Senior Project Manager - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

About The Role Team – Project Services Working Pattern - Hybrid – 2 days per week in any of the Vitality offices (Bournemouth, London or Stockport). Full time hours.We are happy to discuss flexible working! Top 3 skills needed for this role:

• Scaled Agile Delivery Leadership 
• Methodical & Data-Driven Delivery 
• Senior Stakeholder Management & Executive Communication

What this role is all about: As a Senior Project Manager, you’ll take ownership of day-to-day delivery, build strong relationships with senior stakeholders, and keep commercial viability front and centre. You’ll be the driving force behind strategic initiatives, balancing costs, timelines, and innovation to ensure success across multiple products and platforms.Key Actions

• Own the full project lifecycle, from scoping and setup to planning, reporting, governance, stakeholder engagement, and clear communications
• Drive end-to-end delivery within a Scaled Agile framework, ensuring projects meet objectives with speed and precision
• Act as the connector between programme management, related projects, and product teams to eliminate duplication and keep everything aligned
• Create and maintain detailed project roadmaps with clear milestones and timelines that keep everyone on track
• Manage dynamic cross-functional meetings to review strategy, tackle operational tasks, and keep momentum strong
• Partner with working groups to monitor progress against milestones, report status updates, and escalate issues promptly, keeping stakeholders informed and engaged
• Deliver impactful updates to senior leaders, including executive-level reporting, steering committee presentations, and timely escalation of critical risks
• Manage vendor relationships and act as the key interface between project sponsors and third-party providers to ensure seamless collaboration
• Define and track performance metrics to measure success and drive continuous improvement
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders to ensure strategic alignment and maintain the integrity of the overall programme
• Operate flexibly within a shared services model, supporting UK and global initiatives while adapting to diverse delivery contexts and stakeholder needs

What do you need to thrive?

• Excellent experience as a Project Manager and a reputation for delivery
• Strong data and analytical skills, necessary to understand & synthesise large quantities of information across complex project
• Experience of managing medium to large cross functional teams
• Demonstrable stakeholder management to Executive level
• Proven communication, influencing and problem solving skills
• Comfortable working in a dynamic environment and ability to embrace the company culture and embed that into day to day interactions

So, what’s in it for you?

• Bonus Schemes – A bonus that regularly rewards you for your performance
• A pension of up to 12%– We will match your contributions up to 6% of your salary
• Our award-winning Vitality health insurance – With its own set of rewards and benefits
• Life Assurance – Four times annual salary

These are just some of the many perks that we offer! To view the extensive range of benefits we offer, please visit our careers page. Fantastic Benefits. Exciting rewards. Great career opportunities! If you are successful in your application and join us at Vitality, this is our promise to you, w e will:

• Help you to be the healthiest you’ve ever been.
• Create an environment that embraces you as you are and enables you to be your best self.
• Give you flexibility on how, where and when you work.
• Help you advance your career by playing you to your strengths.
• Give you a voice to help our business grow and make Vitality a great place to be.
• Give you the space to try, fail and learn.
• Provide a healthy balance of challenge and support.
• Recognise and reward you with a competitive salary and amazing benefits.
• Be there for you when you need us.
• Provide opportunities for you to be a force for good in society.

We commit to all these things because we want you to feel that you belong, and are supported to be happy and healthy.About The CompanyWe're really excited to announce that we have recently been awarded "Top 10 Best Places To Work" in The Sunday Times Awards 2024!Vitality is a multi-award-winning UK insurance brand, here to make the world a healthier, happier place.We’ve been a purpose and values-driven business from day 1- long before it became fashionable. Our core purpose is to make people healthier and enhance protect their lives. Vitality pioneered shared-value insurance. We incentivise people to live healthier longer lives – they benefit, our business benefits, and society benefits. We’re successful because we attract, develop, and retain the best people – and because we care.Plus, you get to join our 1.7+ million members with access to our unique health insurance and healthy living programme. Just to make sure you know our products inside and out.Diversity & Inclusion At Vitality, we’re committed to diversity and inclusion because it’s good for our employees, for our business, and for society. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.Vitality’s approach to sustainability Vitality is a business that drives positive change. We reward people for making and sustaining healthier choices. But healthy people also need a healthy environment. To learn more please visit our Careers page. If we are fortunate in receiving a high volume of quality applications we may need to close this vacancy early.