IT Project Manager

IT Project Manager – Contract
Location: Surrey (Hybrid Working)
Contract Length: 6 Months
Start Date: ASAP
Rate: £55 per hour (Outside IR35)
Security Clearance: BPSS Required


Overview
We are seeking an experienced IT Project Manager for a 6-month contract based in Surrey, supporting a range of client-facing and internal projects.
The role will involve managing multiple IT and people-focused projects, including the mobilisation and transition of key client accounts. You will ensure high-quality delivery, maintain strong stakeholder relationships, and align technical solutions and project outcomes with business objectives.
This position offers hybrid working, with 3 days in the office and 2 days remote.

Key Skills & Experience – Essential

• 5+ years’ project management experience, particularly delivering client-facing projects within sectors such as IT, software development, consulting, or professional services
• Experience supporting public sector technology programmes
• Proven ability to run effective project governance with internal and external stakeholders
• Strong relationship management skills, working collaboratively with vendors, clients, and technical teams
• Experience using project delivery methodologies, including planning, scope management, change control, governance, and RAID management
• Ability to balance client flexibility with budget and delivery commitments
• Experience creating and managing project plans, including resource requirements, critical paths, and key delivery milestones
• Proficiency with project planning and delivery tools
• Experience working with Agile, Scrum, and/or Waterfall methodologies, with the ability to adapt approaches based on project needs
• Experience delivering projects in fast-paced operational environments, managing multiple projects simultaneously from initiation to closure
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to break down complex scopes, identify dependencies, constraints, and opportunities
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills for communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Good working knowledge of IT systems and infrastructure, including a general understanding of software development and system architecture

Desirable Experience

• Preparing and delivering presentations to internal and external stakeholders
• Delivering projects to or for public sector clients
• Experience delivering within secure environments (Official-Sensitive or higher)

Responsibilities

• Manage a range of projects, often running in parallel, while supporting larger programme initiatives
• Plan and deliver projects, including those within mobilisation programmes, to fixed timelines
• Drive projects through the full lifecycle, from definition and planning through to delivery and closure
• Manage project schedule, budget, resources, quality, risks, issues, change, and stakeholder engagement
• Maintain standard project management documentation including plans, schedules, budgets, and reports to ensure transparency and accountability
• Oversee project governance, including stakeholder reporting, change management, and issue resolution
• Identify and mitigate risks, ensuring challenges are proactively managed
• Work closely with third-party clients and vendors to support the delivery of service-focused projects
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including development, operations, business stakeholders, and external partners
• Ensure compliance with contractual obligations, industry regulations, and internal policies
• Support continuous improvement through project reviews and lessons learned activities

 


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Orion Group was founded in 1987 and is now one of the largest, independent, international recruitment companies. We have a network of 200 employees working from 24 offices, delivering a range of services – Talent Acquisition, Recruitment Outsourcing Services, Retained Search, Global Workforce Solutions, Completions & Commissioning and Materials Management – across 68 countries. As a global leader in workforce solutions, we recruit personnel across the Engineering & Technical, Office & Commercial, Scientific and Skilled Trades disciplines, for sectors including Oil & Gas, Life Science, Power & Utilities, Constructions & Infrastructure, Manufacturing and Renewables.