Job Description

Fixed Term Contract (2 Years) - 37.5 hour per week

An opportunity to make a difference

At Border to Coast our purpose is to make a difference and we’re looking for a keen Senior Project Manager to join our award-winning team.

As a customer-owned and customer-focused organisation, integrity is one of our values, as is our collaborative and sustainable approach. Our focus is to secure the pensions of over a million people who have provided valuable service to their communities and society. We’re the largest UK asset manager outside London or Edinburgh, and we provide innovative investments that deliver sustainable returns over the long term.

We are looking for a successful change management professional with proven financial services experience to help drive the delivery of complex strategic projects and programmes of work.

The Senior Project Manager will manage all elements of assigned projects from inception to completion, including proposals & business case development, Planning, procurement, external party management, testing, delivery, acceptance and achievement of benefits.

The Senior Project Manager is expected to articulate and maintain a clear line of sight through all project delivery.

We are recruiting in line with our longer term strategic direction. The role will support the Change team in providing the professional framework and technical discipline to support the wider organisation in planning, initiating, monitoring, and reporting change initiatives within the firm.

The role – what you’ll be doing

As a Senior Project Manager your role is hugely important and will include:

* Provide effective leadership throughout your area of responsibility, living Border to Coast values at all times to maximise colleague experience and organisation performance.

* Manage delivery of the projects or programmes within Border to Coast’s development portfolio, as approved, scoped and designed by senior stakeholders/sponsor.

* Develop delivery plans and execute complex projects within a dynamic and fast paced organisation

* Manage multiple stakeholders and provide constructive challenge on a variety of projects within the organisation’s portfolio

* Communicate effectively across the organisation, partners, suppliers and workstreams to ensure delivery objectives are fully understood, particularly around interdependencies and risk management.

* Work within, and contribute to the continuous improvement of the Border to Coast project and PMO framework and project tools

* Develop senior project management capability, including skills, knowledge and behaviours through coaching and training, to ensure agreed corporate approaches are embedded throughout the organisation.

* Provide operational oversight and support to both Project Managers and Workstream Leads as required to ensure project objectives are achieved.

* Deliver effective management reporting within the organisational PMO governance framework.

* Provide strong project management to a range of key strategic projects within the business, ensuring all stakeholders are supported and key milestones delivered.

* Identify risks in own area of responsibility, recognise risks in all areas of the business and notify any such risks to your People Manager and the Operational Risk Manager.

About you - and the value you’ll bring to our team

* Experience of successful programme and project management within a large financial services organisation. Demonstration of this in a senior role is required.

* A reputation for effective stakeholder engagement and reporting.

* The ability to challenge the norm and guide the organisation and our stakeholders to agreed outcomes.

* Wide understanding of risk management and its application in a financial service environment.

* A knowledge of continuous improvement techniques would be beneficial.

Why join Border to Coast?

At Border to Coast, you will receive competitive remuneration and have access to excellent benefits:

* Vitality Health Insurance for all employees

* Employee Assistance Programme

* A generous holiday allowance of 30 days a year, plus bank holidays

* Professional Development including the opportunity to gain fully funded qualifications (e.g. IMC)

* Critical Illness Cover

* Pension scheme

* Stunning Leeds city centre location only a short walk to the train station

* Cycle to work scheme

* Life Assurance of 6 times of salary

* Sustainable travel plans and public transport discounts

* Range of discounts for Leeds gyms, shops and restaurants

* Hybrid working

* Onsite gym

There’s also more information about pay and reward, careers at Border to Coast and how we work on our website Careers - Border To Coast - Work With Us

We welcome applications from people of all experience levels and backgrounds and value diversity of thought. We are committed to creating an inclusive and engaging workplace, ensuring that colleagues maintain a work life balance. We encourage colleagues to progress, be themselves and be their best through both personal and professional development.

If you have a disability, or if you have a condition that you believe may affect your performance during our selection process, we would be happy to discuss making reasonable adjustments to our processes for you.

We’re looking for people with the right values, behaviours, skills and experiences and if you meet some of the role’s criteria and are interested in finding out more about Border to Coast and the team, we’d love to hear from you.

About Us

Border to Coast is the largest LGPS (Local Government Pension Scheme) pool in the UK. It is owned by 11 Local Government Pension Schemes (‘Partner Funds’). The Partner Funds represent 3,100 employers and over a million members.

The Partner Funds are Bedfordshire, Cumbria, Durham, East Riding, Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, Surrey, Teesside, Tyne and Wear and Warwickshire.

The Partner Funds have c.£64bn in investments, of which Border to Coast is responsible for managing £47.9bn (as of 31 March 2024). Border to Coast also provides support and advice on a further £8.2bn, primarily invested in index funds, which sit outside of the pool.

Border to Coast offers its 11 Partner Funds investment opportunities across equities, fixed income, private markets, and global and UK real estate.

Our purpose is to make a difference for the LGPS. We seek to do this by providing cost-effective and innovative investment opportunities delivering returns over the long term for our Partner Funds, their employers and over 1.1 million LGPS members.

Since launch, Border to Coast has been awarded many accolades: ‘Best Pool of the Year’ at the LAPF Investment Awards three years out of four, most recently winning ‘Pool Innovation of the Year’, named at the Professional Pensions UK Pensions Awards as ‘Equity’ and ‘Alternatives Manager of the Year’, and our Climate Change report has won Pensions for Purpose awards two years in a row