Legal & General's Group Real Estate team have a requirement for a Senior Project Manager who will be responsible for the management of projects to meet identified business needs, acquiring and utilising the necessary resources and skills, within agreed parameters of cost, timescales and quality.

You will take end to end responsibility for the delivery of complex projects, establishing and maintaining the correct structures for control and monitoring.

• Clearly and thoroughly identify the scope of the project(s)/portfolio by working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders to define and achieve mutual understanding of the scope, listening for, uncovering and resolving misunderstandings or disagreements about the scope and ensuring all project resources understand the scope as well as how it will affect other projects within the portfolio. 
• Understand what constitutes an end-to-end, thorough cross-functional schedule for the project and involve stakeholders, as appropriate, to create a valid plan; be able to discuss risk areas and convey impacts to scope or costs if a shorter schedule is demanded
• Plan the project(s)/portfolio in sufficient detail to ensure integration of all activities, identification of cross-portfolio dependencies and understanding of critical paths and key milestones
• Obtain approval of the plan through effective communication skills, ensuring thorough understanding of the plan, its implications on revenues, delivery dates, resources, and deliverables
• Ensure non-people resources are identified (e.g. tools, logistical costs, legal fees) so that the project budget will be accurate and remain affordable
• Identify resourcing requirements and secure appropriate resources in line with the project/portfolio, communicating to ensure that all resources understand their roles & accept their responsibilities, and escalate where that commitment is not present
• Ensure effective management of third party suppliers to the project(s)
• Day-to-day management of the project/portfolio including the management of the project(s)/portfolio time, cost and quality activities and producing reports in line with the defined governance requirements. 
• Take the lead in all matters with regard to the management of employees, ensuring that management discretion is used in a consistent manner and that the area follows the Group’s policies and procedures including the Partnership Agreement to maximise business performance.

Qualifications

• Professional qualification in project management, such as APM Project Management Qualification (PPQ) or another recognised qualification (e.g. Prince2, Prince2 Agile or PMP) Managing Successful Programmes
• Desirable is Chartered status of APM, Change Management Practitioner 

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of the principles, methods, techniques and tools required for the effective management of projects in a portfolio management environment
• Knowledge of the hierarchy and culture of own, customer and supplier organisations,  being able to identify the decision makers and influencers in order to successfully implement target operating model

Experience:

• Good project management and delivery experience, with specific experience in the property and construction industry
• Proven experience of delivering complex projects to time, cost and quality
• Successful experience of translating analysis into practical implementation
• Experience in facilitation and running workshops
• Experience of different project management approaches e.g. agile and waterfall

Leadership/Skills:

• Resource and people management experience (including matrix management)
• Well-developed planning and organising skills including scope and schedule management
• Benefits management experience – including supporting the production of business cases with measurable benefits
• Effective negotiation skills and utilisation of methods and techniques for selection and management of 3^rd party contracts
• Effective decision making and use of decision discretion, facilitating senior stakeholder decisions

Whatever your role, we reward ability, performance and attitude with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Our employees have a wide range of benefits including a generous pension scheme, life assurance, 30 days' holiday, private medical insurance, performance related bonuses, discounts at both a huge range of high street stores and our own great products, as well as a 12% car allowance scheme. Your hard work will be rewarded when you join us.