Contract Project Manager - Software Platform Migration
Posted Today by Jobserve
Negotiable
Outside
Remote
Reading, Berkshire
Summary: The role of Contract Project Manager involves leading a complex software platform migration for a high-profile technology business. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software technology or SaaS and be capable of navigating ambiguity in a fast-paced environment. This position requires hands-on management skills to drive delivery and establish governance within an ongoing transformation programme. The contract is for 4 months with a likelihood of extension and is classified as outside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Supporting delivery of a complex global software platform migration programme.
- Stepping into a programme currently undergoing transformation, where governance and programme artefacts are still being established.
- Helping bring structure, pace, and accountability to a programme facing delivery challenges and tight timelines.
- Managing project plans, RAID logs, dependencies, risks, and stakeholder communications.
- Chairing meetings, taking notes, coordinating actions, and ensuring follow-through across teams.
- Chasing updates, removing blockers, and keeping momentum across multiple workstreams.
- Acting as a trusted support and understudy to the Programme Manager.
Key Skills:
- Minimum 5 years' experience managing software platform migration programmes/projects within software technology or SaaS companies.
- Strong understanding of software platforms, product environments, and migration transformation challenges.
- Comfortable working alongside technical teams, engineering stakeholders, and product leadership.
- A fast learner who can quickly absorb technical and business context.
- Highly proactive, organised, and comfortable operating with limited structure.
- Strong communicator with confidence to challenge existing processes and propose practical solutions.
- Resilient and able to perform under pressure in a demanding delivery environment.
- Comes from a software technology background, not generic change/project management.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Reading
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Detailed Description From Employer:
Contract Project Manager - Software Platform Migration
Location: Fully remote workingDuration: 4 months (Highly likely to extend)IR35: Outside IR35
My client is seeking an experienced Contract Project Manager to join a high-profile software technology business undergoing a complex software platform migration and transformation programme. This is not a role for a project manager who needs a perfectly structured environment. The client needs a highly capable, hands-on Project Manager from a software technology/SaaS background who can step into a programme that is already in motion, navigate ambiguity, and help drive delivery in a fast-paced and challenging environment.
Key Requirements
Software Technology & SaaS Expertise (Essential)
- Minimum 5 years' experience managing software platform migration programmes/projects within software technology or SaaS companies.
- Strong understanding of software platforms, product environments, and migration transformation challenges.
- Comfortable working alongside technical teams, engineering stakeholders, and product leadership.
What You'll Be Doing
- Supporting delivery of a complex global software platform migration programme.
- Stepping into a programme currently undergoing transformation, where governance and programme artefacts are still being established.
- Helping bring structure, pace, and accountability to a programme facing delivery challenges and tight timelines.
- Managing project plans, RAID logs, dependencies, risks, and stakeholder communications.
- Chairing meetings, taking notes, coordinating actions, and ensuring follow-through across teams.
- Chasing updates, removing blockers, and keeping momentum across multiple workstreams.
- Acting as a trusted support and understudy to the Programme Manager.
The Ideal Candidate
- A fast learner who can quickly absorb technical and business context.
- Highly proactive, organised, and comfortable operating with limited structure.
- Strong communicator with confidence to challenge existing processes and propose practical solutions.
- Resilient and able to perform under pressure in a demanding delivery environment.
- Someone who is willing to roll up their sleeves and do whatever is needed to help the programme succeed.
- Comes from a software technology background, not generic change/project management.
If you are an experienced Contract Project Manager with strong SaaS and software platform migration expertise, and you enjoy solving complex delivery challenges in fast-moving environments, please apply for immediate consideration.
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Limited is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
