Senior IT Project Manager (IT Infrastructure)

Location: Milton Keynes, United Kingdom; hybrid working with office attendance required at least 12 days per month.

Salary: £80,000–£120,000 per annum, depending on experience.

Company

hirify.global is a global financial services organisation developing and implementing technology and financial solutions across on-premise and cloud platforms.

What you will do

• Own the Chief Information & Resilience Office project portfolio and lead complex IT and infrastructure projects from initiation through delivery and service transition.
• Drive portfolio governance, prioritisation, financial tracking, dependency management, RAID reporting, milestones, risks and delivery outcomes.
• Manage infrastructure demand pipelines, capacity planning, resource allocation and provisioning with architecture, engineering, operations and Global Tech Hub teams.
• Lead quality assurance governance, risk controls, operational readiness and transition of delivered solutions into live service.
• Manage senior stakeholders, third-party suppliers and cross-functional teams while resolving issues and escalating risks.
• Lead continuous improvement and people governance activities across CIRO, including town halls and managers’ meetings.

Requirements

• Extensive experience delivering complex IT and infrastructure programmes and projects through implementation and service transition.
• Proven experience managing infrastructure demand, capacity planning and provisioning aligned with business priorities.
• Strong portfolio management and governance experience across prioritisation, financial management, dependencies, executive reporting and concurrent initiatives.
• Demonstrable IT service management experience covering operational readiness, service transition, supplier management and continual service improvement in a large enterprise.
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders and managing cross-functional teams, third-party suppliers and complex delivery dependencies.
• Proven leadership experience building high-performing technology teams and driving collaboration, risk management and continuous improvement.
• Professional project management certification such as PRINCE2 Practitioner, PMP, Agile Practitioner, Scrum Master or equivalent.
• Expertise in Agile, Waterfall and hybrid delivery methodologies, including planning, budgeting, governance and risk management.
• Understanding of enterprise infrastructure, including networks, servers, cloud services, storage, security controls and provisioning processes; practical knowledge of ITIL, service transition, incident, change and problem management.
• Ability to manage resource and capacity requirements, financial business cases, funding requests, utilisation, KPI delivery, project performance and executive reporting.
• Ability to create clear presentations and executive reports using PowerPoint, with strong attention to detail.
• Strong communication, judgement, prioritisation, relationship-building and influencing skills across business, technology and supplier teams.
• All candidates must already have the right to work in the United Kingdom.

Nice to have

• Undergraduate or bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Management, Project Management or a related discipline, or equivalent industry experience.
• Spanish language skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid, site-based working pattern with at least 12 office days per month.
• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, increasing after five years, with the option to purchase additional leave.
• Private medical insurance, income protection, death-in-service cover and optional additional insurance.
• £6,000 annual car allowance, share plans and discounts on hirify.global products.
• Wellbeing, family leave, childcare, volunteering and professional growth opportunities across hirify.global’s international network.