Salary: £43,000 – £60,000 per annum
Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Full-time)
Location: Blackburn, UK (Hybrid)
Contract Type: Permanent
Annual Leave: 28 days per year (Inclusive of UK Bank Holidays)
Published Date: 1 March 2026
Job Description
We are looking for a disciplined IT Project Manager to lead high-priority digital transformation initiatives. This role sits at the intersection of business strategy and technical execution. You will oversee the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for our [Insert Department, e.g., Cloud Infrastructure / Fintech] projects.
Detailed Responsibilities
Project Governance: Establish and maintain project frameworks based on Agile or Waterfall methodologies. Lead daily stand-ups and bi-weekly sprint planning.
Financial Oversight: Manage project budgets ranging from £500k to £2m. Monitor burn rates and provide monthly financial variance reports to the CFO.
Stakeholder Management: Act as the primary liaison between technical engineering teams and non-technical business units. Manage expectations and “scope creep” through formal Change Request (CR) processes.
Risk & Issue Management: Proactively identify technical bottlenecks. Maintain a RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) log and develop mitigation strategies for critical path delays.
Resource Allocation: Coordinate with Department Heads to ensure talent (Developers, QA, DevOps) is assigned effectively across multiple workstreams.
Post-Implementation: Conduct “lessons learned” sessions and ensure a smooth transition of the project into the Business As Usual (BAU) support environment.
Technical Stack & Requirements
Education: A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a STEM subject (Computer Science, Engineering) or Business Management.
Certification: Mandatory PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, or Certified Scrum Master (CSM) status.
Tools: Expert proficiency in Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, and Monday.com.
Experience: 4+ years in a structured IT environment. Experience with AWS/Azure migrations or ERP implementations is a significant plus.
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