Project Manager - IT

Anderson Knight; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working in Glasgow

Exposure to senior leadership

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Anderson Knight is seeking an experienced Project Manager in Glasgow to lead a major platform migration as part of a transformation programme. The role covers evaluation, selection, implementation and migration to a new lottery platform, with post-migration improvement projects across the organisation.

You will engage suppliers and senior stakeholders, manage budgets and risks, and drive successful delivery through a hybrid working model based in Glasgow.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering complex projects from inception to completion.
• Background in technology, software, platform, or digital transformation projects.
• Strong stakeholder and supplier management skills.
• Excellent planning, organisational, and communication abilities.
• Experience managing budgets, risks, and multiple workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of a major platform migration project.
• Manage project plans, budgets, timelines, risks, and governance.
• Evaluate platform options, including third-party solutions and in-house development.
• Oversee customer journey design, system integrations, testing, and data migration.
• Manage supplier relationships, deliverables, and performance.
• Facilitate stakeholder engagement across multiple departments.
• Produce project documentation, status reports, and RAID logs.
• Lead additional business change and improvement projects following project completion.

Skills

Project delivery

Tech transformation

Stakeholder management

Planning & comms

Budget management

Job description

Our client is a growing organisation in the gaming and fundraising sector, delivering products that generate significant income for charitable causes. They are investing in a major transformation programme and are seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead a critical platform migration project.

Location: Glasgow (Hybrid, minimum 3 days in the office)

Job Type: Full-Time

The Role

This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a high-profile business transformation project, overseeing the evaluation, selection, implementation, and migration to a new lottery platform.

The successful candidate will manage the project from initial assessment through to go-live, working closely with suppliers, senior stakeholders, and internal teams. Following completion of the platform migration, you will take ownership of a range of business improvement and change projects across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• * Lead the end-to-end delivery of a major platform migration project.
• * Manage project plans, budgets, timelines, risks, and governance.
• * Evaluate platform options, including third-party solutions and in-house development.
• * Oversee customer journey design, system integrations, testing, and data migration.
• * Manage supplier relationships, deliverables, and performance.
• * Facilitate stakeholder engagement across multiple departments.
• * Produce project documentation, status reports, and RAID logs.
• * Lead additional business change and improvement projects following project completion.

Skills & Experience

Essential

• * Proven experience delivering complex projects from inception to completion.
• * Background in technology, software, platform, or digital transformation projects.
• * Strong stakeholder and supplier management skills.
• * Excellent planning, organisational, and communication abilities.
• * Experience managing budgets, risks, and multiple workstreams.

Desirable

• * Platform migration or systems implementation experience.
• * Understanding of APIs, integrations, and data migration.
• * Knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery methodologies.
• * PRINCE2, AgilePM, PMP, Scrum, or similar qualification.

What's on Offer?

• * Opportunity to lead a business-critical strategic project.
• * Exposure to senior leadership and decision-makers.
• * A varied project portfolio beyond the initial platform migration.
• * Supportive and collaborative working environment.
• * Ongoing professional development opportunities.
• * Flexible hybrid working model based in Glasgow.

Ideal for:

An experienced Project Manager who enjoys driving complex change programmes, managing suppliers and stakeholders, and delivering successful business transformation projects