Senior Project Manager

Summary: The role of DV Cleared Project Manager involves leading complex network and data centre transformation projects within secure environments. The position requires managing multi-disciplinary teams and stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of critical infrastructure initiatives. The candidate must have extensive experience in network implementation and security projects, as well as strong project management and governance skills. This is a hybrid role based in Vauxhall with a contract duration until June 2026, potentially extendable.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and deliver complex network and data centre transformation projects.
• Manage multi-disciplinary teams and stakeholders across internal, supplier, and vendor landscapes.
• Oversee network implementation in secure data centres and security projects.
• Manage data center moves and build out of secure compute platforms.
• Handle decommissioning projects related to network and data centre services.
• Attend and present at project meetings and governance forums.
• Collaborate with suppliers, vendors, and internal stakeholders.
• Manage onboarding and adoption lifecycle for policing services.
• Exhibit excellent team management and project governance skills.
• Demonstrate strong verbal and written communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Understand business and operational touch points, including change management.
• Familiarity with acceptance into service processes and authority to operate procedures.
• Manage commercial processes for projects (fixed price and T&M).

Key Skills:

• Extensive experience in project management within secure environments.
• Strong knowledge of network implementation and security projects.
• Excellent team management and matrix management skills.
• Strong project management and governance skills.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong stakeholder management abilities.
• Understanding of change management and operational processes.
• Familiarity with acceptance into service and authority to operate procedures.
• Knowledge of commercial project management processes.

Salary (Rate): £538 per day

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: Senior

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Job Title: DV Cleared Project Manager
Location: Hybrid/Vauxhall (50/50)
Duration: 05/01/2026-06/07/2026 with possible extension
Rate: Up to £538 per day via an approved umbrella company

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Project Manager to lead and deliver complex network and data centre transformation projects within secure environments. This role involves managing multi-disciplinary teams and stakeholders across internal, supplier, and vendor landscapes to ensure successful delivery of critical infrastructure initiatives.

Experience delivering projects in the following technology environments:

• Network implementation in Secure Data Centres
• Networks Security projects including overseeing the delivery ITHC and planning subsequent ITHC remediation
• Data Center moves
• Build out of secure compute platforms
  • Management of decommissioning projects related to network and data centre services projects
  • Experienced in Management and matrix management of teams made up of internal, multi-supplier and multi-vendor resources to deliver the required outcomes for each assigned project
  • Able to attend and present at the project meetings as requested, and at any other relevant governance forums
  • Able to collaborate with suppliers, vendors and other internal stakeholders within the programme landscape to ensure that outcomes are achieved.
  • Management for one or more projects reporting directly to the Workstream lead for that area.
  • Management of the onboarding and adoption lifecycle and processes for policing services to consume new services
  • Excellent team management skills
  • Excellent project management and governance skills (planning and RAIDE mgt)
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong stakeholder management skills
  • Understanding of the importance of business and operational touch points including change management.
  • Familiar with the acceptance into service process and authority to operate procedures
  • Understanding of commercial process for managing projects (fixed price and T&M)

If this is the role for you please submit your CV at your earliest convenience.