Freelance Project Managers (Applications or Infrastructure)
Posted 1 day ago by Techolony Limited
£950 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
Manchester, Greater Manchester
Summary: The role is for experienced Freelance IT Project Managers specializing in Applications or Infrastructure, focusing on structured and outcome-led technology execution. Candidates will lead various technical delivery projects, ensuring clarity and accountability while managing risks in complex environments. The position requires strong stakeholder management and the ability to coordinate multi-supplier efforts. Successful candidates will have a proven track record in delivering IT projects within operational businesses.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead application-focused projects such as ERP, CRM implementations, and SaaS deployments.
- Oversee infrastructure-focused projects including cloud migrations and server transformations.
- Manage multi-supplier coordination and senior stakeholder relationships.
- Ensure structured reporting, RAID management, and governance.
- Accountable for risk management in technically complex environments.
- Maintain budget management and commercial awareness.
Key Skills:
- 5–10+ years of experience in delivering IT projects.
- Experience in application or infrastructure environments.
- Strong stakeholder communication skills.
- Exposure to budget management.
- Familiarity with methodologies such as PRINCE2 and Agile.
- Ability to work with technical architects and engineers.
Salary (Rate): £950/day
City: Manchester
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
Freelance IT Project Manager – Applications or Infrastructure
Freelance | Project-Based | UK (Remote / Hybrid)
We are inviting experienced IT Project Managers with strong delivery backgrounds in either Applications or Infrastructure to join a selective professional network focused on structured, outcome-led technology execution.
This is not generic change management.
This is technical delivery where structure, clarity and accountability matter.
The Type of Projects
Depending on your specialism, you may be engaged to lead:
- Application-Focused Projects
- ERP, CRM or core system implementations
- SaaS deployments and configuration programmes
- System integrations and data migration initiatives
- Legacy application replacement
- ITSM tool implementations
- Platform upgrades and rationalisation projects
- Infrastructure-Focused Projects
- Cloud migrations (Azure, AWS, hybrid estates)
- Server, storage and network transformation
- Data centre exits
- Security and identity programmes
- M365 and collaboration rollouts
- Infrastructure resilience and refresh initiatives
Projects often involve multi-supplier coordination, senior stakeholder management and operational risk oversight.
What We’re Looking For
You are not just maintaining plans.
You are:
- Comfortable working with technical architects and engineers
- Able to hold vendors and suppliers accountable
- Confident managing risk in technically complex environments
- Structured in reporting, RAID management and governance
- Commercially aware of cost, scope and impact
You likely bring:
- 5–10+ years delivering IT projects
- Clear experience in either application or infrastructure environments
- Budget management exposure
- Strong stakeholder communication skills
- A track record of delivering within live operational businesses
- Methodology exposure (PRINCE2, Agile, hybrid models) is expected — but practical delivery experience is what counts.
The Environments
Mid-sized to enterprise organisations modernising their IT estate
Multi-vendor ecosystems
Regulated or security-conscious sectors
Businesses where downtime has real commercial consequence
You must be comfortable stepping into complexity and bringing control.
The Mindset
You take ownership.
You don’t hide behind methodology.
You understand operational risk.
You deliver.
If you are an Applications or Infrastructure Project Manager looking to align with a standards-driven, professionally positioned network — we’d like to hear from you.