Job Description
Global Accounting Network are partnering exclusively with an international client specifically supporting the IT Transformation workstream. The interim IT Project Manager will provide dedicated leadership across a significant portfolio of technology-related activity, including IT outsourcing, application rationalisation, system dependency validation, and transition/cutover planning.
The IT Project Manager will coordinate internal teams and external vendors, maintain delivery discipline, and ensure all IT workstreams remain aligned to the overall programme plan.
Key Responsibilities:
Workstream Leadership
* Lead the end-to-end IT Transformation workstream delivery
* Own the IT workstream plan and ensure alignment with the overall programme timeline, dependencies, and milestones.
* Maintain delivery discipline through structured governance, RAID management, and escalation.
IT Outsourcing Initiative
* Manage the IT outsourcing transition including:
* Vendor coordination and mobilisation
* Contract alignment and service scope definition
* Service transition planning and operational handover
* Ensure vendor delivery commitments, timelines, and transition readiness are met.
Application Rationalisation & System Landscape
* Manage the application rationalisation process, ensuring systems are:
* Assessed and prioritised
* Consolidated or migrated where appropriate
* Decommissioned in line with programme objectives
* Coordinate technical validation of system dependencies, constraints, and integration impacts.
Planning, Governance & Reporting
* Develop, maintain and track detailed IT delivery plans including:
* Provide structured reporting on:
* Progress, risks, issues, actions, decisions
* Mitigation plans and early warnings
* Support preparation of business cases, technical assessments, and decision papers for SteerCo / ExCo.
Collaboration & Delivery Support
* Facilitate workshops, technical reviews and planning sessions with IT leadership and vendor partners.
* Ensure IT changes are delivered with minimal disruption to BAU operations.
Ideal Candidate:
* Proven track record delivering complex IT projects within large-scale transformation programmes.
* Minimum 5 years’ experience leading IT outsourcing transitions
* Strong project management capability: planning, scheduling, RAID, reporting.
* Deep understanding of IT outsourcing models, vendor management, and service transition.
* Experience managing application rationalisation
* Experience operating within structured governance frameworks, including SteerCo/ExCo reporting.