Do you have a Project Management background working within Business Change?

Do you have great partner management skills?

Help us lead key projects across our UK business within the Change Management team here at Markel

What part will you play? If you’re looking for a place where you can make a meaningful difference, you’ve found it. The work we do at Markel gives people the confidence to move forward and seize opportunities, and you’ll find your fit amongst our global community of optimists and problem-solvers. We’re always pushing each other to go further because we believe that when we realise our potential, we can help others reach theirs.

Join us and play your part in something special!

The opportunity:

It’s an exciting time to join Markel as our business grows. We have just moved into brand-new innovative offices in Leeds city centre right next to the train station, and we currently have a new opportunity for a Project Manager – Business Change to join our highly respected team (3 days in the office / 2 days from home).

The Project Manager role is a key component of the UK Business Change team which supports the delivery of strategic projects within the change portfolio and initiating and implementing small change and process simplification and improvements, working with cross functional teams across the whole of the business and with third party system providers. We are looking for someone from a Business Change Project Management background who has Waterfall methodology and great partner management skills.

What you’ll be doing:

• Be the day to day contact on behalf of the assigned project/s

• Planning and designing the project/s and proactively monitoring overall progress, resolving issues and initiating corrective action

• Work with the project’s governance framework and follow the project delivery lifecycle as applicable to the size of the project/s

• Responsible for ensuring and supporting work stream delivery. Develop, refine and gain acceptance for the detailed project plan so that all collaborators are clear on deliverables, timescales, resources and constraints

• Identifies and secures appropriate resources to work on the project/s and defines clear roles and responsibilities for all team members

• Create and gain acceptance for a communications plan that enables thorough and timely communication with all collaborators and ensure adherence to it

• Liaise with external suppliers where applicable.  Manage third party contributions

• Effective coordination of the work streams and their interdependencies

• Managing and resolving any risks and issues

• Ensuring architectural coherence within the project and programme

• Ensure that the delivery of new products or services from the project/s meets project requirements and is to the appropriate quality, on time and within budget

• Monitors and reports project/s status and progress appropriately to different partners  and to agreed standards

• Completes formal project reviews at appropriate points in the project lifecycle, including the Project Implementation Review (PIR)

• Deputise and represent line manager where required

• Handle business expectations

Our must haves:

• Knowledge and experience of project management methodologies - Prince 2 Practitioner, Agile

• Demonstrable Project Management experience, handling 3rd party vendors and internal collaborators

• Skilled in using MS Project/waterfall approach to create a full lifecycle project plan

• Proven track record in driving delivery of complex projects particularly in the Financial services and Insurance sectors

• Strong change management / business improvement record

• Strong stakeholder management skills

• Experienced in workshop design and facilitation

• Excellent presentation and communications skills

• Rigorous in planning and execution

• Budget management experience

Who we are:

Markel Corporation (NYSE – MKL) a Fortune 500 company with over 60 offices in 20+ countries, is a holding company for insurance, reinsurance, specialist advisory and investment operations around the world.

We’re all about people | We win together | We strive for better | We enjoy the everyday | We think further

What’s in it for you:

• A great starting salary plus annual bonus & strong benefits package…

• 25 days paid holiday plus Bank Holidays, with the opportunity to buy / sell extra leave

• Fantastic company pension scheme, private medical and dental cover, life assurance, travel insurance cover, income protection, season ticket loan as well as other great benefits on offer

• There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we can provide the support needed to do just that!

Are you ready to play your part?

Choose ‘Apply Now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

Markel celebrates the value of a diverse workforce that brings experience and expertise from a wide variety of backgrounds and life circumstances. Whatever your background, if you feel you meet the requirements of this role then we want to hear from you. We are also happy to consider candidates who are looking for flexible working patterns.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with all reasonable accommodations to be able to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions if successful. Please contact us via email at [email protected] or call us at 0161 507 5827 to request any accommodations that may be needed. This includes any alternative formats of any documents or information on how to apply offline.