Senior Project Manager

About Us

ERGO Technology & Services S.A. (ET&S S.A.) was established in January 2021 following the integration of ERGO Digital IT and Atena into one entity, leveraging both companies’ strengths and best practices. As a part of ERGO Technology & Services Management AG, the technology holding of ERGO Group AG, we support millions of internal and external customers with state-of-the-art IT solutions to everyday problems.

In October 2022, ET&S S.A. expanded its scope of operations by creating a Business Services unit to contribute in a new way to the growth of ERGO’s business. Acting as a co-partner and internal consultant, it adds non-IT value and supports the development of the entire ERGO Group, currently offering skills in reporting, analysis, actuarial, and input management. We are committed to fostering innovation and meeting the evolving needs of our clients worldwide.

Discover how we implement AI, IoT, Voice Recognition, Big Data science, advanced mobile solutions, and business-related services to anticipate and address our customers’ future needs.

About the role

Project Purple’s goal is to align IT of all Group divisions to enable the production of technology services effectively, securely, compliant and cost-efficiently​. To support meeting this goal ERGO entities will be onboarded and integrated into the Global IT operating model to support the IT strategic priorities of Improving Outcomes, Harvesting Synergies and ensuring the correct levels of Security and Compliance are achieved.

The Integration Delivery Portfolio is responsible for delivering the IT onboarding of each in-scope Ergo entity into the new Purple Eco System, as quickly as possible. As part of the onboarding End users should be able to operate securely, with access to the applications and tools they need, whilst our E2E IT infrastructure remains compliant and globally standard. The delivery of an onboarding entity is a cross-functional project across IT and enabling functions such as Finance, HR, Procurement and Legal, each entity onboarding is split into 14 workstreams. These workstreams require careful and close management to ensure the successful onboarding of an entity.

How you will get the job done

• driving multiple complex projects with a budget of approximately £1m – £3m and taking responsibility for their delivery using formal project management techniques as appropriate by facilitating communication, coordination, planning, and execution across ERGO teams and business partners
• planning and follow-up on assigned projects – including time scheduling, cost planning, resource management, quality assurance, etc.
• producing a Charter for each project based on the agreed scope, defining the budget, identifying the resources, creating the schedule, outlining the approach and suggesting the sequencing of work required to execute the project effectively
• collaborating with internal ERGO partners to troubleshoot project planning issues
  facilitating design, planning, and implementation workshops with internal and external stakeholders
• proactively managing project risks and issues; developing effective mitigation/treatment plans
• managing project meetings, schedules, milestones, and delivery
• preparing project correspondence and presentations, as needed, for status reports, executive updates, meetings, annual planning, etc.
• ensuring all project costs (actuals) are actively tracked and managed, including SOWs/Purchase Orders, contracts, internal resource assignments
• coordinating the completion of all documentation, project plans, change requests, approvals, lifecycle steps and compliance gate requests on time to ensure the project continues to align with the agreed schedule
• building and maintaining a successful relationship with teams and business partners
• traveling to our European locations of ERGO may be required

Skills and experience you will need

• proficiency in English is a must
• strong track record of delivering projects in a large, complex environment, in a global Finance/Insurance or regulated industry (5-7+ years)
• strong management skills including project management, financial management, change management and facilitation
• excellent project planning, budget, scoping, costing, and scheduling ability
• ability to build and maintain a business relationship with stakeholders
• proven ability to create meaningful reports and summarise project health status for stakeholder presentations
• ability to drive a mixture of functional and geographic workstreams and co-ordinate step change delivery to the business in a unified way
• experience working with agile and classic project management methods
• knowledge of infrastructure integration issues at the international level
• experience in managing distributed teams and able to work in a matrix setup
• excellent communication and presentation skills
• ability to work independently in an international environment
• proactivity and can-do attitude