Project Manager (12 month FTC)
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Occupation Type
Business and financial project management professionals
Occupation Code Skill LevelHigher Skilled
Sponsorship Salary Threshold
£56,500
(£28.97 per hour)
Occupation rate applies
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Description
Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions.
Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.
Through telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.
We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.
The Role: Project Manager - M&G Life - 12 month Fixed Term Contract
This role will reside within our Life business unit as part of the Change & Transformation team. The overall Change team’s purpose being to provide oversight and assurance on all aspects of business change and transformation delivery for or impacting our Life business, whilst ensuring change and transformation delivery is aligned to both our Life and wider M&G strategy.
These roles own the end-to-end delivery of small to medium complex projects. You will be responsible for driving the definition of the business case, project objectives, scope, resources and expected business outcomes, together with detailed project plans. You will be expected to implement and adhere to the required project management methodologies and governance and provide the project team, including our key delivery partners, with direction and confidence to deliver and leverage the expected benefits.
This role requires strong delivery discipline, excellent stakeholder engagement, proactive risk management and the ability to navigate complex, multi‑party delivery environments to achieve measurable business outcomes.
Key Responsibilities for this role:
Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.
Through telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.
We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.
The Role: Project Manager - M&G Life - 12 month Fixed Term Contract
This role will reside within our Life business unit as part of the Change & Transformation team. The overall Change team’s purpose being to provide oversight and assurance on all aspects of business change and transformation delivery for or impacting our Life business, whilst ensuring change and transformation delivery is aligned to both our Life and wider M&G strategy.
These roles own the end-to-end delivery of small to medium complex projects. You will be responsible for driving the definition of the business case, project objectives, scope, resources and expected business outcomes, together with detailed project plans. You will be expected to implement and adhere to the required project management methodologies and governance and provide the project team, including our key delivery partners, with direction and confidence to deliver and leverage the expected benefits.
This role requires strong delivery discipline, excellent stakeholder engagement, proactive risk management and the ability to navigate complex, multi‑party delivery environments to achieve measurable business outcomes.
Key Responsibilities for this role:
- Work collaboratively and take personal accountability for maintaining and enhancing the business and change controls within your assigned projects, supporting improvements to the overall control environment, customer outcomes, and the reduction of M&G’s operational risk.
- Take end‑to‑end responsibility for the delivery of projects or linked business events, ensuring clear agreement on required outcomes and realisation of benefits as defined in the business case or supporting documentation (e.g., increased FTE efficiency, improved CSAT, reduced complaints).
- Shape the project or business event to drive optimum delivery of outcomes — including planning at the appropriate level of detail, sequencing and structuring workstreams, and ensuring alignment to the underlying business need.
- Establish and co‑ordinate change activities across Customer Service, including the engagement, monitoring and integration of all third‑party deliveries and dependencies.
- Act as the point of escalation and support, ensuring timely resolution of significant risks, issues, and blockers that threaten delivery or target timelines.
- Monitor and review all aspects of project delivery and economics, including production of deliverables, cost management, staffing requirements, resource allocation, and overall financial and operational performance.
Must Have
- Solid expertise in project methodologies, planning processes and change‑management techniques, with the ability to apply them appropriately across different delivery contexts.
- Strong understanding of risk‑management principles, with the capability to identify, assess, manage, and control risks and their impacts throughout the project lifecycle.
- Experience working in fast‑paced, agile and flexible environments, adapting delivery approaches to support evolving business needs.
- Working knowledge of life and pensions products, markets, and competitors, and how they influence change delivery.
- Working knowledge of financial‑services regulation and legislative frameworks, with an understanding of how these drive or shape change.
Location: Stirling or London
Recruiter: Sarah Mathers
Closing Date: 15 March 2026
What we offer:
At M&G, we’re committed to helping you thrive and supporting your wellbeing, both at work and beyond. Our benefits are designed to help you balance your professional and personal life, while planning confidently for your future. Our UK benefits include:
- As a savings and Investments firm we are proud to offer a valuable pension scheme of 18%, with 13% made up of Employer Contributions and 5% Employee Contributions. We also offer Share Save and our Share Incentive Plan, together with access to financial wellbeing and support services - to help give you real confidence to put your money to work.
- Enjoy 38 days annual leave including bank holidays, with the opportunity to purchase up to 5 extra days and additional flexibility through our Time Off When You Need It policy – to balance your work and personal commitments.
We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.
M&G is also proud to be a Disability Confident Leader, and we welcome applications from candidates with long-term health conditions, disabilities, or neuro-divergent conditions.
If you need assistance or an alternative means of applying for a role due to a disability or additional need, please let us know by contacting us at: careers@mandg.com