IT Project Manager (BOXI / BusinessObjects)
Posted 5 days ago by Network IT Recruitment Limited
£56,500 Per year
Fixed-Term
Hybrid
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Senior IT Project Manager role in Birmingham involves leading large-scale technology and data initiatives within a dynamic digital environment. The position focuses on driving transformation programs, particularly in data strategy and cloud migration, while ensuring continuity during significant system changes. This is a 12-month fixed-term contract requiring a hybrid working arrangement with two days on-site each week. Candidates must have a strong background in project management and experience with data and reporting environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead delivery of large-scale and multiple concurrent IT projects, ensuring outcomes are delivered on time, within budget, and to quality standards
- Manage projects supporting enterprise reporting transformation, including the decommissioning of SAP BusinessObjects (BOXI)
- Develop and manage end-to-end project plans, scope, milestones, and success criteria
- Oversee project governance, reporting, and risk management, maintaining clear visibility of progress and issues
- Manage resources, budgets, and interdependencies across complex project portfolios
- Engage and influence stakeholders across IT, Professional Services, and senior leadership
- Establish and maintain effective communication and reporting strategies
- Ensure continuity of business-critical reporting outputs during system and data platform transitions
- Drive data-led decision-making, ensuring reporting capabilities align with business needs
- Contribute to continuous improvement of project management practices and governance frameworks
Key Skills:
- Proven experience delivering large-scale, complex IT projects or programmes
- Formal Project Management certification (PRINCE2, MSP, APM or equivalent)
- Strong understanding of data, reporting, and analytics environments
- Experience managing multiple concurrent projects, budgets, and dependencies
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and engage at all levels
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, with experience managing risk and ambiguity
- Experience working in fast-paced, high-pressure delivery environments
- Strong communication skills, able to present clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Proven ability to lead and motivate teams, managing performance and delivery outcomes
- Highly organised, self-motivated, and able to prioritise effectively under pressure
Salary (Rate): £56,500.00 yearly
City: Birmingham
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: fixed-term
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Role: Senior IT Project Manager
Location: Birmingham (Hybrid – 2 Days On-site Weekly)
Salary: £47,000 - £56,500
Contract: 12 Month Fixed-Term
Network IT are working with a leading and highly respected organisation to recruit a Senior IT Project Manager . This is a key opportunity to deliver large-scale, business-critical technology and data initiatives within a complex, fast-evolving digital environment. You will play a central role in driving forward major transformation programmes, particularly around data strategy, cloud migration, enterprise reporting , and the decommissioning of SAP BusinessObjects (BOXI) , ensuring continuity and stability during periods of significant system change. This opportunity is a 12-Month Fixed-Term arrangement, please only apply if you can accommodate to this. Additionally, you will be required to commute to Birmingham twice a week. Please only apply if this commute is suitable.
Role Overview
As a Senior IT Project Manager , you will lead the delivery of large, complex, and strategically important programmes , working across IT Services and wider business functions. A key focus of this role will be supporting the transition away from legacy reporting platforms, including SAP BusinessObjects (BOXI) , ensuring continuity of critical reporting while enabling modern, cloud-based analytics capabilities. You will operate with a high degree of autonomy, managing multiple workstreams while maintaining a clear focus on delivery, governance, and stakeholder engagement. This role requires someone who thrives in fast-paced, high-pressure environments, capable of balancing competing priorities while maintaining quality and control. You will combine strong technical awareness with excellent project delivery expertise, particularly within data, reporting, and analytics environments , ensuring risks are managed proactively and stakeholders remain confident throughout the delivery lifecycle.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead delivery of large-scale and multiple concurrent IT projects , ensuring outcomes are delivered on time, within budget, and to quality standards
- Manage projects supporting enterprise reporting transformation , including the decommissioning of SAP BusinessObjects (BOXI)
- Develop and manage end-to-end project plans , scope, milestones, and success criteria
- Oversee project governance, reporting, and risk management , maintaining clear visibility of progress and issues
- Manage resources, budgets, and interdependencies across complex project portfolios
- Engage and influence stakeholders across IT, Professional Services, and senior leadership
- Establish and maintain effective communication and reporting strategies
- Ensure continuity of business-critical reporting outputs during system and data platform transitions
- Drive data-led decision-making , ensuring reporting capabilities align with business needs
- Contribute to continuous improvement of project management practices and governance frameworks
Essential Skills & Experience
- Proven experience delivering large-scale, complex IT projects or programmes
- Formal Project Management certification (PRINCE2, MSP, APM or equivalent)
- Strong understanding of data, reporting, and analytics environments
- Experience managing multiple concurrent projects , budgets, and dependencies
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and engage at all levels
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, with experience managing risk and ambiguity
- Experience working in fast-paced, high-pressure delivery environments
- Strong communication skills, able to present clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Proven ability to lead and motivate teams , managing performance and delivery outcomes
- Highly organised, self-motivated, and able to prioritise effectively under pressure
Desirable Skills & Experience
- Experience working with SAP BusinessObjects (BOXI) , particularly within reporting or data transformation programmes
- Experience supporting legacy system decommissioning projects
- Exposure to cloud-based data platforms and modern analytics tools