IT Project Manager (Infrastructure, Azure, Telephony)
JOB_53544994741053Job type
ContractLocation
LancashireWorking Pattern
Flexible Working,Full-timeSpecialism
Projects & Change ManagementIndustry
Government & Public ServicesPay
550Closing date
21 Nov 2025
IT Project Manager, Cloud, Telephony, Azure, Windows
IT Project Manager (Infrastructure, Telephony, Azure)
6 Months
Lancashire (1-2 days onsite)
£550 to £600 a day (Inside IR35)
I am currently looking for a hands-on IT Project Manager to deliver a small portfolio of projects. Candidates must be used to working in a fast-paced setting, be proficient at putting together concise project plans and have previously been involved in discovery projects and programmes. Candidates should have extensive third-party supplier / vendor management and have a strong understanding of horizon scanning and demand planning / forecasting.
Duties
- Creation of project proposals and / or business cases for the technical projects in conjunction the IT/Tech Business Stakeholders.
- Develop and deliver a rolling programme / workstack of work for the agreed technical projects: Providing an ongoing forward view of required change.
- Own the production of the detailed project plans, setting guidance to deliver the end-to-end project, providing project reporting and appropriate documentation.
- Conduct capacity planning and resource modelling to inform sequencing; accurately forecast demand for the different skillsets.
- Contract management of the delivery of services provided by third parties to strict KPI’s.
- Provide effective planning, control and monitoring of the project budget including resource utilisation and any fixed or external costs.
Essential Skills
- Previous experience of managing a small Portfolio of multiple IT Projects.
- Experience of working on Telephony, Infrastructure and Application projects.
- Extensive knowledge of Cloud Azure, IaaS, SaaS.
- Sound foundational knowledge of IT infrastructure, architecture, application upgrades, and cloud releases.
- Considerable experience of managing and contracting cloud-based service providers, data centre providers, and telecoms providers.
- Ability to communicate effectively in both technical and non-technical terms, to a varying degree for differing stakeholders.
- Excellent contract management skills.
- Previous experience of demand management, forecasting and horizon scanning.
- Ability to produce clear and concise project plans, project reports, and documentation.
- Proficient in the use of delivery and collaboration tools (i.e. DevOps, SharePoint. MS Teams, Asana).
IT Project Manager (Infrastructure, Azure, Telephony)JOB_535449947410532025-11-042025-11-21
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