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IT Project Manager
Location: Lincoln, UK | Hybrid
Engagement: Inside IR35 Contract or Fixed-Term Employment
Duration: 3 months
Start: ASAP
We're looking for an experienced IT Project Manager to take ownership of a fast-paced technology delivery involving multiple interconnected workstreams and a critical production go-live.
You'll bring structure, pace and visibility to the programme, working across business, technology, operational and third-party teams to keep delivery on track. A key part of the role will be driving cutover readiness, RAID management and stakeholder coordination through to successful implementation.
This role would suit a hands-on Project Manager who is comfortable stepping into a complex environment, quickly establishing control and driving delivery against tight timelines.
What You'll Be Doing
- Drive end-to-end delivery across multiple IT project workstreams, ensuring activities remain aligned to the overall delivery plan.
- Build and manage project plans, including key milestones, dependencies, deliverables and critical paths.
- Own production cutover and go-live coordination, including readiness assessments, implementation planning and stakeholder alignment.
- Drive progress and accountability, following up on actions, decisions and deliverables across multiple teams.
- Manage RAID effectively, proactively identifying risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies and ensuring appropriate mitigation or escalation.
- Provide clear project reporting to business and technology stakeholders, maintaining visibility of progress, blockers and key decisions.
- Lead project meetings, planning sessions, governance reviews and decision forums.
- Coordinate across business, technology, operational and third-party teams to support successful delivery.
- Manage competing priorities and respond quickly to delivery challenges, incidents or changing requirements.
What We're Looking For
- Proven experience delivering complex IT projects with multiple workstreams.
- Strong project planning, governance and delivery management capability.
- Demonstrable experience leading production cutover, implementation and go-live activities.
- Strong RAID, dependency and risk management experience.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across both business and technical audiences.
- Confident providing concise project reporting and escalating issues where required.
- Strong ability to drive teams and maintain delivery momentum against challenging deadlines.
- Comfortable working within fast-moving environments where priorities may change.
- Experience supporting change and incident management within technology delivery environments.
Core Skills:
IT Project Management | Production Cutover | Go-Live | Project Planning | RAID Management | Stakeholder Management | Risk Management | Dependency Management | Change Management | Incident Management | Governance
Why Join UST?
This is a high-impact assignment where you'll have the opportunity to take ownership quickly and play a key role in delivering a business-critical technology implementation through to production.
Lincoln hybrid | 3-month engagement | Inside IR35 Contract or FTE | ASAP start
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SkillsProject Management, Stakeholder Management, Risk Management, Change Management, Incident Management
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