Project Manager (Software & Infrastructure Projects)

Remote (UK) | Inside IR35 | Contract to end of March 2027

Client: ICT & Electronics Organisation Unit | Planning & Project Management (Digital Backbone Portfolio)

We’re looking for an experienced Project Manager to support the delivery of software, infrastructure, and technology remediation projects within a major Digital Backbone Portfolio. Reporting into the Programme Manager, you’ll take end-to-end ownership of projects, ensuring delivery to agreed scope, schedule, budget, and quality, while working closely with internal teams and third-party suppliers.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver software and infrastructure projects from initiation through to completion
• Build and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and delivery roadmaps
• Coordinate internal delivery teams, business stakeholders, and third-party suppliers
• Manage risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies with clear mitigation plans
• Track delivery performance and provide governance reporting (status, RAID, budget, milestones)
• Ensure compliance with organisational governance, security, and change management processes

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven delivery of software and/or infrastructure projects in enterprise environments
• Strong stakeholder management and supplier management capability
• Experience in planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting
• Demonstrable risk and issue management experience
• Working knowledge of PRINCE2, Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid methodologies

Desirable

• Experience delivering one or more of the following: infrastructure refresh, cloud migration, cyber security, obsolescence remediation
• PRINCE2, APM PMQ, PMP or equivalent certification

Contract Details

• Remote role
• Inside IR35
• Expected duration: until end of March 2027

Interested?

Apply with your CV highlighting relevant software/infrastructure delivery, governance reporting, and supplier management experience, plus any certifications and remediation/migration project exposure.