Project Manager (Global)

Benifex Limited; Southampton; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-moving technology company is seeking a Project Manager to oversee multiple simultaneous customer projects. Responsibilities include planning, implementing, and ensuring timely project delivery. The ideal candidate will have experience in project management, problem-solving abilities, and proficiency with tools like JIRA. This role offers flexibility in work setup, with additional benefits such as substantial holiday allowances and health care provisions. Applicants must be based in the UK or Ireland, as visa sponsorship is not available.

Benefits

Flexible work setup

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Birthday off

Healthcare cash plan

Pension scheme

Enhanced parental leave

Monthly allowance on Benifex card

Qualifications

• Experience managing multiple projects in software or solutions delivery.
• Strong history of timely project delivery under competing deadlines.
• Proactive thinker with strong ownership of work.

Responsibilities

• Create detailed project plans and manage resources.
• Provide updates and encouragement to team members.
• Manage project risks and change requests.
• Deliver clear documents and presentations to stakeholders.
• Support sales pitches to prospective customers.

Skills

Project management

Problem-solving

Ownership and accountability

Proficiency with project management tools

Effective communication

Education

Recognised project management qualification

Tools

JIRA

MS Project

Air-table

Projectmanager.com

Job description

Great Benefits

£45,000-50,000

🤸 Flexible work – choose a working setup that works for you, our only ask is to see you once a month in the office and you must be based in the UK or Ireland.

✈️ 25 days holiday plus your local bank holidays

🎂 Your birthday off

❤️ Two half day wellbeing days

🩺 Healthcare cash plan to cover the costs of day to day healthcare

🧠 Employee Assistance Plan 24/7 365 support

🤒 Income Protection (75%) and life assurance (4x salary)

🤑 Pension scheme

🌟 Enhanced parental leave package - 26 weeks fully paid maternity leave and 4 weeks fully paid paternity leave

💳 £50 monthly allowance to spend on whatever takes your fancy, your very own Benifex card will be topped up at the start of each month!

Who are Benifex?

We are a fast‑moving technology company, and one of the most successful providers of online reward and benefits solutions in the UK. We believe that everyone deserves an exceptional experience at work, every day, and build workplace technology that makes this happen. Benifex’s mission is to build remarkable experiences that employees love. Today Benifex supports more than five million employees in over 3,000 organisations across more than 100 countries. To help us on our quest to be the best, we need brilliant people on board and that’s where you come in.

Why should you apply?

• Autonomy: decide on the best approach and own your portfolio of projects
• Impact: play an integral role in delivering complex projects for our customers
• Team: work with a talented team of PMs that will support your success from day one
• Progression: clear progression path to Senior PM with the opportunity to work on complex global programmes
• Top 10 Employer, Sunday Times Best Places to Work Awards
• Work for a profitable, fast‑growing market leader in the online reward and benefits space

Please note we are unable to offer visa sponsorship and require people to be based in the UK or Ireland for this position.

Role Overview

We're looking for a Project Manager to join our Global team who will be responsible for the planning, coordinating, implementing and tracking of simultaneous customer projects, ensuring projects are delivered on time, to our agreed standard and budget.

We’re a fast‑moving technology business undergoing rapid growth and are one of the leading providers of employee benefits solutions to employers.

Responsibilities

• Create a detailed project plan which identifies and sequences the activities needed to successfully complete the project.
• Determine the resources (time, support, interdependencies, etc.) required to complete the project.
• Provide feedback, advice, project updates and encouragement to team members.
• Manage issues, risks and project change requests to ensure successful and on‑time project delivery.
• Produce and deliver compelling, clear, succinct documents, proposals and presentations using multiple inputs and data sources.
• Establish and manage the communication schedule to update the customer and internal stakeholders on project delivery against plan.
• Deliver project presentations to Senior Customer representatives and key stakeholders.
• Support sales pitches to prospective customers to tell them all about a Benefex project and what it involves.
• Undertake a post implementation review to evaluate the outcomes of the project against agreed plans to identify improvement opportunities that benefit both the Customer and Benefex business.

What we’re looking for

• Experience of successfully managing multiple projects, preferably in a software or solutions delivery role.
• A history of delivery of multiple projects with competing deadlines and solving problems to ensure projects are delivered on time.
• Completer‑finisher, proactive thinker, and someone who really takes ownership and accountability of their work.
• Proficiency with project management reporting tools, such as Projectmanager.com, Air‑table, JIRA or MS Project.
• A recognised project management qualification is a must.
• A willingness to challenge the ‘status quo’ and remove external and internal barriers by identifying effective solutions.

Nice to have

• Experience in Employee Benefits, HRIS, Payroll or HR Tech.
• Experience in global projects.

Even if you don't meet all of the requirements for this role, we encourage you to apply! We are looking for talented and passionate individuals who are eager to learn and grow. We also offer a variety of other roles, so please check out our careers page to see if there is something else that might be a good fit for you.

Our interview process

• 📞 Initial informal call with the Talent team
• 🧪 Online tests in numeracy and logical reasoning
• ⏳ Interview with the hiring manager and a member of the team
• 🤩 Final interview with the Director

Due to the holiday period, the recruitment process may take slightly longer than usual. We appreciate your patience and will get back to you as soon as possible.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcome and respected. We believe that diversity and inclusion are essential to our success, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are a proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme. If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage during the recruitment process, please let us know with your application.