** ** This role has a hybrid element which means our team come together twice weekly, mainly in London but on occasion in Folkestone***

We want to enable our customers to explore their passions, find fulfillment and achieve their aspirations. Today, there is no single trusted online space where older consumers are represented and served in this way. That is why Strategy & Innovation are building Saga Village. 

By joining Saga Village as a project manager, you will play an integral role in building something that we believe will be truly exceptional and unique, providing our customers with the peer-to-peer connection experience and trusted online space they have told us they want. 

The key focus of your role will be to support the team in delivery of the Village workstreams. In return for the project management capabilities and can do attitude you will bring to Saga Village, you will become a valued colleague of a friendly, collaborative and hard working team.  

We want to deliver Saga Village with precision pace, so we are looking for someone who is super flexible and can adapt our plans quickly if the insight tells us to alter our path. We need someone who is organized, willing to role up their sleeves and "get stuck in" as well as holding the team true to our plans & actions.  

We believe that in-person collaboration will be critical to delivering Saga Village at precision pace. This role will require you to work from our London office at least twice a week over the next 6 months, participating in workshops and to support an agile delivery methodology. You may also be asked to support our Head of Partnerships and travel to meet potential Village partners. 

 If what we have said excites you and you are looking for your next challenge, then don’t miss this opportunity to apply. 

The standard benefits when you join Saga include: 

• Remote working available where possible

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays with the choice to buy a further 5 days annual leave per year 

• Free private medical insurance after 1 years' service 

• Workplace Pension 

• AXA Be Supported 

• A range of reductions and offers from leading retailers, travel groups and entertainment companies

• Providing project support to both the Head of Innovation & the Head of Partnerships within the Community & Partnership workstreams
• Supporting the Head of Strategic Planning in the overall programme management of Saga Village
• Providing support to all areas of the Saga Village project, including but not limited to budget tracking, action tracking and delivery planning.
• Participating in Village strategy planning
• Acting as a conduit between the Saga Village & the wider Saga business where required
• Develops and manages resource plan, including securing commitment of SME resources & specific business unit resources as required
• Delivers projects to agreed quality standards using Saga’s approved change approach and methodology
• Prepares and chairs regular meetings for progress review with stakeholders
• Provides regular project transparency by reporting project status via appropriate tools such as project dashboards and Sharepoint
• Identifies risks and Issues and defines actions to mitigate; escalates issues as appropriate
• Identifies stakeholder and communications needs, engaging project team members in execution of communications messages

• Strong Stakeholder Management skills
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to work in virtual teams and in a matrix organizations
• Excellent team worker
• Ability to work in fast paced environment
• Flexibility regarding problem solving
• Keep pace with technical innovation
• Ability to share information, transfer knowledge and expertise to team members
• Experience of change lifecycle
• Good analytical skills
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work in virtual teams and in a matrix organizations

Our Saga Values:

• Precision Pace - Always owning and making things happen. 
• Empathy – Always aware of others. 
• Curiosity – Always asking why.
• Collaboration – Always one team, the Saga team!

Having spent our first 30 years focused on travel, Saga launched Saga Magazine and developed home and motor insurance and financial services in the 1980s. Private medical and pet insurance followed in the 1990s, along with the launch of our own cruise ship operation. The strength of the Saga brand provides the Group with the ability to develop in-house or partner with suppliers to offer our customers and members highly differentiated, competitively priced products which meet their evolving needs.

Saga exists to help our customers and members lead the life they want to lead. To succeed in this, we know that the most important thing to do is to listen to our customers and members. At the heart of our business model is our drive to know more about our customers’ wants and needs so we are best placed to serve them.

Applying this approach over the past 70 years has enabled us to become the UK's specialist provider of products and services to people aged over 50 in the UK. The Saga brand has become one of the most recognised and trusted brands amongst UK consumers in this demographic and is recognised for its high quality products and exceptional standards of service. These include cruises and holidays, insurance, personal finance and the Saga Magazine.

When you join Saga you will see that we are committed to treating all employees fairly and to offering equal opportunities in all aspects of employment and advancement.

We value diversity not just because it is the right thing to do, but because diverse teams perform better. Creating a culture in which everyone feels welcome and offering equal opportunities in all aspects of employment and advancement is incredibly important to us. Fair consideration is given to applications from all applicants, including those with disabilities and those over who are over 50 as we are champions of age inclusivity.

We are an official Disability Confident Committed employer and ensure that our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible and we will make reasonable adjustments as required.

We are a member of the 30% Club and partner with Women Ahead which offers us a fantastic opportunity to take part in a leading, global, cross-company, leadership mentoring scheme to champion female talent.

We are a signatory of the Armed Services Covenant and have received a Silver Award from the Employer Recognition Scheme. 

To all recruitment agencies: Saga does not accept agency CVs unless specifically engaged on the role by the Talent Acquisition Team. Please do not forward CVs to our recruiters, employees or any other company location. Any engagement with employees or provision of CVs to employees within Saga where you have not engaged with the Talent Acquisition Team will be considered speculative and Saga will not be responsible for any fees related to CVs received in this unsolicited manner.

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