# Transformation Project Manager

**Company**: Aviva
**Location**: Warsaw, ASEC
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Insurance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

We are seeking a Transformation Project Manager to join our Aviva Services Excellence Centre in Warsaw, Poland.

You will be managing mid-to-large transformation projects within the insurance industry, with responsibility for budgets of approximately £1-3 million. Your tasks will include:

- Collaborating with senior stakeholders to develop business cases, define project objectives, and align delivery plans with strategic goals.

- Creating and maintaining project plans, defining deliverables and milestones, and monitoring progress to ensure successful outcomes.

- Managing project resources, budgets, dependencies, risks, and issues throughout the project lifecycle.

- Driving project delivery by coordinating cross-functional teams and ensuring alignment across business and technology stakeholders.

- Mentoring and supporting team members, helping to build capability and promote best project management practices.

- Constructively challenging stakeholders and existing ways of working to drive positive change and improve customer outcomes.

- Building strong relationships with key stakeholders, fostering collaboration, engagement, and effective decision-making.

- Identifying opportunities for continuous improvement and implementing changes that enhance project delivery and business value.

To be successful in this role, you will need:

- A minimum of 5 years' experience in change management roles, including at least 3 years as an IT Change Project Manager, managing high-complexity and high-impact projects or projects with budgets ranging from £1 million to £3 million.

- The ability to work efficiently under pressure, demonstrating resilience and a willingness to explore new working methods and solutions to motivate the project team and achieve desired outcomes.

- A strong foundation in project management skills, including agile methodologies, covering all phases from discovery to benefits realisation.

- Comprehensive understanding of delivery tools and project management best practices.

- Proficiency in working with senior stakeholders (up to CIO level) with strong influencing abilities to challenge and implement change effectively.

- Leadership experience in team management and matrix management, including coordination with third parties and offshore teams.

- Excellent risk and dependency management.

- An understanding of key finance functions within the context of financial services products.

- Higher level of experience in managing technical systems delivery.

- Proficient with technical dependency mapping and tracking.

- Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to understand opportunities within challenges.

Nice to have:

- Insurance or finance operations knowledge.

- Effective supplier management skills.

In return, we offer:

- Contract of employment

- Performance Bonus

- Private medical care (ENEL-MED)

- Cafeteria system of benefits (e.g. MultiSport card)

- Additional parent privileges: - baby leave – 6 weeks leave for second parent - shortened working time after parental leave

- Employer-funded group insurance

- Employee Shares Plan

- Extra day off for birthday

- Paid time off to volunteer

- Additional leave acquired over the years in the company (even 5 days more in a year)

- Wellbeing Leave - additional two weeks paid leave after 10 years of service

- Psychological support consultations

- Access to the e-learning platforms

- Internal employee referral program

- Hybrid working model from Poland with a few days in Warsaw office per month

- Attractive office location in Warsaw - Gdański Business Center

- Additional entitlements for people with disabilities - Work Without Barriers

- Work environment that promotes diversity - Diversity Charter

## Skills

### Required
- project management
- agile methodologies
- risk management
- stakeholder management
- technical dependency mapping

### Nice to have
- insurance or finance operations knowledge
- supplier management skills

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