Project Manager

Job Description

Project Manager – Operations Transformation (Contract) | Payments Technology | Hybrid, UK/Ireland

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We're partnering confidentially with a fast-growing global payments technology business on a critical Operations Transformation programme – moving core operations from a 3rd-party-run model onto a company-owned cloud operating model.

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This is a delivery-focused contract role, not a governance/PMO-tracking role. You'll own getting every migrated service safely and evidentially into live support.

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What you'll do:

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• Drive the target operating model, support model and operational ownership transition

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• Define and secure sign-off of Service Acceptance Criteria (SAC) and Operational Acceptance Criteria (OAC) – no service goes live without evidenced acceptance

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• Build and run Early Life Support / hypercare – rota, entry/exit criteria, defect triage – and control the exit into steady-state BAU

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• Coordinate across Operations, Engineering, Cloud Platform, Security, Finance/FinOps, vendors and migration partners

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• Own operational transformation RAID and readiness tracking, surfacing risks before they become go-live problems

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What we're looking for:

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• Proven PM experience in operations transformation, service transition, ITSM, cloud operations or managed service transition

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• Deep hands-on service transition experience, including MSP transition-in and transition-out

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• ITIL qualification (Service Transition or lifecycle) or clearly demonstrable equivalent

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• Experience delivering operational readiness on major tech/cloud migration programmes

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• Payments, regulated, or 24/7 critical-service environment experience is a strong plus

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The details:

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• 12-month contract (initial 6-month term) | Outside IR35

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• Hybrid — 1 day/week onsite, UK/Ireland

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• Full-time, Monday–Friday

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