Data Project Manager

Your new company
I'm looking for a Data Project Manager who is available for a 6-month contract role. This role is 450 per day inside scope of IR35. The role is to be based in Telford 2 days a week and you must be eligible for SC Clearance.

Your new role
A Junior Engagement Manager is required for a high-profile engagement within the Data Portfolio Area, supporting delivery within the organisation's AEOI programme. This is a key supporting role, working alongside senior leadership to coordinate delivery, manage stakeholders, and ensure smooth execution across multiple work streams.

Key Responsibilities Support the management of delivery teams, including Delivery Leads and cross-functional scrum teams

Coordinate multiple work streams within the programme, ensuring alignment across timelines, deliverables, and dependencies

Track and report on delivery progress, including risks, issues, and milestones across different work streams

Support financial management activities (e.g. budget tracking, forecasting support, reporting) across a 5-7m programme

Assist in stakeholder management, including preparing materials and supporting governance forums for a high-profile, legislative-driven programme.

Identify and escalate risks and blockers, supporting the development of mitigation actions

Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives across the programme and wider AEOI Portfolio Support proposal development and inputs to work packages or Statements of Work (SOWs), where required
Essential:

Experience supporting delivery of IT projects or programmes (e.g. PM, PMO, or junior EM role)
Experience working across multiple work streams or teams within a delivery environment

Strong risk, issue, and dependency tracking capability

Good communication and stakeholder management skills, with ability to build working relationships

Basic financial awareness (budget tracking, reporting support)
Ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment

Experience working in agile or hybrid delivery environments (e.g. Scrum, SAFe)
Familiarity with collaboration tools (e.g. Jira, Confluence)
Desirable:

Exposure to large government programmes

Experience supporting bids, proposals, or commercial inputs

Understanding of service transition into live operations

Awareness of Dev Ops and product/team delivery models

Relevant certifications (e.g. Scrum Master, SAFe Foundation)

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