Introduction
Indulge your passion for problem-solving and embrace the thrill of addressing risk head-on at Gallagher's global brokerage team. Join a family of diverse minds, united by a relentless pursuit of excellence. As part of our team, you'll be the architect of protection, safeguarding businesses and empowering their ambitions. Together, we'll build a legacy of trust and triumph in the dynamic world of risk management.
We believe that every candidate brings something special to the table, including you! So, even if you feel that you’re close but not an exact match, we encourage you to apply.
Overview
We are excited to offer an opportunity to join Gallagher’s Business Change Team as a Senior PMO Analyst. We seek an enthusiastic, motivated, and talented individual to provide essential services such as project and portfolio management, business analysis, and project governance.
Reporting to the Senior Business Change Manager and COO, you will collaborate with Business Change members across two London locations, supporting Specialty with both regular and ad-hoc activities. Benefit from Gallagher’s agile working approach.
Your expertise in managing change from investment planning to closure, proficiency in Microsoft tools and Portfolio Project Management systems, and ability to work independently while identifying problems and proposing solutions will be crucial. Experience in interacting with stakeholders at all levels is essential.
As a self-starter with effective time management skills, attention to detail, and strong analytical abilities, you will thrive in a fast-paced environment and enjoy engaging with diverse stakeholders.
Join us for excellent development, growth, and career progression opportunities within Gallagher. Apply now to become an integral part of our dynamic team!
How you'll make an impact
- Working with the Divisional, Functional Portfolio and Programme Leads
- Provide direction and oversight of investment pipeline and in-flight projects and programmes
- Reporting on status, deliverables, milestones, and RAIDS, highlighting exceptions for escalation
- Oversee the development of the monthly Change Board presentations and on occasions delivery to key stakeholders, while ensuring follow-up on actions arising from those meetings
- Review project investment documents, ensuring alignment with the Gallagher Change Governance Framework. Ensure that the quality of business cases and funding requests are fit for purpose.
- Ensure changes to project funding, scope and schedule are raised for formal review and approval as required.
- Ensure dependencies within or between projects and programmes are identified and managed.
- Manage the portfolio-level benefits register, ensuring that all benefits are planned, monitored and benefits realisation is tracked
- Provide support and guidance to Programme/Project Managers following project standards across systems, tools and templates aligned with the Gallagher Project Methodology and Change Delivery Framework
- Assists programme/project managers in planning, organising, executing and monitoring programmes/projects by providing administrative support throughout the project lifecycle.
- Provide input to and oversight of financial reporting on project costs for programme/portfolio level reporting to support the Finance team with accruals, chargeback, and targets for annual spend.
- Review Statements of Work and other contracts against approved project documentation, identify any discrepancies or cost overruns, and escalate issues as necessary
- Assist with the contract and purchase order approval process by ensuring all required documentation is provided and properly filed for auditing purposes
- Identify continuous improvement opportunities across business change delivery and PMO processes, to enhance efficiency and effectiveness
- Take part in wider improvement opportunities to support business enhancements as required
- Work closely with Business Change Team to align and standardise activities, processes and tools
- Support specific business or functional programmes and build trusted relationships with key stakeholders
- Act as Subject Matter Expert on the Project & Portfolio Management (PPM) software application, Planview and alternative manual solutions used by the Business Change Team.
- Providing guidance, training and knowledge sharing to Business Change Team.
About You
- 5+ years' experience of working in a PMO function, preferably within a large corporation
- Insurance experience is desirable, but not essential
- An understanding of change methodology, including waterfall and agile
- Ideally PRINCE 2 / APM qualification or equivalent.
- Knowledge of project delivery methods and associated controls from initiation to risk management to benefits realisation including financial management
- Excellent knowledge of the PMO function and managing PMO activities for a change portfolio.
- Proven ability to identify and implement continuous improvement of change processes.
- Proficient in tracking and reporting on project status with a focus on exception-based reporting at programme and portfolio level
- Strong stakeholder management skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including listening, verbal, and written communication with the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the Company, including senior level management
- Applies a high level of accuracy to written communications, presentations, and Standard Operating Procedures
- Excellent presentation of plans, reports, and proposals for business stakeholder consumption
- Ability to participate on multi-disciplinary work teams to achieve successful execution of initiatives
- Set priorities, develop a work schedule, monitor progress towards goals and report status
- Ability to manage multiple priorities with stakeholder groups and adapt to changing circumstances
- Proficient in the MS Office suite of tools (Excel and PowerPoint.)
- Eligible to work in the UK
- Travel to different UK offices as required
Compensation and benefits
On top of a competitive salary, great teams and exciting career opportunities, we also offer a wide range of benefits.
Below are the minimum core benefits you’ll get, depending on your job level these benefits may improve:
- Minimum of 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays, and the option to ‘buy’ extra days
- Defined contribution pension scheme, which Gallagher will also contribute to
- Life insurance, which will pay 4x your basic annual salary, which you can top-up to 10x
- Income protection, we’ll cover up to 50% of your annual income, with options to top up
- Health cash plan or Private medical insurance
Other benefits include:
- Three fully paid volunteering days per year
- Employee Stock Purchase plan, offering company shares at a discount
- Share incentive plan, HMRC approved, tax effective, stock purchase plan
- Critical illness cover
- Discounted gym membership, with over 3,000 gyms nationally
- Season ticket loan
- Access to a discounted voucher portal to save money on your weekly shop or next big purchase
- Emergency back-up family care
- And many more…
We value inclusion and diversity
Inclusion and diversity (I&D) is a core part of our business, and it’s embedded into the fabric of our organisation. For more than 95 years, Gallagher has led with a commitment to sustainability and to support the communities where we live and work.
Gallagher embraces our employees’ diverse identities, experiences and talents, allowing us to better serve our clients and communities. We see inclusion as a conscious commitment and diversity as a vital strength. By embracing diversity in all its forms, we live out The Gallagher Way to its fullest.
Gallagher is Disability Confident Committed. We have pledged to make sure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible, in addition to supporting our existing employees with any long-term health conditions or disabilities.
We understand that applicants may have disabilities, if you do, you may find some parts of the recruitment process more challenging than others. Don’t worry, we’re here to help, however, we can only do this if you let us know.
Should you require reasonable adjustments to your application, please get in touch with TAGlobalSupport@ajg.com . If you’d prefer to speak on the phone, please request a call back, leaving details, so we get in touch.
Our employing entity, Arthur J. Gallagher Services (UK) Limited, is proud to be accredited as a Living Wage employer with the Living Wage Foundation. We are committed to diversity and opportunity for all and are opposed to any form of less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender or gender identity, marital status, civil partnership status, parental status, race, ethnicity, colour, nationality, disability, sexual orientation, religion/ belief, age and those with caring responsibilities.
Gallagher believes that all persons are entitled to equal employment opportunity and prohibits any form of discrimination by its managers, employees, vendors or customers based on race, color, religion, creed, gender (including pregnancy status), sexual orientation, gender identity (which includes transgender and other gender non-conforming individuals), gender expression, hair expression, marital status, parental status, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, genetic information, veteran or military status, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected (herein referred to as “protected characteristics”) by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Gallagher will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified person with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.
