Technical Project Manager - Contract
Leighton · Newcastle upon Tyne , Tyne and Wear ·
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Contract Technical Project Manager at Leighton (Newcastle upon Tyne, remote-friendly) leading the end-to-end migration of a mainframe test workload to AWS. Day to day involves owning planning, risks and dependencies, and bridging mainframe, Rocket Software and cloud engineering teams.
The Role
We are looking for an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead a key workload migration project, moving a test workload from a mainframe environment to AWS.
This is a hands-on technical delivery role requiring someone who can confidently lead conversations across mainframe, Rocket Software and cloud engineering teams. You will need sufficient knowledge and experience of Rocket Software and mainframe environments to understand the technology, challenge technical decisions, manage dependencies and effectively lead the migration.
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of workload migration from the mainframe to AWS.
- Own project planning, milestones, dependencies, risks and delivery governance.
- Coordinate engineering, infrastructure, cloud and stakeholder teams throughout the migration.
- Use your knowledge of Rocket Software and mainframe technologies to understand technical requirements and facilitate effective technical discussions.
- Translate between technical teams and business/project stakeholders, ensuring risks and dependencies are clearly understood.
- Work with engineering teams to define the migration approach, sequencing and acceptance criteria.
- Oversee migration testing, validation and readiness activities.
- Identify and proactively resolve technical and delivery blockers.
- Ensure the migrated workload meets agreed functional, performance and operational requirements.
- Provide clear reporting on project progress, risks and outcomes.
Essential Experience
- Strong experience as a Technical Project Manager, Technical Delivery Manager or Migration Lead.
- Previous experience delivering technically complex migration or modernisation projects.
- Extensive knowledge and experience of Rocket Software and their use within mainframe environments.
- A good understanding of mainframe architecture and workloads.
- Experience working with AWS and cloud migration programmes.
- The technical credibility to work closely with engineers, architects and infrastructure specialists.
- Strong understanding of testing, migration planning, dependencies and technical risk management.
- Experience coordinating multiple technical teams against tight delivery timescales.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- An open and genuine communicator
- Able to take responsibility for your actions
- Always learning and wanting to improve
- Takes responsibility for own development
- Love what you do
- Value and support your team
- Embrace who you are
- Open minded and willing to explore new ideas
We value our team and to attract exceptional people, we offer an excellent package! In 2023, 2024 and 2025 we were recognised as one of the Best Workplaces in Tech by Great Place To Work UK, the global authority on workplace culture.
As a Leighton employee you can look forward to:
- A competitive salary this will be dependent on experience.
- A contributory pension scheme
- Private healthcare
- 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and the opportunity to buy or sell holiday
- A flexible approach to working hours
- Continuous personal development, career path and training
- And more....