Senior Project Manager
Posted Today by Made4Tech Global
£65 Per hour
Outside
Onsite
Crewe, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The role is for a Senior Technical Project Manager to oversee the final stages of a major transformation programme for a client. The position requires hands-on involvement with delivery teams, ensuring timely execution and resolution of issues. The contract is for 3-6 months, with a requirement to be onsite three days a week in Crewe. The role is classified as outside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own day-to-day delivery across complex Agile software workstreams, driving progress from backlog through release and hypercare
- Maintain accurate, evidence-based reporting (RAID, delivery status, dependencies, risks/issues, decisions)
- Drive defect/bug triage and closure alongside engineering and testing teams
- Coordinate UAT readiness, business engagement, and change activity to support successful adoption
- Manage dependencies across internal teams and third-party/outsourced partners, ensuring governance and controls are followed without slowing delivery
- Support release readiness, cutover planning, and BAU handover
Key Skills:
- Proven track record as a Senior Project Manager / Technical PM / Delivery Manager delivering complex software changes in Agile environments
- Strong hands-on use of Atlassian tools (Jira + Confluence) for backlog tracking, dashboards/reporting, and ticket/defect management
- Demonstrable experience working directly with software engineering teams (not infrastructure-only)
- Strong experience in testing/UAT coordination, defect triage, and delivery reporting
- Comfortable operating in a lean, low-support environment: proactive, self-starting, and able to hit the ground running
- Excellent stakeholder management across business and technology teams, including third parties/suppliers
Salary (Rate): £65.00/hr
City: Crewe
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: Project Management
About the Company We’re supporting a client nearing the end of a major transformation programme. This is a 3-6 month contract and looking for someone to start immediately. They must be able to be onsite 3 days a week and commutable to Crewe. The role is Outside IR35.
About the Role They need a hands-on Senior Technical Project Manager to embed with the delivery team and drive execution through the final stages — keeping delivery on track, reporting factual, and ensuring tickets/defects are driven to closure. This is not a “steerco-only” role. You’ll be close to the work, working day-to-day with engineers, testing/UAT and business stakeholders, and operating comfortably in a lean environment with minimal support.
- Responsibilities
- Own day-to-day delivery across complex Agile software workstreams, driving progress from backlog through release and hypercare
- Maintain accurate, evidence-based reporting (RAID, delivery status, dependencies, risks/issues, decisions)
- Drive defect/bug triage and closure alongside engineering and testing teams (Test Manager may be in place)
- Coordinate UAT readiness, business engagement, and change activity to support successful adoption
- Manage dependencies across internal teams and third-party/outsourced partners, ensuring governance and controls are followed without slowing delivery
- Support release readiness, cutover planning, and BAU handover
- Qualifications
- Proven track record as a Senior Project Manager / Technical PM / Delivery Manager delivering complex software changes in Agile environments
- Required Skills
- Strong hands-on use of Atlassian tools (Jira + Confluence) for backlog tracking, dashboards/reporting, and ticket/defect management
- Demonstrable experience working directly with software engineering teams (not infrastructure-only)
- Strong experience in testing/UAT coordination, defect triage, and delivery reporting
- Comfortable operating in a lean, low-support environment: proactive, self-starting, and able to hit the ground running
- Excellent stakeholder management across business and technology teams, including third parties/suppliers
- Preferred Skills
- Experience with CRM programmes (any clouds) and/or integration-heavy delivery
- Exposure to data migration/data validation/reconciliation workstreams