Pension Administration Project Manager

Join us as a Project Manager and play a pivotal role in our high‑impact onboarding and offboarding team, leading the successful implementation of schemes across the organisation. This is an exciting moment of growth and transformation, offering the opportunity to shape the future of our business as we grow further. You’ll be part of a forward‑thinking, fast‑evolving team where your ideas truly influence outcomes, taking the lead in coordinating key meetings with internal and external partners to maintain strong alignment and momentum. Alongside driving delivery, you’ll help others thrive—mentoring colleagues in project management best practice, supporting business development activities, and representing the organisation at events to build lasting professional relationships and open new opportunities for collaboration.

This is a hybrid role and can be based at either of our Cheltenham, Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds or Liverpool locations.

Responsibilities:

• Agreeing project objectives with stakeholders; both internal and external

• Writing project briefs and developing a detailed project plan to track progress.

• Prioritising requirements. 

• Compiling cost benefit, quality and risk analyses, and contributing to the decision making process for project approval.

• Tracking progress, effort and cost using appropriate systems.

• Providing advice on the management of projects.

We would love to hear from you if you have:

• Demonstrated understanding of Client Onboarding success factors and challenges
• Prior client facing experience working with stakeholders at a senior level 
• Project Management qualifications are essential 
• Proven commercial awareness and experience of budgetary control
• An excellent and effective communicator 
• Strong technical skills 

What’s in it for you: 

• Competitive salary with discretionary annual bonus
• Generous pension scheme  
• Core benefits for you including private medical cover, life assurance, group income protection, and up to 30 days holiday per year with holiday trading
• A comprehensive range of voluntary benefits to suit you (and your family) including an electric car leasing scheme, tech scheme, cycle to work scheme, dental cover, healthcare cash plan, health assessments, critical illness cover, sports allowance – we pay up to 50% of your gym/sports membership (up to £50 pm), travel insurance, paid volunteering, and a broad range of retailer discounts  
• For a full list of benefits, please click here 

Accessibility 

We are a Disability Confident Employer. If you require reasonable adjustments or want more information on accessibility, please click here   

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