IT Project Manager

Overview

In this contract role, you will drive complex technology transition and delivery programmes, including data centre moves and multi-party testing. You will coordinate suppliers, technical teams and client stakeholders to hit fixed milestones within a dynamic programme. You’ll lead planning, governance, and change control, while ensuring documentation and configuration management are maintained. This position offers the chance to shape large-scale technology transitions and work closely with cross-functional teams in a delivery-focused environment.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain detailed multi-project plans with clear critical paths, milestones, dependencies, resources and effort provisions.
• Lead planning activities, re-planning, float management, deconfliction, critical path reporting and progress updates across complex programmes.
• Facilitate internal stand-ups, sprint ceremonies, checkpoints and multi-party systems testing to sustain delivery momentum.
• Manage RAID logs, change processes, impact assessments, quality gates, governance meetings and mitigation actions.
• Coordinate internal teams, suppliers and external project managers to keep mobilisation plans and milestones aligned.
• Ensure products and documentation follow configuration and change management processes with records in the master register.
• Provide progress reporting and support external reporting, escalate risks with recovery plans.
• Manage the Project Coordinator, support programme-level planning and governance, maintain communication with technical teams, suppliers and client stakeholders.

Key requirements

• Significant IT project management experience across large, complex programmes with multiple critical paths and extended delivery plans.
• Experience of data centre moves, demobilisation or customer exit projects in a technology environment.
• Strong project management skills across waterfall and agile delivery environments.
• Experience facilitating complex systems testing and coordinating third-party testing and cutover activities.
• Knowledge of Azure and ability to collaborate with technical teams and developers.
• Experience managing multiple projects within a programme, including supplier mobilisation and coordination.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including with public sector and non-technical clients.
• Experience managing project coordinators or junior PMs and delivering to fixed go-live dates.
• CTC clearance would be advantageous.

• stakeholder management
• clear communication
• coordination across diverse teams
• Azure
• IT project management
• data centre moves

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