Project Manager - Long Standing Customer & Annuities

Job Title: Project Manager – Long Standing Customer & Annuities 

Contract Type: Permanent  

Location: Alderley Park 

Working style: Hybrid 50% home/office based 

Closing date 15th July 2025

We have an exciting opportunity for a focused Project Manager to join our Technology and Change team working with our Bulk Purchase Annuities team.  Within this role you will plan and manage various aspects of the programme delivery to deliver the capability required by Royal London to support our Bulk Purchase Annuities business.  Due to the nature of the role, a background within financial services, Pensions or payments systems, would be highly beneficial, although not essential.  

About the role 

• Provide leadership to the project team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones 

• Ensure stakeholders are engaged appropriately at all levels of the organisation 

• Effectively create and manage a plan of activity to ensure successful completion of project deliverables 

• Ensure dependencies are understood and managed 

• Define and agree required level of project resource needed for successful project delivery 

• Manage risks and issues, understanding a wider risk context associated with the business and the delivery, escalating where appropriate 

• Build a collaborative relationship with 3rd parties to manage delivery of project outcomes 

• Implement an appropriate level of governance in-line with Group methods 

About you 

• A strong proven background of delivering projects within a matrix style organisation 

• Working experience in project management delivering both business and technical change initiatives 

• Experience of Agile delivery practices 

• Knowledge of the full Software Development Delivery Lifecycle  

• The ability to solve and unblock issues within teams or departments​ 

• The skills to build consensus between organisations or highly independent and diverse stakeholders 

• Proactivity and future thinking around the management and control of project costs and benefits 

• Interpersonal skills to influence and spur change, facilitate, and enhance performance within a cross - functional environment 

• Experience of leading project teams, building and maintaining the trust, confidence, commitment and collaboration of others 

About Royal London 

We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.    

Our People Promise to our colleagues is that we will all work somewhere inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.   

We've always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance. You can see all our benefits here - Our Benefits   

Inclusion, diversity and belonging  

We’re an Inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.