Platform Migration Infrastructure Project Manager (Banking)

Job Title: Platform Migration Infrastructure Project Manager (Banking)
Location: Sheffield - onsite x3 days a week
Salary/Rate: £400-445 per day
Start Date: May
Job Type: 6 month initial contract - Inside IR35

Company Introduction
We have an exciting opportunity now available with one of our sector-leading consultancy clients! They are currently looking for a skilled Infrastructure Project Manager who has worked on banking platform migrations to join a global bank on an initial 6 month project.

Job Responsibilities/Objectives
You will be responsible for the planning and delivery of complex platform transitions, ensuring compliance with the banks governance, risk, and change control standards while driving successful outcomes across technical and business stakeholders.

• Lead end-to-end delivery of infrastructure and platform migration projects, from initiation through to transition and handover into BAU.
• Own and manage platform, data, and network migration activities, ensuring minimal disruption to live services.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, milestones, RAID logs, and dependency tracking aligned to defined timescales.
• Ensure strict adherence tochange, risk, and governance frameworks, including documentation, approvals, and audit readiness.
• Coordinate and manage cross-functional technical teams, including infrastructure, network, security, applications, and third-party vendors.
• Engage confidently with senior stakeholders, providing clear reporting on progress, risks, issues, and delivery outcomes.
• Drive alignment between business objectives and technical delivery, translating complex technical concepts into business-relevant language.
• Ensure all migrations are delivered to agreed scope, quality, budget, and timelines.
• Support continuous improvement across delivery practices and contribute to wider transformation objectives withinTechnology.

Required Skills/Experience
The ideal candidate will have the following:

• Proven experience as an Infrastructure Delivery / Project Manager within banking or financial services.
• Strong background delivering platform migration projects, including at least two of the following:
  • Infrastructure migrations
  • Data migrations
• Network or connectivity migrations
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex technical change in regulated environments.
• Strong understanding of change control, risk management, and governance processes.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including experience engaging at senior leadership level.
• Track record of delivering projects to defined deadlines and timescales.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams concurrently.

Desirable Skills/Experience
Although not essential, the following skills are desired by the client:

• Experience with OpenShift Virtualization or container-based platforms.
• Familiarity with Tier 1 banking environments.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please apply now with your updated CV in Microsoft Word/PDF format.

Disclaimer
Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies.

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