IT Project Manager

IT Project Manager

Posted 4 days ago by IDPP

£400 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Bristol, UK

Summary: The IT Project Manager role involves leading the delivery of critical Digital & IT initiatives within a complex enterprise environment. The position requires coordination across various technical and business teams to ensure projects are completed on time and within budget while adhering to governance standards. The successful candidate will engage with senior stakeholders and manage delivery across a large-scale, regulated programme environment. This is a hybrid role based in Bristol, requiring 1-2 days per week on-site.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Manage end-to-end delivery of Digital & IT projects and technical workstreams
  • Coordinate cross-functional teams including architecture, engineering, delivery, and business stakeholders
  • Maintain and manage core project artefacts including project plans, RAID logs, financial trackers, status reporting, governance documentation
  • Track progress against milestones, budgets, and delivery objectives
  • Identify and manage project risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies
  • Ensure adherence to governance, assurance, and technical approval processes
  • Support solution delivery across cloud, infrastructure, integration, data, and end-user technologies
  • Produce regular reporting for Sponsors, Programme Managers, and senior leadership
  • Coordinate delivery dependencies across multiple concurrent initiatives
  • Facilitate stakeholder engagement and drive alignment across technical and business teams

Key Skills:

  • Proven experience delivering IT or technical projects within complex enterprise environments
  • Strong project management capability across full project life cycle delivery
  • Experience managing workstreams within large transformation or change programmes
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
  • Experience managing budgets, timelines, risks, and governance processes
  • Ability to work effectively across both technical and non-technical teams
  • Strong organisational and documentation skills
  • Experience using MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and related delivery tooling

Salary: £400 per day

City: Bristol

Country: UK

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

IT Project Manager

Location: Bristol (Hybrid - 1-2 days per week onsite in Bristol)

Rate: £400 per day (Inside IR35)

Contract Length: Initial 6-month contract

Start Date: ASAP

The Role

We're looking for an experienced IT Project Manager/Delivery Lead to support the delivery of critical Digital & IT initiatives within a complex enterprise environment.

This role will lead the coordination and delivery of infrastructure, application, and AI-related workstreams, working across technical, architecture, delivery, and business teams to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned to governance and assurance standards.

You'll play a key role in managing delivery across a large-scale, highly regulated programme environment, engaging with senior stakeholders and technical specialists to drive successful outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage end-to-end delivery of Digital & IT projects and technical workstreams
  • Coordinate cross-functional teams including architecture, engineering, delivery, and business stakeholders

Maintain and manage core project artefacts including:

  • Project plans
  • RAID logs
  • Financial trackers
  • Status reporting
  • Governance documentation
  • Track progress against milestones, budgets, and delivery objectives
  • Identify and manage project risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies
  • Ensure adherence to governance, assurance, and technical approval processes
  • Support solution delivery across cloud, infrastructure, integration, data, and end-user technologies
  • Produce regular reporting for Sponsors, Programme Managers, and senior leadership
  • Coordinate delivery dependencies across multiple concurrent initiatives
  • Facilitate stakeholder engagement and drive alignment across technical and business teams

Required Experience

  • Proven experience delivering IT or technical projects within complex enterprise environments
  • Strong project management capability across full project life cycle delivery
  • Experience managing workstreams within large transformation or change programmes
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
  • Experience managing budgets, timelines, risks, and governance processes
  • Ability to work effectively across both technical and non-technical teams
  • Strong organisational and documentation skills
  • Experience using MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, and related delivery tooling

Desirable Experience

  • Experience within highly regulated industries such as Nuclear, Energy, Utilities, Defence, or Infrastructure
  • Understanding of enterprise IT architecture and technology governance
  • Exposure to cloud platforms, infrastructure, integrations, or AI-enabled solutions
  • Previous experience supporting large-scale digital transformation programmes