Project Manager

Gravitas are currently partnering with a University that is looking for an experienced Project Manager to lead the integrated ecosystem readiness of their Student System go-live. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and coordinate ecosystem readiness across business, technical, operational, integration, and testing workstreams.
• Ensure alignment across workstreams and manage key dependencies.
• Review programme deliverables, identifying and addressing operational gaps, risks, and issues.
• Oversee end-to-end testing readiness, validation, and sign-off from both technical and business perspectives.
• Manage integration scope, including system interfaces, connections, and business process integration.
• Ensure business processes are fully integrated and tested across the wider ecosystem.
• Engage with project teams, workstream leads, stakeholders, and boards, providing regular updates and assurance.
• Produce accurate reporting and support governance activities.
• Manage, mitigate, and escalate programme risks and issues as required.
• Support delivery in a complex, time-critical environment where delays are not an option.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong Higher Education background
• Strong project management experience within large-scale programmes.
• Ability to lead cross-functional activities spanning business, technical, operational, and integration domains.
• Experience managing complex dependencies across multiple workstreams.
• Strong understanding of readiness and go-live planning.
• Experience validating testing activities and ensuring alignment with end-to-end testing cycles.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, including engagement with senior leaders and governance boards.
• Proven risk and issue management capabilities.
• Experience working across both technical and business teams

Contract details:

• ASAP start date (can wait until the end of July for the right person)
• £500 a day
• Outside IR35
• Onsite presence required twice a month
• 6 month contract

If this role could be of interest, please apply or alternatively, you can reach out to Karla Farrar directly on Linkedin or email k.farrar@gravitasgroup.com and she will be in touch as soon as possible.