Project Manager

Smart Pension

Project Manager responsible for planning and delivering business change at Smart, collaborating across functions. Focused on project delivery and managing stakeholder relationships in a hybrid setting.

Posted 6/20/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Set direction for and oversee all elements of project delivery with a track against the business case for change.
Develop and maintain project plans, risk registers, and governance documentation.
Work closely with stakeholders to understand business requirements and secure buy-in.
Coordinate cross-functional teams including business, IT, operations, and external suppliers.
Lead change management activities to support adoption of new processes or systems.
Monitor project progress and provide regular status updates to senior leadership.
Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues.
Ensure compliance with organizational policies, regulatory requirements, and project governance standards.
Measure and report project benefits and outcomes after implementation.
Contribute to delivery of UAT, procedural changes and instruction to third parties as required.
Provide regular updates on project status with early warning on emerging issues.
Use general knowledge of regulatory and legal requirements.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven project management and delivery experience (eg Prince 2, Agile).
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Experience conducting business impact assessments and process improvement initiatives.
DC pensions experience, presence within the broader pensions market, up to date knowledge of industry challenges.
Professional and accountability, projects credibility.
Leadership and management skills.
Strong interpersonal, networking and influencing skills across stakeholder range.
Creative problem solver with strong analytical and decision making skills.
Accepts and tackles demanding goals with enthusiasm.

Benefits

Comp & perks

25 days’ holiday per year, increasing with length of service.
£500 annual training budget to spend on your professional development
Extensive private healthcare, including dental, eyecare and EAP
Enhanced sick leave (three months’ pay per year)
Enhanced maternity and paternity (maternity – 6 months fully paid/paternity – 3 weeks fully paid)
Death in service insurance cover
Fully-paid five-week sabbatical after five years of employment
In office wellbeing, such as manicures, massages and barbers.
50% discount on orders from sister company Arena Flowers.

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Hard Skills & Tools

project managementrisk managementbusiness impact assessmentsprocess improvementchange managementAgilePrince 2UATproject governanceanalytical skills

Soft Skills

leadershipproblem-solvinginterpersonal skillsnetworkinginfluencingcreativitydecision makingaccountabilitycommunicationstakeholder management