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Senior Project Manager – Application Rationalisation & Environment Decommissioning
A leading independent IT infrastructure and services consultancy seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead an end-to-end delivery project for application rationalisation and environment decommissioning across a complex, multi-application landscape.
Project Overview
- Contract Duration: 6 months
- Engagement Type: Inside IR35
- Location: Hatfield
- Rate: Up to £550 per day
You will be a self-sufficient delivery leader with strong governance, stakeholder management, and technical programme experience, driving measurable outcomes across cross-functional teams.
Key Project Components
- Manage a portfolio of 35+ applications across the organisation
- Support Cyber-led prioritisation and build on initial assessments
- Define and execute application disposition strategy, including:
- Migration to strategic platforms
- Integration into enterprise systems
- Decommissioning of legacy or redundant applications
- Deliver full legacy environment decommissioning
- Ensure alignment with:
- Cyber Security
- Enterprise Architecture
- Business continuity requirements
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Key Responsibilities
Project Leadership
- Lead full lifecycle delivery of application rationalisation workstreams (initiation to closure)
- Develop and manage integrated delivery plans, migration/decommissioning roadmaps, and dependencies
- Coordinate across applications, infrastructure, cyber security, and data migration teams
Governance & Monitoring
- Establish strong governance, ensuring proactive risk, issue, and dependency management
- Ensure compliance with security, cyber, and change/release controls
Stakeholder & Reporting
- Provide clear, confident reporting to senior stakeholders
- Act as the primary delivery owner, aligning business and technical priorities
Operational & Strategic Management
- Manage vendors, budgets, forecasts, and resource allocation to deliver within scope, time, and cost
- Support business case development for migration and decommissioning decisions
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Requirements & Qualifications
Essential
- Proven delivery of end-to-end technology projects across applications, infrastructure, and security domains
- Strong experience in application lifecycle management (migration, upgrade, retirement)
- Experience in legacy system decommissioning or transformation programmes
- Ability to lead multiple concurrent workstreams independently
- Expertise in senior stakeholder engagement and communication
- Experience working within structured delivery frameworks (PRINCE2, Agile, or Hybrid)
Desirable
- Experience in application rationalisation, M&A integration, or divestment environments
- Exposure to Cyber security prioritisation and review processes
- Knowledge of cloud migration and SaaS adoption strategies
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