Strategic IT Project Lead — Digital Transformation

Airswift; Greater London; On-site; GBP 111,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

Airswift in London is seeking an experienced Senior IT Project Manager to lead delivery of complex technology projects supporting major digital transformation initiatives. This is a day-rate contract inside IR35 with London onsite work at 3 days per week.

You will own end-to-end delivery, develop integrated plans, manage governance and budgets, oversee risk and dependencies, coordinate cross-functional teams and vendors, and provide executive-level reporting throughout the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering large IT and digital transformation projects.
• Strong governance, budgeting and financial control.
• Proven ability to manage risk and stakeholder communication.
• Experience with Agile, Waterfall and hybrid approaches.
• Proficiency with project delivery tools (MS Project, Azure DevOps, Jira).

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project delivery from initiation through to transition and closure.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans covering scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks and dependencies.
• Manage project governance, reporting, change control and stakeholder communications.
• Oversee project financials including forecasting, budget management and variance analysis.
• Drive effective risk, issue and dependency management across multiple workstreams.
• Coordinate internal teams, third-party suppliers and business stakeholders to ensure successful delivery.
• Support business readiness, service transition, user adoption and benefits realisation.
• Provide clear executive-level reporting and delivery assurance throughout the project lifecycle.

Skills

IT project delivery

Governance & budgeting

Risk management

Stakeholder mgmt

Hybrid delivery approaches

Project tooling

Tools

MS Project

Azure DevOps

Jira

Job description

Airswift in London is seeking an experienced Senior IT Project Manager to lead delivery of complex technology projects supporting major digital transformation initiatives. This is a day-rate contract inside IR35 with London onsite work at 3 days per week.

You will own end-to-end delivery, develop integrated plans, manage governance and budgets, oversee risk and dependencies, coordinate cross-functional teams and vendors, and provide executive-level reporting throughout the project lifecycle.