Defined Benefit Pensions Project Manager
WTW · London
Are you an experienced Pensions Project Manager - Defined Benefit Pensions looking to take the next step in your career? Join one of the UK's leading pensions consulting and administration businesses, where you'll have the opportunity to lead high-profile pension transformation projects, work with major clients, and make a real impact on the future of pension schemes.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing and highly respected project management team delivering some of the most complex and strategically important initiatives across the pensions industry. You'll lead a diverse portfolio of projects for medium and large Defined Benefit (DB) pension schemes, helping clients navigate significant change while building your expertise in specialist areas of pensions consulting and scheme transformation.
From GMP equalisation and benefit rectification projects to buy-in, buy-out readiness, scheme mergers and wind-ups, you'll work at the forefront of industry developments, partnering with clients, actuaries, administrators, consultants and senior stakeholders to deliver successful outcomes.
Why Join Us?
- Lead impactful, high-value projects that shape the future of pension schemes.
- Work with some of the UK's largest and most recognised pension clients.
- Gain exposure to a broad range of complex pension transformation and de-risking initiatives.
- Join a growing team with ambitious plans and opportunities to influence how we deliver projects.
- Accelerate your development through structured career progression, mentoring, coaching and on-the-job learning.
- Collaborate with specialists across pensions consulting, administration, actuarial and technology teams.
- Enjoy a high degree of variety, ownership and visibility in your work.
Whether your background is in pensions project delivery, actuarial projects, pensions consulting or pension scheme change, this role offers the opportunity to deepen your expertise while taking ownership of meaningful and rewarding work.
Build Your Future with Us
This is more than a project management role. It's an opportunity to develop specialist expertise, work on industry-leading projects, influence client outcomes, and grow your career within a collaborative team that invests in your success.
If you're passionate about delivering complex projects, solving challenging problems and helping clients navigate change, we'd love to hear from you.
Our Work Style
We believe flexibility helps our people perform at their best. We offer a hybrid working model that combines remote and office-based working, enabling you to balance collaboration, client engagement and personal flexibility.
Location: London, Reigate, Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds or Edinburgh.
Hybrid Working: Just one day per week in your nearest office.
The Role
- Lead and deliver a portfolio of large-scale pension change and transformation projects.
- Manage high-impact initiatives including GMP equalisation, buy-in and buy-out readiness, benefit rectification, liability management exercises, scheme mergers, transitions and wind-ups.
- Partner with clients and project teams to define strategy, scope, timelines and successful outcomes.
- Drive project governance, risk management and stakeholder engagement across multiple workstreams.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary teams to deliver projects on time, within budget and to the highest quality standards.
- Facilitate workshops, steer governance forums and build strong relationships with key stakeholders.
- Identify opportunities for innovation, continuous improvement and operational excellence.
- Help shape best practice and contribute to the continued growth and success of the project management function.