Full job description

As an IT Project Manager in the leisure, travel, and tourism industry, you'll oversee the planning and delivery of key projects, ensuring they align with business goals. Your work will involve managing timelines, budgets, and resources to keep everything running smoothly.

Client Details

Our client is a well-established organisation within the travel and transport sector, currently focused on delivering a number of strategic technology and business transformation initiatives. As part of this journey, they are looking for an experienced IT Project Manager to lead the delivery of high-profile projects that will drive operational efficiency and future growth.

Description

• Lead the end-to-end management of IT projects, ensuring they meet objectives.
• Develop detailed project plans, including timelines and resource allocation.
• Monitor project progress and address any risks or issues promptly.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful project delivery.
• Manage project budgets and ensure cost-effective solutions are implemented.
• Communicate project updates clearly to stakeholders at various levels.
• Ensure all projects comply with internal policies and external regulations.
• Drive continuous improvement by reviewing project outcomes and processes.

Full job description

Your new company

This organisation operates at the heart of UK defence infrastructure, delivering large-scale facilities management, construction and transformation programmes across key military sites in the South of England. Working in partnership with central government, they are responsible for the delivery and ongoing management of one of the Ministry of Defence's largest long-term infrastructure programmes, supporting thousands of personnel through the provision of modern, purpose-built living and working environments.

With a long-term contract running into the next decade, the organisation is focused on continuous improvement, sustainability and modernisation driving enhancements across both traditional infrastructure and digital capability. Operating within a highly collaborative, multi-partner environment, they play a critical role in evolving how essential services are delivered at scale within a secure and operationally demanding setting.

Your new role

This role sits at the centre of IT, ensuring that technology is effectively designed, delivered and embedded across the business to support both operational performance and future innovation. It combines technical leadership, shaping secure, scalable solutions while maintaining a strong focus on service quality and reliability.Working closely with both business stakeholders and the wider IT function. There is a strong emphasis on influencing technical direction, challenging vendors and driving the right decisions from both an architecture and delivery standpoint.

Alongside project delivery, the role is responsible for maintaining a resilient and high-performing IT environment. This includes oversight of connectivity and cloud services, ensuring high availability, strong security and effective incident and change management processes. The role also plays a key part in managing third-party suppliers, ensuring services are delivered in line with contractual obligations and best practice.

More broadly, this is a leadership position within the team, supporting the Head of IT in shaping strategy, improving processes, and driving continuous improvement. It also provides mentorship and technical guidance across the team, helping to build capability and reduce dependency risks. With a blend of architecture, delivery, and operational ownership, this role offers the opportunity to play a key part in modernising IT, improving how services are delivered, and enabling the business to get real value from its technology investments.