Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
ARC IT Recruitment
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
2 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Temporary contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
Senior Compensation
£ 182KJob location
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
Tech stack
Agile Methodologies
Cloud Computing
IT Management
Systems Development Life Cycle
Cloud Services
User Environment Management
Information Technology
Job description
We re partnering with a global financial services firm to find an experienced IT Infrastructure Project Manager to lead a major outsourcing transition across a complex, international environment.
What you'll Do:
- Lead end-to-end infrastructure outsourcing transitions between suppliers.
- Manage the full transition life cycle, including mobilisation, discovery, knowledge transfer, shadowing, service takeover, stabilisation, and exit.
- Oversee transitions across key infrastructure domains, including Cloud Services, Networks, Security, and End User Computing (EUC).
- Collaborate closely with outsourced infrastructure partners and internal IT leads.
- Implement structured governance, reporting, and risk/issue management throughout transitions.
- Ensure smooth acceptance into service and handover into BAU with comprehensive knowledge transfer.
- Work across Architecture, Security, Compliance, SDLC, and Service Acceptance processes.
- Manage multiple workstreams alongside remediation and control improvement initiatives.
Requirements
- 7 10+ years of hands-on infrastructure project management experience.
- Proven track record of delivering end-to-end service transitions between suppliers.
- Deep understanding of transition phases, frameworks, governance, and common pitfalls.
- Experience working client-side with third-party providers.
- Practical experience with TUPE/people transitions, contract novation, and licence/asset transfers.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with global senior IT leadership.
- Experience across both Waterfall and Agile delivery methodologies.
- Solid infrastructure background across Cloud, Network, Security, and EUC environments.