Senior Project Manager

At M&G our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. As an international savings and investments business with roots stretching back more than 170 years, we offer a range of financial products and services through Asset Management, Life and Wealth. All three operating segments work together to deliver attractive financial outcomes for our clients, and superior shareholder returns.

Through our behaviours of telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

AMS is a global workforce solutions partner committed to creating inclusive, dynamic, and future-ready workplaces. We help organisations adapt, grow, and thrive in an ever-evolving world by building, shaping, and optimising diverse talent strategies.

We partner with M&G to support their contingent recruitment processes. Acting as an extension of their recruitment teams, we connect them with skilled interim and temporary professionals, fostering workplaces where everyone can contribute and succeed.

On behalf of M&G, AMS are looking for a Senior Project Manager based in Stirling/London, hybrid for a 6-month contract.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer workplace accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.

Job Description - The Role

This role will lead the end-to-end delivery of a significant notifiable event within Finance, Actuarial and a third party supplier. You will be responsible for driving the project objectives, scope, resources and expected business outcomes, together with detailed project plans. You will be expected to implement and adhere to the required project management methodologies and governance and provide the project team with direction and confidence to deliver and leverage the expected benefits.

Main Responsibilities:

• Accountable for managing and motivating others to ensure quality of delivery to customers and stakeholders.
• Accountable for end-to-end delivery plan ensuring the project is delivered within schedule and budget.
• Accountable for running governance: steering committees, RAID logs, progress reports and escalation to senior management and risk committees
• Apply judgement to deliver outcomes, evaluating a range of potential solutions, considering the impact for customers, cost, and risk.
• Manages conflicts that may impact delivery.
• Challenge upwards given knowledge of delivery and awareness of complex systems and the broader picture.
• Manage resources and risks using expert judgement, knowledge, and experience.
• Ensure appropriate evidence is maintained for Internal Audit, Risk and Compliance, including root cause analysis and control enhancements.

The skills you'll need:

• Proven ability to lead the end-to-end delivery of complex finance projects, including defining business cases, objectives, scope, resource requirements, and target outcomes.
• Strong leadership skills with experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams across Finance, Actuarial, IT, Operations, and external suppliers.
• Excellent risk management, controls, and governance capability within a regulated environment.
• Ability to translate complex technical and financial issues into clear, concise updates for senior stakeholders and executive audiences.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience working closely with Project Sponsors and securing engagement across the wider organisation.
• Expertise in developing and maintaining detailed project plans, including dependency management, resource allocation, and risk mitigation.
• Good understanding of customer remediation and redress programmes within regulated financial services organisations.
• Ability to motivate and guide project teams to deliver within agreed time, cost, quality, scope, benefit, and risk parameters.
• Experience establishing and maintaining project governance frameworks, ensuring all mandatory documentation and controls are completed.
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, frameworks, and tools within Financial Services.
• Demonstrable track record of successfully delivering complex projects from initiation through to implementation.
• Experience delivering programmes that combine technology solutions with customer remediation activities.
• Proven experience leading projects within Finance and/or Actuarial functions, engaging both internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience managing third-party suppliers and vendor relationships.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.

Next steps

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G plc, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.