IT Project Delivery Lead - Go-Live & RAID Expert (Lincoln Hybrid)

UST; Lincoln; Hybrid; GBP 83,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

UST in Lincoln, UK is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to own delivery across multiple IT workstreams and lead a critical production go-live. This hands-on role demands strong planning, RAID and stakeholder coordination to keep the programme on track.

Hybrid, Inside IR35, 3-month contract with ASAP start. You’ll drive end-to-end delivery, manage dependencies and provide clear reporting to business and technology stakeholders.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end delivery across IT project workstreams aligned to the delivery plan.
• Build and manage project plans with milestones, dependencies and critical paths.
• Own production cutover and go-live coordination, including readiness assessments.
• Drive progress and accountability across teams; track actions and decisions.
• Manage RAID, identify risks and mitigations; escalate as needed.
• Provide clear project reporting to business and technology stakeholders.
• Lead project meetings, planning sessions and governance reviews.
• Coordinate across business, technology, operations and third parties.
• Manage competing priorities and respond to delivery challenges or incidents.

Skills

IT Project Management

Production Cutover

Go-Live

Project Planning

RAID Management

Stakeholder Management

Risk Management

Dependency Management

Change Management

Incident Management

Governance

Job description

UST in Lincoln, UK is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to own delivery across multiple IT workstreams and lead a critical production go-live. This hands-on role demands strong planning, RAID and stakeholder coordination to keep the programme on track.

Hybrid, Inside IR35, 3-month contract with ASAP start. You’ll drive end-to-end delivery, manage dependencies and provide clear reporting to business and technology stakeholders.