IT Project Manager - 12 month fixed term

Coburg Banks Limited; City Of London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction/development company in Greenwich is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager for a fixed term of 12 months. The successful candidate will oversee two critical projects: implementing a data governance strategy and replacing the Finance system. This role requires strong communication and leadership skills, and the ability to manage stakeholder engagement effectively. The position is office-based, requiring attendance five days a week. Competitive salary and benefits on offer.

Benefits

Pension

Private Medical

Qualifications

• Experience as the sole IT Project Manager for an SME.
• Leading transformation and change projects involving data.
• Experience running a discovery phase and implementing a new system.
• Managing third party suppliers.
• Strong communication, leadership, and persuasive skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead two key IT projects including data governance and Finance system replacement.
• Ensure compliance of data handling and storage.
• Coordinate communication across all departments.
• Produce comprehensive PID, oversee data migration and training.

Skills

Communication skills

Leadership skills

Stakeholder management

Change management

Agile methodologies

Waterfall methodologies

Tools

Microsoft Teams

SharePoint

Job description

Role: IT Project Manager - 12-month fixed term

Location: Greenwich, London - Office based 5 days a week

Salary: 65,000 to 70,000

Benefits: Pension, Private Medical

• You will be working for a leading construction/development company taking responsibility for two key projects - one in flight and one at inception.
• Working from their modern Greenwich offices you will use your stakeholder and change management experience to improve company-wide engagement on both projects.
• They are a very friendly bunch and like to get stuff done but need someone to make sure they are all pointing in the right direction at the same time, so communication and management are key.
• You will be their sole IT Project Manager, and we are looking for someone that is used to working in that sceanrio.

Project one is to lead a major data governance project via a 3rd party, ensuring compliance of all their data, data handling and storage mainly using Teams and SharePoint.

This project needs coordinated communication across all departments, structured training rollout and assisted onboarding.

Project two is the replacement of their Finance system which will require the production of a fully comprehensive PID followed by data migration, implementation, UAT, process documentation and training.

What are we looking for:

• Experience of being the sole IT Project Manager for an SME.
• Experience of leading transformation and change projects involving data.
• Prior experience of running a discovery phase and subsequent PID and implementation of a new system.
• Experience of managing third party suppliers
• Experience in both agile and waterfall methodologies
• Commutable to Greenwich and available to be on site five days a week
• Very strong communication, leadership and persuasive skills.
• Available to start the role at the beginning of January 2026.

Coburg Banks Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.