Enstar Group Limited is a trusted global re/insurance group and the leading provider of retrospective solutions. The Lead Project Manager will manage a team of Project Managers, ensuring projects are delivered in line with best practices and business objectives while driving high performance and project assurance.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible for day-to-day management and mentoring of the Business Change Project Managers, including objective setting and performance management
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of project managers, ensuring they adhere to high-quality project management standards
- Drive accuracy and accountability in all project updates, ensuring financials, risks, issues, and artefacts are consistently correct and up to date
- Conduct regular quality assurance on project reporting, identifying and resolving errors before submission
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement by coaching project managers in best practices, governance, and methodology
- Ensure that all PMO-required documentation (e.g., RAID logs, budgets, plans) is readily available and current
- Develop standard templates for communication with stakeholders e.g. Steering Committees, Working Groups
- Establish clear processes for tracking and updating key project data, ensuring PMO and stakeholders have access to timely and accurate information
- Direct and manage large, complex projects following the Enstar Project Management methodology, from initiation through to successful delivery
- Work with senior stakeholders to develop robust business cases that clearly define the project / programme benefits and support the approval process
- Define project scope, objectives and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders
- Develop and maintain robust project plans, clearly defining critical paths, key milestones, and dependencies
- Identifying and estimating the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals
- Resolve resource constraints and/or conflicts
- Identify and proactively manage project risks and issues and implement effective mitigation strategies
- Proactively manage changes in projects, ensuring appropriate contingency planning and risk mitigation strategies are in place
- Develop and maintain close and effective working relationships with senior stakeholders including the EU and Group Executive
- Ensure clear communication lines are in place and that expectations are managed and escalations are handled professionally
- Thrive under pressure, maintaining composure to navigate challenges efficiently
- Act as a key point of contact between the Business Change Delivery Lead, PMO, and delivery teams to ensure seamless project execution
Requirements:
- 10+ years of project management experience within the insurance/reinsurance sector with at least 5 years in a management role
- Lloyd's market understanding
- Proven track record of successfully leading and managing a team of project managers in a diverse environment with a strong background in assurance, governance and methodology
- A demonstrable record of the delivery of business and technology change
- Ability to work effectively under pressure and meet tight deadlines
- Evidence of working with all levels of an organisation
- Evidence of extensive knowledge and experience of solving complex problems, considering enterprise-wide solutions and impact
- Expert analytical, numerical and project management skills
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, Visio, and PowerPoint, Access and Azure DevOps
- Professional qualification in project management
- Highly structured: ability to work in a logical and organised manner
- Analytical thinking: ability to tackle issues and problems in a logical and organised way, with the ability to create solid written project artifacts
- Process improvement: ability to offer advice on process improvement, contributing to the Business and PM practice at Enstar
- Concern for detail: desire to ensure accuracy and quality in work delivered
- Results orientation: ability to set high goals, focusing on the delivery of targets, quality and deadlines
- Flexible & Resilient: Demonstrated success in a fast-paced environment with ability to juggle multiple competing priorities and demands
- Communications skills: excellent interpersonal skills and communication skills; must be able to effectively communicate with individuals at the highest levels of the organization
- Relationship building: ability to build and maintain networks of business contacts who may contribute to success, both within and beyond the organisation
- Team Player: evidence of successful team building and collaboration skills
- Confident, but with a level of self-awareness