IT Project Manager (Telephony, Cloud, SAAS)
Employer:
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Location:
Pay:
Contract Type:
Contract
Hours:
Full time
Disability Confident:
No
Closing Date:
25/03/2026
About this job
IT Project Manager (Infrastructure, Telephony, Azure) 3-6 Months Lancashire (1-2 days onsite) £525 a day (Inside IR35) I am currently looking for a hands‑on IT Project Manager to deliver a small portfolio of projects.
Candidates must be used to working in a fast‑paced setting, be proficient at putting together concise project plans and have previously been involved in discovery projects and programmes.
Candidates should have extensive third‑party supplier / vendor management and have a strong understanding of horizon scanning and demand planning / forecasting.
Responsibilities
* Creation of project proposals and / or business cases for the technical projects in conjunction with the IT/Tech Business Stakeholders.
* Develop and deliver a rolling programme / workstack of work for the agreed technical projects: Providing an ongoing forward view of required change.
* Own the production of the detailed project plans, setting guidance to deliver the end‑to‑end project, providing project reporting and appropriate documentation.
* Conduct capacity planning and resource modelling to inform sequencing; accurately forecast demand for the different skillsets.
* Contract management of the delivery of services provided by third parties to strict KPIs.
* Provide effective planning, control and monitoring of the project budget including resource utilisation and any fixed or external costs.
Essential Skills
* Previous experience of managing a small Portfolio of multiple IT Projects.
* Experience of working on Telephony, Infrastructure and Application projects.
* Extensive knowledge of Cloud Azure, IaaS, SaaS. Sound foundational knowledge of IT infrastructure, architecture, application upgrades, and cloud releases.
* Considerable experience of managing and contracting cloud‑based service providers, data centre providers, and telecoms providers.
* Ability to communicate effectively in both technical and non‑technical terms, to a varying degree for differing stakeholders.
* Previous experience of demand management and forecasting.
* Ability to produce clear and concise project plans, project reports, and documentation.
* Proficient in the use of delivery and collaboration tools such as DevOps, SharePoint, MS Teams, Asana.
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