location: UK, multiple locations considered across Europe

What we're looking for

As a Project Manager, you will oversee projects from inception to completion, ensuring adherence to scope, time, and budget constraints. Your responsibilities will include collaborating with teams and stakeholders to establish clear project objectives aligned with strategic goals. You will conduct options analyses to recommend solution designs and develop business cases that highlight the benefits. Additionally, you will plan the project approach, including budgeting, resource allocation, and scheduling, and manage the project to ensure successful delivery. Representing Lloyd's Register, you will apply strategic and commercial approaches to enhance services, drive business growth, and uphold the organisation's reputation for technical excellence and quality solutions.

What we offer you

The opportunity to work for an organization that has a strong sense of purpose, is values driven and helps colleagues to develop professionally and personally through our range of people development programmes

The role

While responsibilities may scale with experience, all Project Managers will perform duties in these core areas: Project Planning Develop project scopes, objectives, and detailed plans. Coordinate with stakeholders to align on priorities and deliverables. Identify resource needs and manage allocation efficiently. Execution and Monitoring Lead project teams and coordinate activities across functions. Monitor progress, manage risks, and implement contingency plans. Ensure project deliverables meet quality standards. Stakeholder Management Communicate progress, risks, and achievements to stakeholders. Foster collaboration and maintain stakeholder satisfaction. Manage expectations and address concerns effectively. Budget and Resource Management Track project budgets, ensuring costs remain within forecasted limits. Optimise resource allocation and adjust plans as necessary. Documentation and Reporting Maintain detailed project documentation for future reference and compliance. Provide regular updates and performance metrics to leadership. Subject Matter Expertise Leverage industry/domain knowledge to guide project decisions. Understand and navigate industry-specific challenges (e.g. IT, business transformation, software development, finance, etc.). Apply best practices and standards relevant to the project type.

What you bring

Education and Certifications

: Bachelor's degree required, Masters preferred. Advanced certifications (e.g., PgMP, PMI-ACP, Prince2 Agile or APM PPQ,) desirable.

Experience:

Deep expertise across all areas of the PM role with demonstrable subject knowledge, experience and success with extensive experience managing large-scale, complex, or high-stakes projects.

Key Skills

: Expertise in strategic planning, change management, and cross-functional leadership. Skilled in managing diverse teams, external vendors, and effectively resolving conflicts or balancing competing demands.

Subject Matter Expertise:

Deep expertise in managing domain-specific projects and acting as a trusted advisor (e.g., enterprise system implementations, mergers and acquisitions, global business transformations). Can lead in highly regulated or complex environments.

Budget Size:

Manages budgets exceeding 1-5m, often overseeing multiple concurrent projects or programmes.

Supervision Level:

Operates autonomously; mentors entry and mid-level PMs; may lead a portfolio of projects.

Project Scope:

Manages large-scale programmes or critical projects with significant organisational impact.

You are someone who:

Is keen to take accountability and ownership for delivering customer needs Is able to self-manage and prioritize tasks towards achieving goals Is effective at solving problems, trouble-shooting and making timely decisions Is flexible and eager to take initiatives Communicates in a structured way and has ability to present technical ideas in user-friendly language Displays a team spirit, particularly in a multicultural environment Responds positively to learning opportunities and is comfortable stepping out of own comfort zone


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