Senior Project Manager - Data Centre
Computacenter AG & Co. oHG Greater London, England, United Kingdom
About the role
Lead the full lifecycle delivery of complex infrastructure and cloud platform projects from initiation to closure. Manage project scope, budget, timelines, and stakeholder relationships while ensuring alignment with architects and engineering teams.
What they look for
Requirements
Requires proven experience in delivering IT infrastructure and cloud platform projects, specifically with VMware virtualized environments. Candidates must hold project management certifications such as Prince2 or Agile and possess strong financial and contractual management skills.
Full description
Location: UK - Manchester, UK - Birmingham, UK - Leeds, UK - London, UK - Milton Keynes, UK - Nottingham, UK - Sheffield | Job-ID: 220530 | Contract type: | Business Unit: Project Management
Life on the team
Computacenter’s Group Professional Services (GPS) brings together Engineering, Consultancy, and Project Management expertise to deliver innovative solutions for global brands. With over 4,200 professionals across three continents, we drive digital transformation in a fast-paced, evolving landscape.
As a Data Centre Senior Project Manager, you’ll lead complex, high-risk projects or major workstreams within larger programmes. You’ll ensure successful delivery from planning through to completion, managing scope, budget, and timelines while maintaining strong customer relationships.
You will also have proven experience of working with virtualisation technologies inc. VMware.
What you’ll do
- Lead full lifecycle delivery of infrastructure and cloud platform projects (initiation through to closure)
- Deliver end-to-end complex projects or lead a medium size portfolio
- Work closely with architects, engineers, and cloud teams to ensure alignment on design and delivery
- Build and manage project teams
- Control risks, issues, dependencies, and change
- Support solution design and sales cycles
- Maintain positive stakeholder relationships
- Ensure projects meet financial and quality targets
What you’ll need
- Proven experience delivering IT infrastructure and cloud platform projects
- Hands-on experience managing VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) upgrades or similar virtualised environments
- Strong understanding of enterprise data centre technologies and hybrid cloud architecture
- Project management accreditation (Prince2, Agile)
- Strong leadership and influencing skills
- Excellent communication and relationship-building abilities
- Familiarity with latest technologies and ability to explain benefits, including VMware stack: vSphere, ESXi, vSAN, NSX
- Strong financial and contractual management skills
- SC clearance or the ability to gain relevant clearances
About us
Computacenter is a leading independent provider of IT infrastructure services, with about 21,000 employees worldwide. We work at the heart of digitisation, advising organisations on IT strategy, implementing the most appropriate technology and managing our customers’ infrastructures.
We offer a friendly, open working environment without too much fuss about hierarchy. We are looking for professionals with diverse competencies, personalities and strengths who want to live our shared value of teamwork and performance.
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