Project Manager

London, England, United Kingdom

6/13/2025

Job Description

This is an opportunity to join Ascot Group - one of the world’s preeminent specialty risk underwriting organizations.

Designed as a modern-era company operating through an ecosystem of interconnected global operating platforms, we’re bound by a common mission and purpose: One Ascot. Our greatest strength is a talented team who flourish in a collaborative, inclusive, and entrepreneurial culture, steeped in underwriting excellence, integrity, and a passion to find a better way, The Ascot Way.

The Ascot Way guides our people and our organization. Our underwriting platforms collaborate to find creative ways to deploy our capital in a true cross-product and cross-platform approach. These platforms work as one, deploying our capital creatively through our unique Fusion Model: Client Centric, Risk Centric, Technology Centric.

Built to be resilient, Ascot maximizes client financial security while delivering bespoke products and world class service — both pre- and post-claims. Ascot exists to solve for our clients’ brightest tomorrow, through agility, collaboration, resilience, and discipline.

Job Purpose

• Pro-actively project manage large-scale, strategic initiatives and / or multiple medium sized initiatives with competing deadlines in line with the Change Management Framework.
• Ability to trouble-shoot and resolve complex challenges.
• Combine strong project governance and assurance discipline with overall ability to deliver projects on time and within budget.
• Support both the Portfolio Delivery Manager and Head of IT Delivery in evolving the Change Management Framework/delivery methodologies and championing their benefits across the Group.
  
  

Detailed Duties

• Undertake all aspects of the planning process, maintaining and managing detailed plans throughout the project life cycle, taking account of dependencies and resource requirements.
• Work with all stakeholders, contributors, vendors and suppliers (including IT) to ensure project deliverables are met to plan and budget.
• Strong vendor engagement and management capability, building and maintaining relationships which represent Ascot positively.
• Own the necessary project documentation, ensuring all project documents are complete, accurate, current and stored appropriately.
• Develop the Business Case in consultation with the various stakeholders and suppliers.
• Ensure that the Business Case is regularly reviewed and updated throughout the life cycle of the project, incorporating any subsequent Change Requests.
• Extensive stakeholder engagement with peers and customers.
• Maintain a holistic understanding of the portfolio, with an awareness of dependencies, pre-empting conflicts and prompting discussion in PM forums.
• Bring an inquisitive mind-set, not afraid to ask questions and / or challenge accepted norms and championing continuous improvement.
• Excellent visual presentation skills with the ability to dissect complex issues and articulate options / solutions to stakeholders.
• Support stakeholders in making the recommended changes, including helping to resolve any issues.
• Where necessary, act as a 'translator' between IT & customer needs to ensure clarity of what is required.
• Support stakeholders in the embedding, handover and closure of projects into business as usual; and
• To undertake any reasonable request made by the line manager.
  
  

Person Specification

• Always leads by example.
• Strong end-to-end Project Lifecycle experience, using a variety of methodologies.
• Expert trouble-shooter / problem solver.
• Self-sufficient, dependable and able to think and act proactively.
• Organised with good attention to detail.
• Highly professional, energetic, diplomatic, calm, pragmatic and solution driven.
• Strong experience of Project Management in the Insurance industry.
• Good understanding of Business Analysis and Change Management.
• Demonstrates the confidence and communications skills required to work with people at all levels of the company.
• Exceptional problem-solving skills.
• A willingness to be flexible and respond appropriately to changing and / or conflicting demands.
• Strong Microsoft skills, in particular Visio, Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.