IT Project Manager - CSV, Infrastructure & Relocation
Contract Opportunity | Remote/Hybrid (Manchester-based project, dependent on project phase) | Inside IR35
We are seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to lead a complex office and laboratory relocation programme, encompassing IT infrastructure deployment, validated system migration, and Computer Systems Validation (CSV) activities within a highly regulated environment.
This is an excellent opportunity for a delivery-focused Project Manager with experience managing cross-functional stakeholders, infrastructure projects, validation activities, and business-critical relocations.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex IT infrastructure and relocation projects.
- Manage project plans, RAID logs, budgets, governance, and stakeholder communications.
- Coordinate internal teams, external suppliers, facilities teams, validation specialists, and business stakeholders.
- Oversee the relocation of laboratory equipment and associated IT systems while ensuring minimal business disruption.
- Manage cutover planning, system migrations, equipment decommissioning, transport, installation, and requalification activities.
- Deliver infrastructure deployment activities including networking, server migrations, end-user computing, telephony, and collaboration technologies.
- Work closely with Quality and Compliance teams to maintain validated systems and support audit readiness.
Required Experience
IT Project Management
Proven track record delivering complex IT infrastructure projects from initiation through to completion.
Strong stakeholder, vendor, budget, and governance management experience.
Experience coordinating multiple technical and business workstreams.
Computer Systems Validation (CSV)
- Experience working within GxP-regulated environments.
- Solid understanding of CSV life cycle activities and validation best practices.
- Experience with validation documentation including:
- Validation Plans (VP)
- User Requirement Specifications (URS)
- Functional Specifications (FS)
- IQ/OQ/PQ Protocols
- Traceability Matrices
- Validation Summary Reports (VSR)
- Experience supporting audits, inspections, and compliance activities.
Relocation & Infrastructure Experience
- Experience delivering laboratory, office, or site relocation projects.
- Experience managing the relocation of validated equipment and business-critical systems.
- Knowledge of:
- Server room migrations
- Network infrastructure deployments
- LAN/WAN implementation
- Wi-Fi rollouts
- Switching, routing, and Firewall technologies
- End-user device deployment
- Microsoft Teams, VoIP, and conferencing solutions
- Data centre and/or cloud migration projects.