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Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Delivery / Project Manager to support a complex IT/data programme. The role will focus on removing delivery blockers, coordinating business and supplier teams, driving accountability, and ensuring projects progress effectively in a resource-constrained and sometimes ambiguous environment.

Key Responsibilities

Proactively identify and remove blockers relating to data, ownership, decisions and business inputs.Work with internal business teams to prioritise requirements and capture business knowledge.Facilitate workshops and help establish clear, repeatable processes.Manage and coordinate third-party suppliers, ensuring agreed milestones, quality and deliverables are achieved.Maintain an integrated view of the delivery plan, dependencies, risks, issues and finances, using Microsoft Project.Ensure project inputs have clear ownership and outputs are defined, measurable and testable.Provide clear, outcome-focused reporting to stakeholders, steering groups and boards.Drive timely decision-making and ensure blockers are visible and actively managed.

Essential Experience

Experience delivering or supporting complex, cross-business IT/data programmes.Strong track record of unblocking delivery in resource-constrained environments.Experience managing and working closely with third-party delivery partners/suppliers.Strong business change and process-definition experience.Strong financial/budget management skills.Comfortable working with ambiguity, incomplete requirements and evolving scope.Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

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Key Responsibilities:

Internal Blocker Removal & Delivery Enablement (Core Focus)Actively identify and remove internal blockers impacting delivery:data availability and qualityownership ambiguitybusiness decisions not being madeWork proactively with constrained business teams to:prioritise inputs required for deliveryextract knowledge efficientlyreduce reliance on informal / tacit processesEnsure that internal dependencies do not delay project progress

Business Engagement & Knowledge CaptureEngage internal SP ENW teams to:Capture business priorities and communicateFacilitate structured workshop sessionsSupport business teams in transitioning to repeatable processes

Supplier Accountability (Partnership Model)Work alongside the supplier to:ensure clarity on inputs, outputs and expectationsmaintain alignment on delivery prioritiesHold the supplier accountable for:agreed milestonesquality and usability of outputsChallenge where necessary, but operate within a constructive, partnership-based relationship

Delivery Coordination & ClarityMaintain a clear, integrated view of:delivery plan using Microsoft Projectdependenciesrisks and issuesfinancesEnsure that:required inputs are defined and ownedoutput expectations are explicit and testableDrive clarity where ambiguity exists across business teams

Governance & ReportingProvide clear, outcome-focused reporting to stakeholders, including leading steering group and boardsEnsure governance supports:rapid decision-makingvisibility of blockers

Person Specification:

Essential Experience

Experience delivering or supporting complex, cross-business IT / data programmesDemonstrated ability to unblock delivery in resource-constrained environmentsExperience working closely with third-party delivery partnersStrong experience of business change and process definitionStrong financial managementProven ability to operate in environments with:ambiguityincomplete requirementsevolving scope

Critical Behaviours

Relentlessly proactive - does not wait for issues to escalateComfortable chasing and challenging across all levels of the organisationPragmatic and delivery-focused - prioritises progress over perfectionStrong facilitator - can extract clarity from vague or tacit knowledgeResilient and persistent - able to navigate slow-moving or resource-constrained environments

Desirable

Experience in Network related projectsUtilities / infrastructure / engineering domain experienceExposure to data integration or data product delivery

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Project Manager - Application Packaging & Virtual Desktop Migration

Initial 12 month contract role - Inside ir35

Hybrid in the Preston/Manchester Area

Key Responsibilities

Lead the planning and delivery of application packaging and virtual desktop migration projects.

Manage project plans, milestones, dependencies, RAID logs, and governance reporting.

Coordinate packaging, testing, deployment, migration waves, and operational transition activities.

Build strong relationships with business stakeholders, technical teams, and third-party suppliers.

Manage project risks, issues, and dependencies, ensuring timely resolution and escalation where required.

Ensure delivery meets agreed quality standards, governance requirements, and business expectations.

Produce regular status reports and present progress to senior stakeholders and project boards.

Support business readiness and ensure a smooth transition into operational support.

Essential Skills & Experience

Proven experience delivering IT infrastructure, application migration, or End User Computing projects.

Strong project planning, governance, and RAID management experience.

Excellent stakeholder and supplier management skills.

Experience coordinating testing, deployment, and operational transition activities.

Knowledge of project delivery methodologies such as PRINCE2, Agile, or Waterfall.

Desirable Experience

Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD).

Application Packaging (MSIX, App Attach).

Microsoft Endpoint and Modern Workplace technologies.

ITIL or Service Management environments.

This is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in delivering a business-critical transformation programme, working across technology and business teams to ensure successful migration and adoption of modern workplace solutions.

please feel free to apply via this add or email on [email protected]

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