Contract Project Manager - Software Platform Migration

Location: Fully remote working
Duration: 4 months (Highly likely to extend)
IR35: Outside IR35

My client is seeking an experienced Contract Project Manager to join a high-profile software technology business undergoing a complex software platform migration and transformation programme. This is not a role for a project manager who needs a perfectly structured environment. The client needs a highly capable, hands-on Project Manager from a software technology / SaaS background who can step into a programme that is already in motion, navigate ambiguity, and help drive delivery in a fast-paced and challenging environment.

Key Requirements

Software Technology & SaaS Expertise (Essential)

• Minimum 5 years' experience managing software platform migration programmes/projects within software technology or SaaS companies.
• Strong understanding of software platforms, product environments, and migration transformation challenges.
• Comfortable working alongside technical teams, engineering stakeholders, and product leadership.

What You'll Be Doing

• Supporting delivery of a complex global software platform migration programme.
• Stepping into a programme currently undergoing transformation, where governance and programme artefacts are still being established.
• Helping bring structure, pace, and accountability to a programme facing delivery challenges and tight timelines.
• Managing project plans, RAID logs, dependencies, risks, and stakeholder communications.
• Chairing meetings, taking notes, coordinating actions, and ensuring follow-through across teams.
• Chasing updates, removing blockers, and keeping momentum across multiple workstreams.
• Acting as a trusted support and understudy to the Programme Manager.

The Ideal Candidate

• A fast learner who can quickly absorb technical and business context.
• Highly proactive, organised, and comfortable operating with limited structure.
• Strong communicator with confidence to challenge existing processes and propose practical solutions.
• Resilient and able to perform under pressure in a demanding delivery environment.
• Someone who is willing to roll up their sleeves and do whatever is needed to help the programme succeed.
• Comes from a software technology background, not generic change/project management.

If you are an experienced Contract Project Manager with strong SaaS and software platform migration expertise, and you enjoy solving complex delivery challenges in fast-moving environments, please apply for immediate consideration.

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