IT Project Manager (BOXI / BusinessObjects) - #2091152

Role: Senior IT Project Manager

Location: Birmingham (Hybrid – 2 Days On-site Weekly)

Salary: £47,000 - £56,500

Contract: 12 Month Fixed-Term

Network IT are working with a leading and highly respected organisation to recruit a Senior IT Project Manager. This is a key opportunity to deliver large-scale, business-critical technology and data initiatives within a complex, fast-evolving digital environment.

You will play a central role in driving forward major transformation programmes, particularly around data strategy, cloud migration, enterprise reporting, and the decommissioning of SAP BusinessObjects (BOXI), ensuring continuity and stability during periods of significant system change.

This opportunity is a 12-Month Fixed-Term arrangement, please only apply if you can accommodate to this.

Additionally, you will be required to commute to Birmingham twice a week. Please only apply if this commute is suitable.

Role Overview

As a Senior IT Project Manager, you will lead the delivery of large, complex, and strategically important programmes, working across IT Services and wider business functions.

A key focus of this role will be supporting the transition away from legacy reporting platforms, including SAP BusinessObjects (BOXI), ensuring continuity of critical reporting while enabling modern, cloud-based analytics capabilities.

You will operate with a high degree of autonomy, managing multiple workstreams while maintaining a clear focus on delivery, governance, and stakeholder engagement. This role requires someone who thrives in fast-paced, high-pressure environments, capable of balancing competing priorities while maintaining quality and control.

You will combine strong technical awareness with excellent project delivery expertise, particularly within data, reporting, and analytics environments, ensuring risks are managed proactively and stakeholders remain confident throughout the delivery lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of large-scale and multiple concurrent IT projects, ensuring outcomes are delivered on time, within budget, and to quality standards
• Manage projects supporting enterprise reporting transformation, including the decommissioning of SAP BusinessObjects (BOXI)
• Develop and manage end-to-end project plans, scope, milestones, and success criteria
• Oversee project governance, reporting, and risk management, maintaining clear visibility of progress and issues
• Manage resources, budgets, and interdependencies across complex project portfolios
• Engage and influence stakeholders across IT, Professional Services, and senior leadership
• Establish and maintain effective communication and reporting strategies
• Ensure continuity of business-critical reporting outputs during system and data platform transitions
• Drive data-led decision-making, ensuring reporting capabilities align with business needs
• Contribute to continuous improvement of project management practices and governance frameworks

Essential Skills & Experience

• Proven experience delivering large-scale, complex IT projects or programmes
• Formal Project Management certification (PRINCE2, MSP, APM or equivalent)
• Strong understanding of data, reporting, and analytics environments
• Experience managing multiple concurrent projects, budgets, and dependencies
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and engage at all levels
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, with experience managing risk and ambiguity
• Experience working in fast-paced, high-pressure delivery environments
• Strong communication skills, able to present clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Proven ability to lead and motivate teams, managing performance and delivery outcomes
• Highly organised, self-motivated, and able to prioritise effectively under pressure

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Experience working with SAP BusinessObjects (BOXI), particularly within reporting or data transformation programmes
• Experience supporting legacy system decommissioning projects
• Exposure to cloud-based data platforms and modern analytics tools