Senior Project Manager

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Project Manager within the newly established Specialist Lending business within Admiral Money. As we develop a market leading, digital first, specialist lending proposition; we need to build a talented team to help make it a reality.

Working as part of the Proposition & Product team you will partner with a range of colleagues and suppliers and be responsible for project managing our core platform delivery. The opportunities do not stop with launch as we have an ambitious plan to not just continually improve our product; but to also develop into other areas of specialist lending.

With experience of delivering complex IT-enabled projects, you will be accustomed to delivering projects with a mix of internal scrum teams, external professional services resource, 3^rd party integrated services and with significant business input.

About Admiral Money

Admiral Money is an exciting, new division of Admiral Group. We have the freedom and innovation of a small start up with the security of a large parent company, Admiral. 

The journey started when we launched unsecured personal loans in June 2017. We went on to be the first direct to consumer car finance provider in December 2017. Since then, we have gone from strength to strength and have some exciting plans for the future.

We’re looking for people who are keen to learn, excited about getting stuck in and are ready for a challenge to help us to achieve our aim of creating a special lending business for our customers.

Main duties

The Project Manager roles are designed to support the Director of Proposition and Product. You will help to deliver key parts of the new specialist lending organisation, in a way that is aligned with wider Admiral project governance standards.  

It will be second nature to you to drive out the detail of activities to be completed, understand dependencies and risks, organise and coordinate colleagues and suppliers, create and manage project plans and work with stakeholders and suppliers to drive delivery.

Other things, as you’d expect, include:

• Scoping, defining, and managing project plans including workstream planning and Critical path analysis to provide realistic and sufficiently detailed projects plans
• Adapting between various project and delivery methodologies as needed across multiple suppliers and services
• Managing project and associated work ongoing, getting involved in the detail where needed
• Dealing with Issues as they arise and having risk and dependency management as second nature
• Analysing situations, presenting options and making recommendations to keep the project on track
• Staying on top of project documentation so internal assurance and external audit requirements are fully satisfied
• Experience of test planning as part of project delivery will be beneficial
• Communicating status and progress with key stakeholders
• Previous experience of IT project management will be essential to this role, as is a strong focus on business analysis and development functions to facilitate quality focused business change.

And…

• With experience of Mortgages or Specialist Lending, you will be quick to make an impact
• Ideally you’ll understand intermediaries and Direct-to-Consumer channels
• Experience of Confluence and JIRA would also be helpful

This is not a full definition of the role but covers the main aspects and drivers for success.

About you

You are likely known as a pragmatic, solution orientated person that thrives in challenging delivery environments. As you will be joining when we are in start-up mode, you will need to be super flexible, proactive and a real team player.

Skills required:

The role will be a good fit if you recognise most of these points in yourself and your delivery approach:

• Infectious drive and ambition for what can be achieved with a positive and solution orientated attitude
• Understand that projects are about problem solving and people and relish the opportunities they present
• Thrive when building something new and are not daunted by the lack of an extensive support network
• Second nature to develop collaborative and productive relationships with all involved in your project
• Are open, transparent and a good communicator
• Working under pressure is second nature
• Are relentlessly focused on achieving the right outcomes for the business while delivering
• Can quickly understand new concepts and principles
• You are confident and comfortable with change in role, and recognise the opportunities that can came in developing environments

Location

We are happy to discuss remote working options, however regular weekly travel to our Cardiff office would be required. Please contact the Recruitment Officer looking after this position if you would like to discuss flexible working.

Salary, Benefits and Work-Life Balance

At Admiral, we are proud to be a diverse business where we put our people and customers first. We have great benefits to ensure employees have a great work-life balance; it's one of the reasons we’re consistently voted one of the Sunday Times Best Big Companies to Work For in the UK.

All colleagues will receive 33 days holiday (including banks holidays) when they join us, and this will increase with length of service, up to a maximum of 38 days (including banks holidays). You also have the option to buy or sell up to five days of annual leave in addition to your allocation.

You can also view some of our other key benefits here

Our Commitment to You

At Admiral, we are committed to being a diverse and inclusive workplace. Admiral is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or any other legally protected status.

All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration

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