Project Associate

Summary

The job is for a hybrid role in Engine by Starling, a SaaS business that provides technology to banks worldwide. The role involves Sales & Delivery functions, including client meetings, marketing materials creation, technology project support, and more. The ideal candidate has 1-2 years of experience in a Projects or Consulting position, excellent communication skills, strong presentation skills, and the ability to switch context quickly.

Requirements

• 1-2 years experience in a Projects or Consulting position
• Drive to work in a varied position spanning Technology Delivery and Sales or Business Development
• Prior work experience in a reputable Consultancy or Technology-First organisation
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly describe complex issues to a variety of stakeholders
• Strong presentation skills with the capacity to engage and inform diverse audiences
• Ability to switch context quickly and easily according to changing priorities

Responsibilities

• Project management: Provide support to ensure projects across a variety of business areas are executed efficiently and on time
• Reporting & material creation: Prepare and organise information for client and internal strategic meetings
• Cross functional collaboration: work closely with engineers, product teams and external partners across a range of delivery and strategic projects
• Delivery: Support end-to-end client delivery across design, iterative build, testing and go-live
• Jira ticket management & defect triage: work alongside engineering to identify, manage and track Jira tickets as well as resolution of defects, ensuring all tasks are properly documented, assigned, and prioritised
• Project Governance: prepare and organise information for project governance meetings. This includes compiling reports, presentations, and ensuring all stakeholders are informed of project status and progress
• Business development: Organise and support early stage conversations, running client workshops and demos, helping to identify and qualify opportunities across regions
• Contribute to marketing activities and material, including digital marketing, website, thought leadership and conferences
• Support across all stages of the sales life-cycle including pipeline management, client pitches, demos and workshops, as well as Support activities to generate new and maintain existing partnerships with systems integration firms and tech partners, including go-to-market planning and events

Benefits

• 33 days holiday (including public holidays, which you can take when it works best for you)
• An extra day’s holiday for your birthday
• Annual leave is increased with length of service, and you can choose to buy or sell up to five extra days off
• 16 hours paid volunteering time a year
• Salary sacrifice, company enhanced pension scheme
• Life insurance at 4x your salary & group income protection
• Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care. Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith and Peloton
• Generous family-friendly policies
• Incentives refer a friend scheme
• Perkbox membership giving access to retail discounts, a wellness platform for physical and mental health, and weekly free and boosted perks
• Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work, Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships and Electric Vehicle (EV) leasing