IT Workstream Lead

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Employer: NFU Mutual

Location: Stratford-upon-Avon

Salary: £45,000 - £55,000 + 17.5% annual bonus + benefits package

Closing date: 21 Mar 2025

Sector: Manufacturing

Role: Manager

Contract Type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time

IT Workstream Lead

As the IT Workstream Lead, you'll play a pivotal role in managing and coordinating IT deliverables within large-scale business transformation programs. Your primary responsibility will be to collaborate closely with stakeholders across IT, business units, and external vendors to ensure the successful execution of projects, aligning technology solutions with business objectives.

You'll lead the IT workstream, managing the end-to-end implementation to ensure key milestones are achieved while effectively controlling project timelines, risks, and dependencies. Your expertise will drive the coordination of internal IT teams and external vendors, ensuring the seamless delivery and integration of high-quality technology solutions.

With a focus on IT governance, security, and regulatory compliance, you'll provide leadership and foster a culture of collaboration and innovation within your team.

Effective communication will be essential in this role, as you'll be responsible for keeping senior management and stakeholders informed about project progress, risks, or issues. Your ability to provide clear updates, highlight potential challenges, and propose solutions will be crucial to the success of each initiative.

About you

You'll have a strong background in the delivery of change within an IT division, preferably including some hands-on project management. Your experience with the full Software Development Life Cycle will enable you to oversee projects from inception to completion effectively. You'll possess in-depth knowledge of IT service management and service ownership, ensuring that IT services are delivered to the highest standards.

Additionally, your skills in identifying, tracking, mitigating, and reporting IT risks and issues will be crucial in maintaining project integrity and minimising disruptions.

You'll also bring:

• Excellent skills in engaging and managing stakeholders at all levels.
• The ability to influence others and drive adherence to best practices.
• Strong organisational skills to manage multiple tasks and projects efficiently.
• A collaborative approach to working with teams and stakeholders.
• Exceptional communication skills to convey technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• A proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues effectively.

At NFU Mutual, we support an inclusive workplace and value all the differences that make us unique. We celebrate the creativity and innovation that comes from diverse perspectives and experiences and share a common vision of doing the right thing for our customers and employees.

We recognise that some candidates may experience barriers during the recruitment process. So, we encourage candidates to discuss any adjustments or accommodations they need to be the best they can be throughout our recruitment process.

We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, a Race at Work and Women in Finance Charter signatory and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, regardless of age, ethnicity, disability, neurodiversity, gender, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.

Benefits and Rewards

When you join our team, you can expect a supportive culture and an attractive range of rewards and benefits including:

• Salary up to £55k dependent upon experience
• Annual bonus (up to 17.5% of salary)
• Contributory pension scheme, up to 20%, including your 8% contribution
• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays + buy/sell/save holiday trading scheme
• A Family Friendly policy that helps you balance your work and family responsibilities
• Access to savings at High Street brands, travel and supermarkets
• £20 contribution to a monthly gym membership - subject to T&Cs
• Health and wellbeing plan - cashback for dentist, opticians, physio and more
• Access to voluntary benefits, including health assessments, private medical insurance and dental insurance
• Employee Volunteering - volunteer in the community for one day each year
• Unlimited access to Refer a Friend £500 bonus scheme
• Life Assurance cover of 4 x salary
• Employee discounts of 15% on a range of NFU Mutual insurance policies.

Working at NFU Mutual

We're one of the UK's leading general insurance and financial services companies. For over 110 years we've put our customers at the heart of everything we do. Our people are just as important to us. We pride ourselves on being "a great place to work" and we're one of only 60 companies across the globe to receive a Gallup Exceptional Workplace 2024 award, and one of only two companies to receive the award for the ninth consecutive year. We were also named in the LinkedIn Top 25 Companies List 2021, the Glassdoor Best Places to Work UK List 2023 and 2024, and were recognised as a certified UK Top Employer by the Top Employers Institute in 2023, 2024 and 2025.

We offer a supportive culture where we empower and inspire our people to perform, offer them opportunities to grow, and recognise and reward their contribution. Our people are proud to work for a company that respects them and their communities, and they trust us to be financially sustainable, so we are successful now and in the future.

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Stratford-upon-Avon
Tiddington Road
Stratford-upon-Avon
Warwickshire
CV37 7BJ

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