Information Technology Programme Manager (1 Year Contract)

About the role

Maxim's Group is looking for an experienced, hands-on IT Programme Manager for a 1-year contract. The role leads the IT side of a major organisational transformation as one of its brands moves between two companies, covering separation, access control, new infrastructure and the transfer of key applications across ERP, Data/BI, POS and infrastructure. The manager turns this complexity into one integrated plan and steers it to Day 1 readiness and TSA exit.

Key responsibilities

• Maintain an integrated plan covering deliverables, milestones and critical activities for Day 1 readiness and TSA exit
• Clarify responsibilities, assign action owners and deadlines, and follow through to closure across companies and markets
• Track risks, issues and pending decisions, drive blocker resolution with workstream leads and escalate unresolved matters
• Monitor scope, timeline and budget deviations and escalate impacts, recovery actions and support needs to management
• Track testing, cutover, contingency plans, hypercare, decommissioning and TSA exit readiness, including required sign-offs
• Provide consolidated progress updates and follow up against agreed response dates
• Coordinate work across ERP (tenant migration and implementation), Data/BI (data platform transition and reporting continuity), POS, infrastructure (network, identity and access, security) and other systems from Marketing, HR and Finance
• Manage knowledge transfer, documentation, support arrangements and handover acceptance

Required profile

• Project management experience on medium-to-large projects, with an IT background in infrastructure or applications
• Proven experience coordinating multi-workstream IT programmes such as ERP, data/BI, POS or infrastructure
• Strong stakeholder management across companies and technical teams, able to escalate effectively and work independently
• Familiarity with cutover, hypercare, TSA exit or carve-out/separation programmes
• Multi-market exposure; merger and acquisition or joint venture experience is an advantage