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District Council, based at Britannia House, BD1 1HX.\nThis is a senior transformation and programme delivery role responsible for leading complex IT and digital change initiatives across the Council.\nYou'll work closely with senior stakeholders, technical teams, suppliers and service leads to plan and deliver transformation projects, manage risks and dependencies, and ensure new technology solutions support service improvement and organisational priorities.\nAbout the Role\nAs ISP IT Transformation Project Manager, you'll take ownership of high-profile IT transformation projects from initiation through to implementation and handover.\nYou'll provide strong project governance, manage budgets and resources, coordinate multidisciplinary teams and ensure programmes remain aligned to agreed outcomes, timescales and business requirements.\nWhat you'll be doing:\nLeading complex IT and digital transformation projects\nManaging projects from initiation through to implementation and 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standards\nTracking benefits, outcomes and post-implementation performance\nSupporting continuous improvement across project and programme delivery\nRequirements\nWe're looking for a highly experienced IT Transformation Project Manager with a strong track record of delivering large-scale and complex technology change.\nYou'll ideally have:\nSignificant experience managing complex IT transformation projects\nStrong experience delivering digital or technology-enabled change\nExperience managing projects within large or complex organisations\nStrong project governance and programme-control skills\nExperience managing substantial budgets and resources\nStrong supplier and third-party management experience\nExperience managing multidisciplinary technical teams\nStrong stakeholder-management skills at senior and executive level\nExperience developing business cases and delivery plans\nStrong risk, issue and dependency management skills\nExperience with business change and benefits realisation\nStrong understanding of the IT project lifecycle\nExperience working with infrastructure, applications, cloud, data or enterprise technology projects would be advantageous\nPrevious local authority or public-sector transformation experience would be highly desirable\nPRINCE2, Agile, MSP, APM or equivalent project management qualification would be advantageous\nEligibility to work in the UK\nAbility to provide relevant references/work history\nAbility to complete required pre-employment checks\nWhy Apply\nSenior IT transformation opportunity with Bradford Metropolitan District Council\nCompetitive Umbrella rate of £768.24 per day\nFull-time 37-hour working week\nOpportunity to lead complex, high-profile digital transformation projects\nWork closely with senior stakeholders and technical specialists\nChance to influence strategic technology change across Council services\nTemporary assignment through to February 2027\nHigh-impact project management role within a large 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