Project Manager / Product Manager - Insurance Domain | London

Project Manager / Product Manager – Insurance Domain | London 

About the job you’re considering

Hybrid working: The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of pre-employment checks, including:  identity, nationality (single or dual) or immigration status, employment history going back 3 continuous years, and unspent criminal record check (known as Disclosure and Barring Service)

Your role

Role Notes:  Project Manager – Insurance Domain

Job Purpose

• The “Project Manager” cross functional teams to deliver projects using Agile practices ensuring products are delivered on time and meet business goals and customer expectations.
• They are accountable for successfully delivering specific work packages supported by a multidisciplinary team from IT Change functions and key business stakeholders to maximise delivery results.
• With autonomy over all aspects of the project including scope schedules finances risk quality and resources the Project Manager is also responsible for clear timely communication of progress and metrics.
• Project delivery approaches may be Agile Waterfall or a mix of both The Project Manager selects the best methodology based on their expertise building an appropriately sized team with guidance from the Senior Project Manager They collaborate closely with business leads product owners and other stakeholders to ensure outcomes align with requirements.
• Throughout all stages of package or project delivery the Project Manager maintains focus on the broader strategic objectives set by the portfolio team.
  
  

You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini building an inclusive future is part of everyday life and will be part of your working reality. We have built a representative and welcoming environment, for everyone.  

Your skills and experience

• Work with Portfolio Lead to develop and maintain the Portfolio Roadmap for those packages within the project managers scope of delivery.
• Propose and gain agreement for the governance organisation to be applied to the Agile Waterfall or combined delivery to be followed.
• With the Product Owner demonstrate to the Business Lead and other required stakeholders the planned delivery lifecycle expected outcomes and confirm resources are committed to fulfil that delivery.
• Measures performance of packages and projects within ownership of the project manager communicating progress budget position and delivery of outcomes at the required cadence to stakeholders
• Remove blockers for the Scrum Master and Delivery Team escalating to the Portfolio Team for support where needed
  Work with portfolio team to support resource dependency and risk management across the portfolio
• Continually monitor risks and their impact on delivering outcomes allocating ownership and tracking actions to ensure mitigating actions are effective
  Provide a positive work environment to build a cohesive and productive team
  Confirm with stakeholders that outcomes have been met and a benefits plan is in place to validate expected value has been delivered
  Lessons Learned or deliver retrospective are complete and learnings made available for continuous improvement of portfolio delivery capability.
• Skills Knowledge and Experience
  Agile Methodologies in depth knowledge of Scrum Kanban or other Agile frameworks
  Project Management Proven experience managing projects in an Agile environment
  Communication Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to tailor messages for different audiences.

We are a Disability Confident Employer

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who:

• Declare they have a disability, and 
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

Please opt in during the application process.

Make it real – what does it mean for you?

• We realise a Total Reward package should be more than just compensation.  At Capgemini we offer range of core and flexible benefits and have a Peer Recognition Portal called Applaud.
• You’d be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation.  We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. 
  To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.
• You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini’s ‘learning for life’ mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.

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Why you should consider Capgemini

Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a tough ask.  When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs and industry experts.  We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible.  It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future.  By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organisations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.
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