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Job Description
- Req#: R20053826
Proven IT programme management experience in a financial services environment, the majority of which should be based on managing application development projects
Ability to work in a Waterfall or Agile delivery environment
Experience managing multiple concurrent projects
Strong stakeholder management skills
Managed third party software providers and supplier software deliveries
PRINCE2 certification or proven track record in integration or IT Project Management
Agile certification
A non-contributory pension between 8%-12%
A discretionary bonus, depending on personal and company performance
38 days leave per year (including bank holidays, pro-rated for part-time)
Annual car allowance
Job Description Summary
Job Description
IT Programme Manager
Permanent
Location: Edinburgh, Peterborough or Witham (typically 2 days in the office per week, 3 from home)
Salary: A competitive salary from £75,200 – £112,800 , depending on the experience you can bring
Closing date: 5th April 2024
Our people are our greatest asset, and we want Aegon to be a place where they can bring their authentic self to work and do all they can to deliver on our strategic promises to our customers.
We help people live their best lives. We help them with the big stuff, for the moments that matter: Pensions, Savings, Investments.
Our IT Programme Managers drive the delivery of strategic IT programmes, working directly with Executive members, Programme Directors and Project Delivery teams to secure the implementation of all IT programme milestones which meet the objectives of the business case, as well as the wider strategic IT objectives of Aegon UK.
Responsibilities of an IT Programme Manager include resolving issues and removing blockers via facilitating, supporting and arbitrating on project and programme issues such as resource contentions, priorities, solutions, delivery approaches, ownership and accountabilities. Our IT Programme Managers develop effective working relationships across both Aegon UK and our 3rd party suppliers.
Our IT Programme Managers are key to successful delivery of our programmes and projects, they act as the single delivery lead across a multi-disciplinary programme team to create and deliver a rolling Development Delivery Schedule, including monthly releases, ad-hoc releases, planned fixes, enhancements and upgrades if in-house and 3rd party technical and business applications such as Advisor Portal and Composer.
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
It’d also be great – but not essential - if you’ve got:
What’s in it for you?
We also offer private medical cover, life assurance, critical illness cover, enhanced parental leave and a variety of lifestyle benefits to help our colleagues live their best lives, including retail discount vouchers, cycle2work scheme, subsidised restaurant and online GP appointments.
We ask everyone to be brave, raise their game, deliver first time, help others, and act in everyone’s best interests. If you recognise yourself in this, we’d love to hear from you.
The legal bits
We’ll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include a credit and criminal record check, as well as providing satisfactory references.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their age, disability, race, religion/belief, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity.
About the company
Aegon is the brand name for Scottish Equitable plc and it is a subsidiary of Aegon NV, a multi-national life insurance, pension and asset management company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands.