IT Project Director

Responsibilities

1. Account & Stakeholder Leadership

. Serve as senior interface to customers and internal executives.

. Chair or co‑chair steering and programme governance forums, ensuring clear decisions, explicit ownership, controlled escalation

. Manage misalignment between stakeholders with different priorities (e.g. governance vs operations) and drive resolution at the correct level.

2. Delivery Intervention & Stabilisation (Critical)

. Actively intervene in delivery when execution quality is weak, specifically:

. Reframing priorities and critical path

. Improving decision clarity

. Enforcing action discipline

. Work side‑by‑side with PMs to:

. Improve meeting quality

. Upgrade steering presentations and minutes

. Strengthen follow‑up discipline

. Accountable for raising execution capability.

3. Project Manager Uplift & Governance

. Provide coaching to PMs on issue framing, situation awareness, dependency management, risk‑based prioritisation, stakeholder communication, cost control.

. Establish minimum execution standards, eg: Action logs, Steering decks, Decision tracking.

. Intervene decisively when performance creates material delivery risk.

4. Vendor & Dependency Management

. Manage high‑risk third‑party dependencies that affect milestones.

. Manage vendor escalation, deadlock resolution, contractual or commercial leverage decisions

. Provide guidance on vendor management

5. Programme Governance & Commercial Control

. Own programme‑level: Delivery confidence, Financial outcomes, Change control discipline

. Ensure governance exists to enable high quality execution.

. Protect contractual position while maintaining workable stakeholder relationships.

Requirements

. 15+ years of relevant project / programme delivery experience, with at least 5 years in a Project Director / Programme Lead or equivalent senior role. PMP certification or equivalent preferred.

. Proven leadership of large, complex, multi‑stakeholder programmes (public sector, regulated environments, or mission‑critical systems strongly preferred) on time, within budget, and in compliance with legal requirements.

. Strong leadership and management skills

. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively interact with stakeholders at all levels, including legal teams and clients.

. Experience in financial management, resource allocation, and risk management within project environments.

. Demonstrates structured and credible leadership under delivery pressure, with the ability to thrive in fast‑paced environments while consistently driving results and continuous improvement.

Licence no: 12C6060