Project Manager (15-month FTC)

Who are Benifex? 💚💜
We are a fast-moving technology company, and one of the most successful providers of online reward and benefits solutions in the UK. We believe that everyone deserves an exceptional experience at work, every day, and build workplace technology that makes this happen. Benifex’s mission is to build remarkable experiences that employees love. Today Benifex supports more than five million employees in over 3,000 organisations across more than 100 countries. To help us on our quest to be the best, we need brilliant people on board and that’s where you come in. 🚀
Why should you apply? 🌟
Impact: play an integral role in delivering complex projects for our customers.
Team: work with a talented team of PM's that will support your success from day one.
Top 10 Employer, Sunday Times Best Places to Work Awards
Work for a profitable, fast-growing market leader in the online reward and benefits space
Hybrid/Remote in UK - working setup.
Great Benefits
💰 £45,000-50,000
🤸 Flexible work – choose a working setup that works for you, our only ask is to see you once a month in the office and you must be based in the UK or Ireland.
✈️ 25 days holiday plus your local bank holidays
🎂 Your birthday off
❤️ Two half day wellbeing days
🩺 Healthcare cash plan to cover the costs of day to day healthcare
🧠 Employee Assistance Plan 24/7 365 support
🤒 Income Protection (75%) and life assurance (4x salary)
🤑 Pension scheme
🌟 Enhanced parental leave package - 26 weeks fully paid maternity leave and 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave
💳 £50 monthly allowance to spend on whatever takes your fancy, your very own Benifex card will be topped up at the start of each month!
Role Overview 🚀
We're looking for a Project Management superstar who will be responsible for planning, implementing, and tracking simultaneous customer projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, to our agreed-upon standard, and within budget. The role is 15 months FTC.
We’re a fast-moving technology business undergoing rapid growth and are one of the leading providers of employee benefits solutions to employers. To help us on our quest to deliver and be the best, we need the most brilliant people out there on board… and that’s where you come in.
Responsibilities 🤘
You’ll be planning, implementing and managing the project. You’ll follow our tried-and-tested project methodology to deliver a great outcome for the customer. You’ll adhere to our internal audit standards and be motivated to deliver high-quality.
Create and maintain detailed project plans that identify and sequence the activities needed to complete the project.
Determine the resources (time, support, interdependencies etc) required to complete the project.
Manage issues, risks and project change requests to ensure successful and on-time project delivery
Produce and deliver compelling, clear and succinct project documents using multiple inputs and data sources.
Establish and manage the communication schedule to update the customer and internal stakeholders on project delivery against plan.
Deliver project presentations to Senior Customer representatives and key stakeholders.
Develop trusted advisor relationships with senior level customers, including internal Executive teams across multiple clients.
Undertake a post implementation review to evaluate the outcomes of the project against agreed plans to identify improvement opportunities that benefit both the Customer and Benefex business.
This is a predominately work from home role, but you are welcome in our offices in the centre of Southampton at any time. There is occasional travel to visiting our customers across the UK.
What are we looking for? 🔎
You’ll need a minimum of 3 years’ experience of successfully managing multiple projects, preferably in a software or solutions delivery role.
We’re looking for a history of delivery of multiple projects with competing deadlines and solving problems to ensure projects are delivered on time.
You need to be a completer-finisher, who is a proactive thinker and someone who really takes ownership and accountability of their work.
You’ll be the type of person who frequently challenges the ‘status quo’ as well as removing external and internal barriers by identifying effective solutions.
Develop trusted advisor relationships with senior level customers, including internal Executive teams across multiple clients.
Proven project management experience: knowledge of at least one PM methodology (PME, PMP, Prince 2).
Nice To Haves
Experience in Employee Benefits, HRIS, Payroll or HR Tech
Experience in global projects
Even if you don't meet all of the requirements for this role, we encourage you to apply! We are looking for talented and passionate individuals who are eager to learn and grow. We also offer a variety of other roles, so please check out our careers page to see if there is something else that might be a good fit for you.
Our Interview Process
Benifex understands the need to have a fast and efficient process, the below will all be completed in the shortest time possible.
📞 Initial call with the Talent team.
🧪 Online tests in numeracy and logical reasoning.
⏳ Interview with the hiring manager.
🤩 Final interview with senior manager and references.
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, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcome and respected. We believe that diversity and inclusion are essential to our success, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
We are a proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme.
If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during the recruitment process, please let us know with your application.

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Project Manager (15-month FTC)

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