Senior IT Project Manager

We are looking for our new Senior IT Project Manager / IT Program Manager to coordinate and manage various projects (within a program or independently) in 2025 across all business areas and countries in line with their strategic plan.

AXA Partners Group is undergoing a major transformation to improve efficiency, increase profitability and enhance customer experience through digitalisation.

**What you’ll be doing**:
You are an IT Project Manager / Program Manager who thrives on autonomy and self-motivation, while also recognizing the value of strong teamwork. You are a natural leader with a strategic mindset, committed to empowering and create collaborative approach and dedication to innovation enable you to leverage the maximum potential of your team's skills, driving strategic success in your projects.

You are highly analytical and strategic with the ability to think outside the box and deliver and interpret complex management information and statistics.

**What you’ll bring**:
The Project/Program Manager is to facilitate strategic and/or complex projects deployment and implementation of products, from project envision/inception phase through to closure.
- Proactively manages project financials, project status report, change management, governance, role identification and communication to the stakeholders.
- Ensures alignment with the methodologies used by AXA Services project partners (Agile, DevOps...) in line with the architectural, data, safety, and quality standards.
- Deploys and implement high-quality new solutions and capabilities alongside their operating model to support the company goals.

**Its responsabilities include**:
- Proactively engage all required teams (products, working groups, business functions - sales/underwriting, compliance, etc ) by establishing and sustaining accountability to ensure they are actively involved in the project and assure seamless deployment.
- Define and monitor the project scope (content, cost, detailed project plan) within the constraints of quality, cost, time and functional perimeter.
- Identify dependencies and maintain risk register; manage risks/mitigations and any issues as they arise, collaborate with senior business or technical roles as required to resolve them.
- Organize and leads Project Steering Committees and coordinate all streams ensuring efficient progress updates and stakeholder's support
- Prepare the right reporting, tailored to the audience targeted and with the proper monitoring / tracking and decision-making material. For that purpose, consolidate statuses and KPIs from impacted products and/or teams (in terms of budget, planning, risks, and mitigants)
- Lead/Support Business readiness and maintain up to date deployment (incl. local roll-out), adoption plans and expected benefits in accordance with the business case.
- Responsible for handing over operation of delivered capabilities to BAU support set-up/operating model. Facilitate/support the change management for the post go live process and training plans.
- Ensure project alignment with the methodologies used by AXA Services project partners (Agile, DevOps...) in line with the architectural, data, safety and quality standards.
- Facilitate project retrospective’s and ensure lessons learnt are documented & shared.

**Qualifications**

**Your skills and experience**
- 10 years of experience in Project/Program management (experience in large / international project or program management is a plus).
- Practical knowledge of Process design as well as Systems Architecture principles
- Practical knowledge on Agile methodologies / frameworks (certification is a plus)
- Language: English - Fluent mandatory and French - Very good level / Fluent mandatory
- Experience in project development with global impact in the insurance/assistance sector as well as an understanding of the sector and its opportunities for innovation.
- Both strategic and practical / hands on approach to deliver concrete results and to structure the environment in the way that is necessary to drive actions in global environment.
- Strong financial background. Able to support the implementation of the required governance.
- Excellent active listening skills and communication skills at various levels of hierarchy / seniority levels / countries / cultures: ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences (from operational to executive), quickly incorporate feedback and adjust accordingly.
- Strong leadership and management skills, with the ability to influence peers and senior colleagues effectively.
- Capability to lead groups without formal authority, managing competing expectations of various stakeholders in an international setting.
- Proficiency in anticipating and mitigating risks, demonstrating an ability to handle their impact effectively.
- Aptitude for finding innovative solutions to complex problems, showcasing creative problem-solving skills.
- Adaptability to dynamic and matrixial situations, dem