IT Project Manager at UST, Lincoln/Remote, 3 Months, £Contract Rate

Contract Description

Role Description

IT Project Manager

Location: Lincoln, UK | Hybrid

Engagement: Inside IR35 Contract or Fixed-Term Employment

Duration: 3 months

Start: ASAP

We’re looking for an experienced IT Project Manager to take ownership of a fast-paced technology delivery involving multiple interconnected workstreams and a critical production go-live.

You’ll bring structure, pace and visibility to the programme, working across business, technology, operational and third-party teams to keep delivery on track. A key part of the role will be driving cutover readiness, RAID management and stakeholder coordination through to successful implementation.

This role would suit a hands-on Project Manager who is comfortable stepping into a complex environment, quickly establishing control and driving delivery against tight timelines.

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Drive end-to-end delivery across multiple IT project workstreams, ensuring activities remain aligned to the overall delivery plan.
  • Build and manage project plans, including key milestones, dependencies, deliverables and critical paths.
  • Own production cutover and go-live coordination, including readiness assessments, implementation planning and stakeholder alignment.
  • Drive progress and accountability, following up on actions, decisions and deliverables across multiple teams.
  • Manage RAID effectively, proactively identifying risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies and ensuring appropriate mitigation or escalation.
  • Provide clear project reporting to business and technology stakeholders, maintaining visibility of progress, blockers and key decisions.
  • Lead project meetings, planning sessions, governance reviews and decision forums.
  • Coordinate across business, technology, operational and third-party teams to support successful delivery.
  • Manage competing priorities and respond quickly to delivery challenges, incidents or changing requirements.

What We’re Looking For

  • Proven experience delivering complex IT projects with multiple workstreams.
  • Strong project planning, governance and delivery management capability.
  • Demonstrable experience leading production cutover, implementation and go-live activities.
  • Strong RAID, dependency and risk management experience.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across both business and technical audiences.
  • Confident providing concise project reporting and escalating issues where required.
  • Strong ability to drive teams and maintain delivery momentum against challenging deadlines.
  • Comfortable working within fast-moving environments where priorities may change.
  • Experience supporting change and incident management within technology delivery environments.

Core Skills

IT Project Management | Production Cutover | Go-Live | Project Planning | RAID Management | Stakeholder Management | Risk Management | Dependency Management | Change Management | Incident Management | Governance

Why Join UST?

This is a high-impact assignment where you’ll have the opportunity to take ownership quickly and play a key role in delivering a business-critical technology implementation through to production.

Lincoln hybrid | 3-month engagement | Inside IR35 Contract or FTE | ASAP start

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Skills

Project Management, Stakeholder Management, Risk Management, Change Management, Incident Management