MA&D Senior IT Infrastructure Project Manager at Harvey Nash, Birmingham, £600 per day

MA&D Senior IT Infrastructure Project Manager

£600 per day | Outside IR35 | Birmingham | 6-Month Contract

Working Pattern: 2 days per week onsite

The Opportunity

We’re seeking an experienced MA&D Senior IT Infrastructure Project Manager to lead critical infrastructure separation and transition activities across multiple active Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures (MA&D) programmes.

This is a hands-on delivery role focused on completing infrastructure separation activities, coordinating site migrations and ensuring Day 1 operational readiness with minimal disruption to the business.

You’ll work alongside established programme leads, taking ownership of separation deliverables and coordinating matrixed teams across infrastructure, applications, security and business systems. Key priorities include weekend site cutovers, Transition Service Agreement (TSA) management and the successful delivery of technology separation milestones.

The ideal candidate will have a strong IT infrastructure project management background, proven experience in divestitures and carve-outs, and the technical understanding needed to drive delivery across complex enterprise environments.

Key Responsibilities

Divestitures, Carve-Outs and Site Migrations

• Lead infrastructure separation activities across multiple active divestiture programmes.
• Coordinate site migrations and weekend cutovers, ensuring successful implementation with minimal business disruption.
• Drive Day 1 operational readiness and deliver critical separation milestones.
• Coordinate infrastructure, applications, security and business systems teams.
• Manage transition activities through to TSA exit and operational handover.

Transition Service Agreements (TSA)

• Manage TSA infrastructure service requests, governance and transition activities.
• Develop and coordinate Statements of Work (SoWs) for transition and transformation requests.
• Oversee SoW delivery, milestones, dependencies and outstanding actions.
• Support TSA governance, service reporting and stakeholder communications.
• Maintain accurate, timely and auditable documentation of decisions, risks and deliverables.

Project Management and Governance

• Own project plans, schedules, risks, issues, dependencies and delivery milestones.
• Coordinate technical resources across multiple infrastructure and support teams.
• Provide concise, accurate progress reports to programme leads and senior stakeholders.
• Facilitate governance meetings, resolve delivery blockers and escalate risks appropriately.
• Ensure delivery aligns with established methodologies, governance frameworks and programme objectives.
• Manage implementation plans, migration runbooks, cutover schedules, testing, go/no-go decisions and post-migration hypercare.

Infrastructure Delivery

Coordinate infrastructure separation and migration activities across areas including:

• Enterprise networking: LAN/WAN, SD-WAN, connectivity, firewalls and telecommunications.
• Cloud infrastructure: Microsoft Azure and AWS.
• Microsoft 365, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online and Microsoft Teams.
• Active Directory, Microsoft Entra ID and identity management.
• Windows Server, VMware, storage and backup solutions.
• Data centre migrations, site closures and infrastructure consolidation.
• Cybersecurity, network segregation and end-user computing.
• DNS, DHCP, IP address management and connectivity transitions.

Skills and Experience Required

• Proven experience as a Senior IT Infrastructure Project Manager within complex enterprise environments.
• Demonstrable experience leading M&A, divestitures, carve-outs and technology separation programmes.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure separation, site migrations and Day 1 readiness.
• Experience managing TSAs, including governance, service requests, Statements of Work and transition activities.
• Credible technical understanding across enterprise infrastructure, networking, cloud platforms, identity and Microsoft technologies.
• Experience coordinating matrixed teams across infrastructure, applications, security, operations and business systems.
• Strong project governance, risk management, stakeholder engagement and progress reporting skills.
• Experience managing weekend cutovers, migration runbooks, implementation schedules and hypercare.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently with technical teams and senior business stakeholders.
• A structured, delivery-focused approach with strong attention to detail and documentation.

Desirable Experience

• Global enterprise infrastructure programmes.
• Large-scale Microsoft 365 tenant and identity migrations.
• Data centre migrations, site closures and consolidations.
• Hybrid cloud and network transformation initiatives.
• Vendor management, budget tracking and infrastructure Statements of Work.
• Experience within large, complex or multinational organisations.
• Project management qualifications such as PMP or PRINCE2; ITIL knowledge would also be beneficial.

Contract Details

• Role: MA&D Senior IT Infrastructure Project Manager
• Location: Birmingham
• Working Pattern: 2 days per week onsite
• Day Rate: £600
• IR35 Status: Outside IR35
• Duration: 6 months

Interested?

If you’re an experienced IT Infrastructure Project Manager with a strong track record in M&A, divestitures, carve-outs and TSA delivery, this is an opportunity to lead critical separation activities across multiple active programmes.

Get in touch to discuss the opportunity and find out more.