IT Project Manager (Telephony, Cloud, SAAS)

Manchester
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IT Project Manager (Infrastructure, Telephony, Azure)

3-6 Months

Lancashire (1-2 days onsite)

£525 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 and forecasting.
Ability to produce clear and concise projects plans, project reports, and documentation.
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