About the Role

At LV= General Insurance (LV= GI), we go above and beyond to help our millions of customers look after what they love. Putting our people first, and our customer at the heart of everything we do, we’ve made it our mission to become Britain’s best-loved insurer.

Having joined the Allianz family, we’re proud to be one of the largest personal insurers in the UK.

Our purpose is ‘We secure your future’ for our employees, our customers and the wider society. This sits at the heart of our business.

About Your Opportunity

LV=GI have a fantastic opportunity to join our family of talented people in the GI Business Systems team as a PMO Lead.

You will play a leading role in shaping, establishing and enabling the programme office for a major, strategic programme within Allianz Personal.

This role will be primarily focused on planning and resource management, whilst also supporting the Programme PMO Manager in delivering appropriate governance and adherence to standards.

Your Focus

• Support the Programme PMO Manager in day to day management of the Programme Office

• Own and manage the overall programme plan, focusing on critical path analysis, key milestone tracking and cross workstream dependencies

• Providing support and guidance to project managers and programme managers to align with best practices

• Establish and manage resource management for the programme, including resource profiling, recruitment profiling and reporting

• Establish and manage change management practices for areas such as planning and resource changes across the programme

• Interface with Finance to support in financial analysis, oversight of financial tracking and adherence to agreed tolerances.

• Deputise for the PMO Manager as needed

What We're Looking For

To be successful for the role you will have PMO/Project Management qualifications demonstrating an understanding of Agile/Waterfall methodologies, Best Practice, Governance standards, e.g. PRINCE2, APM, PMI, P3O, MOP previous or experience.

You will have experience in:

• Building programme level plans in appropriate tools

• Analytical and reasoning skills

• Working in a large-scale programme whilst maintaining a high degree of accuracy and meeting tight deadlines

• Ability to continuously prioritise and adapt to a changing environment

• Communication and interpersonal skills

• Excellent use of Microsoft Office, especially Excel spreadsheets

• Understanding of the core PMO tools and importance of data integrity

• Understanding of project lifecycle and impact of change

• Assisting in driving continuous improvement

• Delivering successfully on time bound activities

• Ability to understand complex issues, simplify and resolve to drive successful outcomes

• Self-starter with an ability to work independently when needed

Ways of Working

We are delighted to confirm that we are now a hybrid working business. Our office with flex model means that you will have the opportunity to work from home as well as the office. As a hybrid worker you will be in the office between 2 and 16 days per month depending on individual and business need. This will be discussed at interview stage.

Need some flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it’s right for our customers, our business and for you, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen

The role will be based at the LV=GI Bournemouth or Croydon office.

About the Rewards

We want you to love what you do that’s why we’ve put together a benefits package that recognises and rewards a job well done.

We’ll give you:

• 26 days' holiday – which increases after two years’ service to 28 days

• A competitive pension for which LV= will pay twice the amount you pay, up to 14%

• An annual bonus scheme based on company and personal performance

• A flexible benefits package (e.g. discounted retail vouchers, great value dental insurance)

• A generous 25% discount off our general insurance products including home, pet and travel as well as up to 50% discount on your car insurance.

Our Values

Our company values drive everything we do - and they are:

Be Brave | With Heart | Everyone Counts | Inspiring Trust

LV= is an equal opportunities employer who values a diverse and inclusive workplace. We recognise that people work in different ways, and we value alternative viewpoints, celebrate individuality and foster a culture where everyone can bring their true self to work. We are committed to creating a diverse workforce, we accept applications from everyone regardless of your background, beliefs, culture, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disabilities and long term health conditions.

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