Project Manager - Software & Infrastructure Projects at Luton, Bedfordshire

Project Manager (Software & Infrastructure Projects)

Remote (UK) | Inside IR35 | Contract to end of March 2027

Client: ICT & Electronics Organisation Unit | Planning & Project Management (Digital Backbone Portfolio)

We're looking for an experienced Project Manager to support the delivery of software, infrastructure, and technology remediation projects within a major Digital Backbone Portfolio. Reporting into the Programme Manager, you'll take end-to-end ownership of projects, ensuring delivery to agreed scope, schedule, budget, and quality, while working closely with internal teams and third-party suppliers.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver software and infrastructure projects from initiation through to completion
• Build and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and delivery roadmaps
• Coordinate internal delivery teams, business stakeholders, and third-party suppliers
• Manage risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies with clear mitigation plans
• Track delivery performance and provide governance reporting (status, RAID, budget, milestones)
• Ensure compliance with organisational governance, security, and change management processes

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven delivery of software and/or infrastructure projects in enterprise environments
• Strong stakeholder management and supplier management capability
• Experience in planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting
• Demonstrable risk and issue management experience
• Working knowledge of PRINCE2, Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid methodologies

Desirable

• Experience delivering one or more of the following: infrastructure refresh, cloud migration, cyber security, obsolescence remediation
• PRINCE2, APM PMQ, PMP or equivalent certification

Contract Details

• Remote role
• Inside IR35
• Expected duration: until end of March 2027

Interested?

Apply with your CV highlighting relevant software/infrastructure delivery, governance reporting, and supplier management experience, plus any certifications and remediation/migration project exposure.

Should you require any support or assistance, please contact your local Gi Group office.

Gi Group Holdings Recruitment Limited are proud founding members of Menopause in business, corporate members for Neurodiversity in business, Disability Confident committed members, Gold status for the Armed Forces Covenant, Bronze trail blazers for Racial Equality matters and Age Friendly Employer pledge members.

Gi Group Holdings Recruitment Limited group of companies includes Gi Recruitment Limited, Draefern Limited, Gi Group Recruitment Ltd, INTOO (UK) Limited, Marks Sattin (UK) Limited, TACK TMI UK Limited, Grafton Professional Staffing Limited, Encore Personnel Services, Gi Group Ireland Limited and Kelly Services (UK) Ltd. Gi Group Ireland Limited are acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this role.

We are committed to protecting the privacy of all our candidates and clients. If you choose to apply, your information will be processed in accordance with the Gi Group Privacy Statement. To view a copy and to help you understand how we collect, use and process your personal data please visit the Privacy page on our Gi Group website.