Program Manager at X4 Technology, Gloucestershire, £325 per day

Job Title: Programme Manager

Job Type: Contract

Location: Hybrid in Gloucestershire (occasional site visits in Newbury & London)

Day Rate: £325/day (OUTSIDE IR35)

Contract Length: 6 months

Programme Manager - Role & Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of a large-scale application migration programme, moving 40–50 applications from a legacy data centre to Microsoft Azure and a private cloud environment.
• Coordinate and align four key stakeholder groups (two customer business units, and a third-party delivery partner) to ensure seamless execution.
• Drive programme governance, tracking progress against milestones, risks, and dependencies to meet strict decommissioning deadlines.
• Hold stakeholders accountable, proactively resolving blockers and managing complex interdependencies across teams.
• Adapt delivery plans and approaches in response to evolving customer needs within a regulated utilities environment.

Programme Manager - Required Experience

• Demonstrated experience delivering data centre to cloud migrations across public and/or private cloud platforms (e.g., Azure).
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and manage multiple organisations simultaneously.
• Proven track record of operating effectively in high-pressure, fast-paced delivery environments with tight deadlines.
• High resilience and confidence in handling challenging conversations, escalations, and senior stakeholders.
• Self-sufficient, experienced professional who can quickly take ownership and “hit the ground running.”

Interviews: April 2026

Start Date: April 2026

How to Apply:

Apply to Gary Hargreaves at X4 Technology to learn more about the role or connect with me on LinkedIn to hear about regular job updates available with X4 Technology