Senior IT Change Specialist / Project Manager
Location: Staines-upon-Thames, United Kingdom
Client: Bupa
Job Type: Permanent, Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Management Bonus: 10%
Job Reference: 99d14354710e
EU work permit required: Yes
Job Description:
At Bupa, we’re passionate about technology. You’ll have the opportunity to work on innovative projects and make a real impact on the lives of our colleagues, customers, patients, and residents.
The Senior IT Change Specialist will manage the delivery of large, complex technology projects within a regulated environment, ensuring they meet time, cost, and quality standards. You will work across Bupa Global and Bupa UK on high-priority changes with significant risks and interdependencies.
How you’ll help us make health happen:
* Deliver and manage IT projects to agreed plans, budgets, quality, and timescales, mitigating risks and resolving issues.
* Coordinate activities, dependencies, and critical paths to align with project goals.
* Create and manage project plans, resources, budgets, success factors, and milestones.
* Ensure clarity of roles and responsibilities for team members.
* Manage relationships with IT areas to optimize resource use within project scope and budget.
* Develop business case documentation and ensure governance processes are followed.
* Provide financial forecasts and project reports to stakeholders and finance teams.
* Lead, manage, and motivate the project team, including supervisory and matrix management.
* Align with Bupa’s IT project governance and delivery frameworks.
* Identify opportunities to reduce costs and increase service throughout the project.
* Engage and manage internal/external teams and third parties effectively.
Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:
* Excellent knowledge of AgilePM, SAFe, and PRINCE2 methodologies.
* Programme and Project Management qualification.
* Strong commercial and vendor management experience.
* Excellent oral and written communication skills.
* Ability to identify and manage project risks and issues.
* Highly proficient in project resource and budget management.
* Ability to construct and deliver presentations and options papers.
* Experience working with teams across multiple geographies.
Our Benefits:
* 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell.
* Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind.
* An enhanced pension plan and life insurance.
* Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available.
* Various other benefits and online discounts.
Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.
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