Project Manager at Xcede, London, 6 Months, £500-£600 per day

Technical Project Manager - Data Segregation & Security

Location: London/Hybrid - minimum 2 days per week in the London office
Contract: Outside IR35/6 months Initial

We're looking for an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead a high-profile, enterprise-wide data segregation and security programme within a major UK media and entertainment organisation.
Following a significant business transaction, the organisation is undertaking a complex technology separation programme to logically isolate one part of the business from retained corporate and studio operations, ahead of a future divestiture.
This is a business-critical programme operating under significant regulatory scrutiny, with key audit and delivery milestones running through 2027. You'll be responsible for orchestrating the delivery of complex technical controls across a large-scale Google Workspace environment, ensuring the organisation can meet its regulatory commitments while maintaining business continuity and protecting sensitive information.
This is an opportunity for a strong Technical Project Manager to take ownership of a highly visible programme at the intersection of cloud technology, cybersecurity, data governance, regulatory compliance and business transformation.
Technical Delivery Leadership You'll lead the delivery of a number of complex technical workstreams, including:

• Restructuring a large-scale Google Workspace environment into clearly segregated organisational units.
• Implementing logical boundaries between different business entities and enforcing appropriate access and contact-lookup controls.
• Overseeing the migration and remediation of thousands of Shared Drives and associated ownership and membership structures.
• Leading the implementation of data governance and security controls, including Data Loss Prevention (DLP), Trust Rules, automated labelling and permissions remediation.
• Working closely with engineering and security specialists to ensure technical controls are implemented, tested and evidenced effectively.
• Using data, reporting and platform activity logs to monitor delivery, identify risks and validate that controls are working as intended.

Programme Governance & Delivery

You'll provide strong programme leadership while maintaining the flexibility required in a fast-moving regulatory environment.
Your responsibilities will include:

• Coordinating a small team of internal and external technical specialists.
• Establishing clear delivery plans, milestones and dependencies.
• Managing RAID logs, budgets, risks, issues and programme reporting.
• Running formal design and delivery assurance checkpoints.
• Tracking engineering priorities and adapting plans as regulatory and business requirements evolve.
• Providing clear and concise reporting to senior leadership and steering committees.
• Ensuring delivery remains focused on quality, regulatory compliance and business readiness.

Regulatory & Compliance Regulatory compliance will be central to the programme.

You'll lead the preparation and assurance activities required for a major regulatory audit milestone, including:

• Developing test scenarios and verification plans.
• Coordinating audit readiness activities across technical and business teams.
• Ensuring evidence is available to demonstrate that segregation controls are operating effectively.
• Validating cross-business access restrictions across services including Google Drive, Chat, Gemini, NotebookLM, Calendar and Google Vault.
• Working closely with Cyber Security, Data Privacy and Legal teams to ensure the programme meets regulatory and governance expectations.

Stakeholder Management
This is a highly collaborative role requiring you to work across multiple functions and organisations.
You'll build effective relationships with:

• Cyber Security
• Data Privacy
• Legal
• Group Technology
• Workplace/Collaboration Technology
• Engineering teams
• Senior business stakeholders
• External implementation partners
• Technical teams representing external counterparties

You'll be comfortable communicating with both highly technical specialists and senior executives, translating complex technology and security concepts into clear business language.

We're looking for a high-calibre Technical Project Manager who is comfortable taking ownership of complex, high-stakes technology programmes.

Essential Experience You'll ideally have:

• 5+ years' experience in Technical Project Management, delivering complex enterprise technology programmes.
• Proven experience delivering productivity-suite migrations, tenant separations, logical data segregation or complex technology separation programmes.
• Strong experience with Google Workspace and/or Microsoft 365 at enterprise scale.
• Hands-on project experience involving Data Loss Prevention (DLP), information governance, data security and regulatory compliance.
• Strong understanding of cloud-based data security, access control, permissions management and unstructured data.
• Experience working within highly regulated or audit-driven environments.
• Experience managing internal engineering teams, external suppliers and third-party technology partners.

Experience with some or all of the following would be highly advantageous:

• Google Workspace administration and architecture
• Google Drive and Shared Drives
• Google Workspace Trust Rules
• Organisational Units and Dynamic Groups
• DLP and information protection
• Metadata and data classification
• Google Vault
• BigQuery activity and audit reporting
• Automation and scripting
• GDPR/data protection
• Enterprise identity and access management

Delivery & Project Management

You should have experience using modern delivery and collaboration tools, ideally including:

• Jira
• Planview AdaptiveWork
• Miro
• BigQuery reporting/analytics

A recognised project management qualification such as PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, AgilePM or Scrum Master is required.
A Google Workspace Administrator certification would be advantageous, although strong practical experience will also be considered.

You'll Be Someone Who

• Thrives in high-pressure, high-profile technology programmes.
• Is comfortable working against fixed regulatory and audit deadlines.
• Can take ownership and drive delivery without needing constant direction.
• Brings strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Can move comfortably between strategic programme thinking and detailed technical delivery.
• Communicates confidently with engineers, security specialists, business stakeholders and C-level executives.
• Can simplify complex technical and regulatory issues for non-technical audiences.
• Is highly organised and comfortable managing multiple dependencies and competing priorities.
• Is proactive, pragmatic and solutions-focused.
• Sets high standards for quality and delivery.
• Can motivate technical teams and bring people together around a common objective.