Pensions Project Manager - DB/DC Pensions & Regulatory Change

Pensions Project Manager - DB/DC Pensions & Regulatory Change

DURATION: 6 months (extension very likely)
LOCATION: Surrey, UK
ONSITE REQUIREMENTS: Hybrid working (1/2 days per week)
ENGAGEMENT TYPE: Outside IR35
DAY RATE: £650 per day

LEGAL RIGHT TO WORK: Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK. Sponsorship is not available.

GIBBS CONSULTING SUMMARY

Gibbs Consulting is expanding its delivery team to support an end-customer in the pensions administration and outsourcing industry. We are looking for an experienced Pensions Project Manager to deliver regulatory and technical change across existing pensions administration clients.

JOB OVERVIEW

You will lead pensions-related projects from initial strategy and planning through to delivery, coordinating multiple workstreams, business teams and third parties. This is a client-facing role requiring solid occupational pensions knowledge and hands-on project delivery experience, including work supporting the wider Pensions Dashboards programme.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Deliver projects to critical deadlines, within agreed scope and budget, managing out-of-scope activity and additional costs with clients.
• Define project scope and goals, maintain delivery plans and manage change requests, RAID logs, budgets and resource demand.
• Coordinate cross-functional, onshore and offshore teams and third-party suppliers across multiple client projects.
• Monitor delivery performance, ensuring compliant, high-quality and cost-effective outcomes.
• Lead project governance, identify dependencies and resolve risks and issues early.
• Provide delivery updates to client steering committees and programme or portfolio management.
• Lead client planning, requirements and technical workshops, and maintain strong client relationships.
• Support the Pensions Dashboards programme by sharing solutions and lessons learned to enable compliant delivery across outsourcing clients.
• Maintain comprehensive project documentation.

REQUIREMENTS

• At least five years of proven Project Manager experience.
• Understanding of occupational pensions, including defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) benefits.
• Proven experience delivering technical changes to meet regulatory requirements and compliance deadlines.
• Strong project governance, planning, budget management and risk and issue management skills.
• Demonstrable leadership of cross-functional teams and successful project outcomes.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management and client-facing skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, attention to detail and ability to identify dependencies and develop mitigation plans.
• Ability to learn new technology and tools and share best practice.

NICE TO HAVE

• PRINCE2 experience or qualification.
• Project management experience within a pensions administration or outsourcing environment.