Infrastructure Project Manager

Summary: The Infrastructure Project Manager will oversee the delivery of technology infrastructure for the CTO Real Estate Portfolio, focusing on new building projects, refurbishments, and technology upgrades. This role requires strong project management skills, stakeholder engagement, and adherence to governance frameworks. The position is on-site for three days a week and has a defined contract period from July 1st to November 30th. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring project delivery aligns with budget and timelines while managing risks and issues effectively.

Key Responsibilities:

• Have end-to-end accountability for all aspects of project delivery and handover into BAU support.
• Work closely with teams across Technology, Real Estate Services and our 3rd Party providers to deliver Technology outcomes aligned to programme deadlines.
• Build strong, trust-based relationships across a varied stakeholder group, including Executive level, to support that activity.
• Own and maintain the CTO Programme Schedule, monitoring dependencies and ensuring that blocked tasks are identified and escalated to the right level for resolution.
• Ensure that risks and issues are identified, captured and managed in line with agreed action plans.
• Ensure that projects are managed in line with agreed budget and that monthly forecasting is completed accurately.
• Comply with Change Delivery Framework and ensure that all governance documentation is completed as required.
• Ensure that relevant stakeholders and boards are kept informed of status, escalating for support in a timely fashion.

Key Skills:

• Confident IT Infrastructure Project Manager who has previously delivered multiple Real Estate or Data Centre projects.
• Understanding of the RIBA design and construction process, and the practical integration of Technology deliverables into that process.
• Management of 3rd Party Telco Circuit delivery, including the Wayleave process.
• Coordinating multiple and concurrent projects and delivering to strict deadlines.
• Waterfall and Agile frameworks to deliver Infrastructure projects.
• Financially literate, able to analyse financial data and contextualise into conclusions and recommendations.
• Managing projects in line with structured governance frameworks, in a regulated industry.
• Effective communication and influencing skills, able to articulate complex issues in a succinct fashion to Senior Stakeholders and delivery teams alike.

Salary (Rate): £420 per day

City: Sheffield

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: on-site

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Title: Infrastructure Project Manager
Rate: £410p/d max via Umbrella
Location: Sheffield
On-site Requirement: 3 Days P/W (Non-negotiable)
Start Date: July 1st
End Date: November 30th
Role Brief:
The CTO Real Estate Portfolio delivers technology infrastructure to support changes across the clients real estate portfolio. This will include new building delivery, refurbishments, expansion, consolidation and building exits; with further support of technology upgrades to systems which support that estate, such as Protective Security.
In this role you will:

• Have end-to-end accountability for all aspects of project delivery and handover into BAU support.
• Work closely with teams across Technology, Real Estate Services and our 3rd Party providers to deliver Technology outcomes aligned to programme deadlines.
• Build strong, trust-based relationships across a varied stakeholder group, including Executive level, to support that activity.
• Own and maintain the CTO Programme Schedule, monitoring dependencies and ensuring that blocked tasks are identified and escalated to the right level for resolution.
• Ensure that risks and issues are identified, captured and managed in line with agreed action plans.
• Ensure that projects are managed in line with agreed budget and that monthly forecasting is completed accurately.
• Comply with Change Delivery Framework and ensure that all governance documentation is completed as required.
• Ensure that relevant stakeholders and boards are kept informed of status, escalating for support in a timely fashion.

To be considered for this role you must demonstrate the following attribute and experience requirements:

• Confident IT Infrastructure Project Manager who has previously delivered multiple Real Estate or Data Centre projects.
• Understanding of the RIBA design and construction process, and the practical integration of Technology deliverables into that process.
• Management of 3rd Party Telco Circuit delivery, including the Wayleave process.
• Coordinating multiple and concurrent projects and delivering to strict deadlines.
• Waterfall and Agile frameworks to deliver Infrastructure projects.
• Financially literate, able to analyse financial data and contextualise into conclusions and recommendations.
• Managing projects in line with structured governance frameworks, in a regulated industry.
• Effective communication and influencing skills, able to articulate complex issues in a succinct fashion to Senior Stakeholders and delivery teams alike.