Project Manager - government

Largely remote (UK), with occasional travel to client site for workshops

The digital transformation partner for highly regulated industries.

Our teams deliver digital transformation for organisations operating in complex, highly regulated environments. From securing national borders to supporting critical defence operations, we deliver secure AI, data, cloud and software solutions across high-stakes programmes.

We’re looking for an experienced Project Manager to lead the replacement of an archive access and collections management system for one of our public sector clients. The project sits within a wider archive services programme and has recently been formalised.

Discovery is complete, and the preferred direction is a single off-the-shelf solution. Discovery has produced a user research report, an as-is overview, a requirements matrix and an options appraisal, and supplier demonstrations and initial market engagement have already taken place. A Request for Information (RFI), an initial Business Case, a Project Initiation Document (PID) and a Project Plan are in preparation.

You’ll take the project from mobilisation through procurement and data readiness, ending with an implementation-ready position. Working across business, technical, commercial and procurement teams, you’ll bring structure, pace and clear governance to a project at a pivotal stage.

• Mobilise: Formalise the project, agree delivery arrangements, and establish governance, scope and planning within the wider programme
• Procure: Work with the procurement team to set the commodity strategy and route to market, refine requirements into procurement-ready documents, lead production of the Invitation to Tender (ITT) and support the process through to evaluation
• Fund: Update the Business Case using RFI intelligence to set robust budgets for the current and following financial years
• Prepare data: Define and agree a Move-Ready Data Statement of Work, then manage its delivery to improve the quality and readiness of archive and collections data
• Plan implementation: Develop provisional plans for organisational readiness, supplier onboarding and implementation
• Manage delivery: Run risks, issues, dependencies and reporting, and engage stakeholders across business, technical, commercial and procurement teams

• Months 1–2: Mobilisation, governance, route to market, Business Case update and data scope definition
• Months 2–3: ITT development and sign-off; data work begins
• Months 3–6: ITT issue, procurement support and evaluation; data delivery; readiness and onboarding plans

• Experience managing public sector or regulated-environment technology projects through procurement
• Knowledge of UK public procurement routes, including frameworks and ITT/RFI processes
• Experience delivering or overseeing data migration or data quality work
• Business case development and budget management, with PRINCE2, APM or equivalent practice

• Experience in archives, heritage, libraries or collections management
• Experience delivering off-the-shelf or SaaS system replacements

We believe benefits should be practical: things that genuinely support your day-to-day, give you flexibility and help you keep developing.

Here are a few of our perks:

• 25 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Private medical insurance with Bupa
• Remote-first working, with access to our Liverpool Street office
• Personal training budget to support your professional development
• Perkbox membership, with discounts across retail, travel, dining and wellness
• Electric Vehicle Scheme after one year of service
• Regular team socials
• Referral scheme offering…