Strategic Projects Manager

Job title: Strategic Projects Manager

Location: Edinburgh

Salary: £59,850 - £66,500

Hours: Full time

Working Pattern: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of your time, at our Edinburgh office.

About this opportunity:

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Insurance, Pensions and Investments (IP&I) as Strategic Projects Manager for the CCDO area.

This role reports to our Head of Strategic Projects and is all about how we lead on and coordinate projects related to the transformation to become a customer centric organisation.

In this role, you’ll be responsible for managing and driving high-impact projects that align with the organisation's strategic goal of becoming a customer centric organisation and support our ambition of digitally transforming IP&I. This role involves leading cross-functional project teams across CCDO and the rest of IP&I business areas, ensuring project objectives are met, and delivering value to the business.

What you’ll be doing:

• Project Leadership: Drive end-to-end delivery of strategic projects, ensuring alignment with scope, timelines, and budget.
• Strategic Alignment: Develop project plans that support the organisation’s long-term goals and priorities.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with stakeholders to align project outcomes with business needs and secure necessary support.
• Team Leadership: Lead cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration, accountability, and high performance.
• Risk & Performance Management: Identify risks, implement mitigation strategies, and monitor progress against key performance indicators.
• Continuous Improvement: Promote process enhancements and embed best practices to drive efficiency and innovation.

Why Lloyds Banking Group:

If you think all banks are the same, you’d be wrong. We’re an innovative, fast-changing business that’s shaping finance as a force for good. A bank that’s empowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose.

What you’ll need:

• Project Management Expertise: Proven track record of successfully delivering strategic projects across complex environments.
• Leadership & Team Management: Strong ability to lead, empower, and manage cross-functional teams to achieve project goals.
• Strategic & Analytical Thinking: Skilled at aligning projects with business objectives and making data-informed decisions.
• Communication & Stakeholder Engagement: Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to engage effectively at all levels.
• Adaptability & Multitasking: Comfortable managing multiple priorities in dynamic, fast-paced settings.
• Technical Proficiency: Experienced in using project management tools and methodologies to drive efficiency and results.

About working for us:

Our ambition is to be the top tier UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities, and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive? Apply today and find out more.