Information Technology Project Manager

IT Project Manager – Data Centre Transition 12-Month Contract, Outside IR35 MoJ Data Centre Transition Location: Remote, with occasional visits to Leatherhead As IT Project Manager, you'll own the detailed delivery plan for a major service transition on a Ministry of Justice programme, including the move of data centre services to incoming suppliers. Working closely with the Senior Transition Lead, you'll coordinate multiple suppliers through testing and cutover and keep the critical path on track to a fixed go-live date. This is a high-profile public sector programme where you'll have real ownership of the plan and a direct influence on its success. RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own and manage the detailed plan across several interlinked projects, including critical path, dependencies, milestones and re-planning as priorities shift
• Drive engagement with third-party suppliers, building strong working relationships with their Project Managers so plans stay aligned and shared milestones are met
• Coordinate complex multi-party systems testing and cutover as data centre services move across
• Support demobilisation and customer exit activity as services transition
• Lead daily stand-ups, sprint ceremonies and checkpoints, and make sure Kanban boards are used well across the team (Scrum Master experience would be useful here)
• Own the RAID log and the project change process, assessing the impact of change on the plan and resources
• Produce internal progress reports and contribute to client-facing reporting
• Help the Senior Transition Lead prepare and run Quality Gateway assessments and governance meetings
• Make sure all project documentation is reviewed, controlled and kept up to date SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
• An IT background, ideally including exposure to data centre moves or service transitions
• Practitioner-level project management qualification (PRINCE2, APM or PMI)
• Experience managing large, complex plans with multiple critical paths
• Delivery experience in both waterfall and agile environments
• Experience managing multiple projects within a programme
• Supply-side project management experience, working with several external suppliers and their PMs
• Strong stakeholder management, including with non-technical public sector clients
• Experience delivering fast-paced projects to fixed go-live dates
• Strong Smartsheet and/or MS Project skills, plus solid Excel (pivot tables and macros) and PowerPoint
• Experience with Jira or another digital Kanban tool
• A good working knowledge of software, integration and hosting technologies, including Azure and virtualised IaaS LOCATION The role is mainly remote, with occasional visits to the Leatherhead office. Leatherhead is under an hour by train from London Waterloo and is easy to reach from the M25, so occasional trips should be manageable from across London, the South East and parts of the South West. WHY APPLY? This is a chance to take ownership of the delivery plan on a high-profile MoJ data centre transition, as a 12-month contract outside IR35 that you can deliver largely from home. Click the apply button now to send over your CV, and we'll call you to discuss the role in more detail. If your CV isn't up to date, send the most recent version and we can talk through your recent experience on the phone.