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Accenture

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Programme Manager - Pensions Data Migration, UK Insurance – Life, Pensions and Retail Investments (Programme Delivery)

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London, UK+1 moreMore locations: Bath, UK
In PersonRole may be based in Bath, London or UK regional offices; onsite time with clients, suppliers and partners is required, with flexibility and mobility.
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About the job

Requirements
  • Proven experience directing data migration programmes, including migration strategy, cutover planning, dual-running, reconciliation and data quality assurance.
  • A proven track record as a Programme Manager or Senior Delivery Lead on complex technology-enabled transformation programmes within Financial Services.
  • Demonstrable success managing programme budgets, delivery forecasts, change control and senior-level reporting.
  • Strong stakeholder management experience, with the ability to influence and advise senior client stakeholders.
  • Strong supplier management capability across technology partners and delivery centres.
  • Experience shaping governance across workstreams including data migration, testing, change management and deployment.
  • Direct experience of Pensions administration platforms, scheme migration or regulatory-driven data programmes within a Pensions environment is highly advantageous.
  • Understanding of Pensions scheme administration, member data and regulatory considerations relevant to data migration in this sector is highly advantageous.
  • Experience of legacy Pensions platform decommissioning, dual-running and reconciliation is highly advantageous.
  • Broader Life & Pensions or Retail Investment platform migration experience is valuable.
  • Strong market relevance within UK Pensions or Retail Investment platform providers is valuable.
Responsibilities
  • Direct major transformation programmes through mobilisation, planning, governance, delivery execution and benefits realisation.
  • Manage senior client relationships with Programme Sponsors, Heads of Change and Operations Directors, acting as a trusted advisor on delivery risk and outcomes.
  • Integrate delivery across Accenture, client teams and third-party suppliers, ensuring clear accountability and effective governance.
  • Lead multidisciplinary delivery teams and create conditions for quality delivery and sustained performance.
  • Provide thought leadership on programme delivery best practice, including data migration approaches, cutover planning and regulatory data integrity.
  • Own delivery of a complex, multi-workstream programme, ensuring alignment to client outcomes, quality standards and commercial objectives.
  • Establish and lead programme governance, including steering groups, risk and issue management, dependency management and escalation.
  • Manage programme budgets, resource plans, milestones and delivery predictability.
  • Build trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders across business and technology functions.
  • Manage supplier and third-party delivery dependencies, including performance and issue resolution.
  • Translate strategic ambition into executable delivery plans and pragmatic governance.
  • Provide visible leadership during critical delivery events such as testing, data migration, cutover and go-live.
  • Mentor and develop managers and delivery leads within the team.
Desired Qualifications
  • Excellent communication, consulting and problem-solving skills.

About the company

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Accenture

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Accenture advises large businesses and public agencies on strategy, builds their technology systems and runs ongoing operations. Its teams connect business planning with implementation, covering areas such as cloud migration, cybersecurity and customer experience. Consultants work with clients to redesign processes, while engineers integrate software from technology partners and maintain the resulting systems for multinational organizations. Clients pay for project work or continuing services, including application support and business processes such as finance and customer service. Accenture was founded in 1989 and has its headquarters in Dublin, Ireland.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Dublin, Ireland

Founded

1989

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Professional Development Budget
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • 401(k) Company Match

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