IT Project Manager
Posted 1 week ago by Specialist Computer Centres PLC
£600 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK
Summary: The Data Centre Project Manager role involves leading a critical data centre exit programme, focusing on managing customer exits and coordinating with various stakeholders and third-party suppliers. The position requires extensive experience in data centre operations and project management. The successful candidate will oversee the exit of two SCC customers while ensuring compliance with operational and security requirements. This is a hybrid role based in Birmingham, requiring three days on-site work per week.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage the end-to-end delivery of exiting two SCC customers from the Lyndon Court data centre.
- Act as the lead Data Centre Project Manager, coordinating customer Project Managers and ensuring alignment to exit plans.
- Manage and oversee third-party suppliers supporting the data centre exit activities.
- Work closely with SCC scheduling teams to plan, sequence and deliver exit milestones.
- Maintain clear governance, reporting, risk and issue management throughout the programme.
- Ensure all data centre activities comply with operational, security and contractual requirements.
- Act as the primary escalation point for delivery risks, dependencies and conflicts.
- Drive on-site delivery activities in Birmingham, ensuring smooth coordination between all parties.
Key Skills:
- Extensive experience as a Data Centre Project Manager delivering complex data centre projects.
- Proven experience managing data centre exits, migrations or decommissioning activities.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, including managing customer PMs and supplier PMs.
- Hands-on experience working with third-party vendors in data centre environments.
- Excellent planning, coordination and communication skills.
- Strong understanding of data centre operations, scheduling and dependency management.
Salary (Rate): £600 per day
City: Birmingham
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Data Centre Project Manager - £600/day via Umbrella - 3 Month Contract - Birmingham - Hybrid (3 days onsite) - SCC Flex Contract
We are seeking an experienced Data Centre Project Manager to lead a critical data centre exit programme. This role is ideal for a Data Centre Project Manager with extensive experience managing customer exits, complex stakeholder environments and third-party suppliers within data centre operations.
The Data Centre Project Manager will be responsible for coordinating the successful exit of two SCC customers, working closely with customer Project Managers, third-party support partners and internal SCC scheduling teams.
Your responsibilities as the Data Centre Project Manager:
- Manage the end-to-end delivery of exiting two SCC customers from the Lyndon Court data centre.
- Act as the lead Data Centre Project Manager, coordinating customer Project Managers and ensuring alignment to exit plans.
- Manage and oversee third-party suppliers supporting the data centre exit activities.
- Work closely with SCC scheduling teams to plan, sequence and deliver exit milestones.
- Maintain clear governance, reporting, risk and issue management throughout the programme.
- Ensure all data centre activities comply with operational, security and contractual requirements.
- Act as the primary escalation point for delivery risks, dependencies and conflicts.
- Drive on-site delivery activities in Birmingham, ensuring smooth coordination between all parties.
As a successful Data Centre Project Manager, you will have:
- Extensive experience as a Data Centre Project Manager delivering complex data centre projects.
- Proven experience managing data centre exits, migrations or decommissioning activities.
- Strong stakeholder management skills, including managing customer PMs and supplier PMs.
- Hands-on experience working with third-party vendors in data centre environments.
- Excellent planning, coordination and communication skills.
- Strong understanding of data centre operations, scheduling and dependency management.
If you are a Data Centre Project Manager looking for a short-term, high-impact contract within a critical data centre environment, we would love to hear from you. Apply today — professional references required.
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