Project Manager - Digital Transformation (Red: 194648)
Posted Today by Forsyth Barnes
£550 Per day
Outside
Undetermined
Crewe, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Project Manager - Digital Transformation role in Crewe involves leading a six-month service transition program to onboard new IT service providers while ensuring continuity of service. The successful candidate will manage multiple vendors and coordinate across various business functions to meet contractual and operational commitments. This position requires expertise in IT service transitions and strong stakeholder management skills. The role is classified as outside IR35, with a focus on delivering complex projects in a fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own and deliver the full service transition programme within the agreed six-month timeline.
- Design and execute the transition plan from scratch, following a structured, traditional project management lifecycle.
- Coordinate multiple vendors delivering services across network and infrastructure, 1st and 2nd line support, business systems, and enterprise IT services.
- Ensure all transition activities align with contractual obligations, service levels, and agreed milestones.
- Act as the central point of coordination for transition-related activities across IT, Finance, Legal, and wider business functions.
- Proactively manage risks, issues, and dependencies to maintain service continuity throughout the transition.
- Provide clear, concise progress reporting and governance updates to senior stakeholders and the executive sponsor.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience delivering complex IT service transitions, ideally client-side, with direct responsibility for migrating from legacy to new vendors.
- Demonstrated ability to guide organisations through high-risk transition periods, applying structured planning to de-risk delivery.
- Strong senior stakeholder management and communication skills, with the political awareness to operate effectively at executive level.
- Deep understanding of traditional project management methodologies (PRINCE2 / Waterfall), including stage gates and governance.
- Hands-on, delivery-focused approach with a strong grasp of end-to-end project lifecycles.
- Experience working in fast-paced, private-sector environments is highly desirable.
Salary (Rate): £550 daily
City: Crewe
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Job Title: Project Manager - Digital Transformation
Location: Crewe 3 days a week
Industry: Automotive Manufacturing
Contract Length: 6 months initially
Day Rate: Up to £550
IR 35 Status: Outside
Role Context
The organisation is currently undertaking a competitive tender process to appoint alternative IT service providers. The successful candidate will lead a critical six-month service transition programme, exiting the incumbent vendor and onboarding multiple new providers, with the objective of having all services fully operational by Q1 next year. This role requires a specialist transition expert to take ownership of this complex, multi-vendor change and significantly de-risk delivery.
Role Purpose
To lead and coordinate the end-to-end IT service transition from the incumbent provider to newly appointed vendors, ensuring continuity of service across the enterprise while meeting all contractual, commercial, and operational commitments.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and deliver the full service transition programme within the agreed six-month timeline.
- Design and execute the transition plan from scratch, following a structured, traditional project management lifecycle.
- Coordinate multiple vendors delivering services across network and infrastructure, 1st and 2nd line support, business systems, and enterprise IT services.
- Ensure all transition activities align with contractual obligations, service levels, and agreed milestones.
- Act as the central point of coordination for transition-related activities across IT, Finance, Legal, and wider business functions.
- Proactively manage risks, issues, and dependencies to maintain service continuity throughout the transition.
- Provide clear, concise progress reporting and governance updates to senior stakeholders and the executive sponsor.
Stakeholder Environment
Executive Sponsor: CIO / Head of IT
Key Stakeholders: Senior IT Leadership Team, Finance, Legal, Infrastructure, and Desktop teams
Vendors: Primarily UK-based suppliers, with some offshore delivery teams (India)
Change Driver: Performance and service quality challenges with the incumbent vendor
Candidate Profile
Proven experience delivering complex IT service transitions, ideally client-side, with direct responsibility for migrating from legacy to new vendors. Demonstrated ability to guide organisations through high-risk transition periods, applying structured planning to de-risk delivery. Strong senior stakeholder management and communication skills, with the political awareness to operate effectively at executive level. Deep understanding of traditional project management methodologies (PRINCE2 / Waterfall), including stage gates and governance. Hands-on, delivery-focused approach with a strong grasp of end-to-end project lifecycles. Experience working in fast-paced, private-sector environments is highly desirable.