IT Project Manager
Posted 1 week ago by Hays
£55,000 Per year
Fixed-Term
Onsite
Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The IT Project Manager role is a 6-month fixed-term contract focused on leading multiple digital transformation initiatives within a local authority in Hampshire. The position requires managing project planning, procurement, and stakeholder engagement while ensuring successful implementation of cloud-based solutions. Council experience is essential for this role, which emphasizes service improvement and innovation. The successful candidate will coordinate cross-functional teams and third-party suppliers to achieve strategic goals.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the delivery of multiple transformation initiatives, including migration to cloud-based SaaS solutions.
- Manage project planning, procurement, stakeholder engagement, and governance.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams and third-party suppliers.
- Ensure successful implementation, data migration, testing, and rollout of new systems.
Key Skills:
- Degree or equivalent experience in IT Project Management.
- PRINCE2 Practitioner or PMP certification.
- Proven track record of delivering complex IT and business change projects.
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
- Experience with SaaS, cloud systems, and data migration.
- Proficiency in MS Office and MS Project.
- Ability to manage budgets and develop business cases.
- Understanding of local government operations (desirable).
- Experience in business analysis, process improvement, and change management (desirable).
Salary (Rate): £55,000.00 yearly
City: Hampshire
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: fixed-term
Seniority Level: Mid-Level
Industry: IT
Your new company
A progressive local authority on the South Coast is undergoing a major digital transformation. With a focus on service improvement, efficiency, and innovation, the council is investing in modernising its IT infrastructure and systems to better serve its community and strategic goals.
Your new role
As an IT Project Manager, you'll lead the delivery of multiple transformation initiatives, including the migration from legacy systems to cloud-based SaaS solutions. You'll manage project planning, procurement, stakeholder engagement, and governance, while coordinating cross-functional teams and third-party suppliers. This role is key to ensuring successful implementation, data migration, testing, and rollout of new systems.
What you'll need to succeed
- Degree or equivalent experience in IT Project Management
- PRINCE2 Practitioner or PMP certification
- Proven track record of delivering complex IT and business change projects
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills
- Experience with SaaS, cloud systems, and data migration
- Proficiency in MS Office and MS Project
- Ability to manage budgets and develop business cases
- Understanding of local government operations (desirable)
- Experience in business analysis, process improvement, and change management (desirable)
What you need to do now
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