Application System Integration Project Manager

Delivery Manager - Application Systems Integration

We are looking for an experienced Delivery Manager - Systems Integration for an initial 3-month contract within a complex technology environment. This is a hands-on contract role with responsibility for three key integration workstreams:

• Running and delivering systems and application integration projects.
• Managing the day-to-day pipeline of integration tickets and associated delivery priorities.
• Managing the migration of the integration platform from Boomi to Redpanda.

The environment involves demanding projects, competing priorities and complex technical dependencies. You will need to be comfortable taking ownership, understanding what is happening at a technical delivery level and driving work through to completion. As this is a contract position, we are specifically looking for someone who can demonstrate in-depth, hands-on experience as a Delivery Manager or Project Manager delivering systems and application integration projects.

Location: London / Hybrid - 2 days per week onsite
Contract: 3 months
Rate: c. £600 per day - Inside IR35
Start: ASAP

What You'll Be Doing

• Take responsibility for three concurrent integration workstreams, ensuring priorities, resources and dependencies are effectively managed.
• Own and drive systems and application integration projects from planning through to go-live and BAU.
• Manage the day-to-day pipeline of integration tickets, ensuring work is prioritised, progressed and delivered effectively.
• Manage the migration of the integration platform from Boomi to Redpanda.
• Manage integration delivery across middleware platforms, APIs, cloud and legacy systems.
• Coordinate developers, engineers, architects, business stakeholders and third-party suppliers.
• Manage delivery through the full SDLC, including requirements, design, development, testing, deployment and operational handover.
• Identify and actively manage technical risks, issues and dependencies.
• Anticipate potential delivery problems and ensure appropriate mitigation is in place.
• Escalate significant risks and issues at the right time, with clear impact and recommended actions.
• Maintain delivery plans and provide clear visibility of progress across all three workstreams.
• Ensure lessons and root causes from previous integrations inform future delivery.

What We're Looking For In-depth, proven hands-on experience as a Delivery Manager or Project Manager delivering systems and application integration projects.

• Demonstrable experience personally owning and delivering complex and demanding integration projects.
• Experience managing multiple integration workstreams and competing priorities simultaneously.
• Experience working with middleware or integration platforms within cloud-based environments.
• Good practical understanding of APIs, middleware, integration patterns and technical dependencies.
• Experience managing integration delivery through the full SDLC.
• Experience of integration platform migrations would be highly desirable.
• Boomi and/or Redpanda experience would be advantageous but is not essential.
• Legacy integration experience would be valuable.
• Strong risk, issue and dependency management skills.
• Ability to understand technical delivery risks without needing to be a developer.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across technical teams, the business, senior stakeholders and suppliers.
• Good judgement - able to take ownership of problems while recognising when an issue needs escalating.

About You . You are an experienced integration Delivery or Project Manager who understands what is really happening across your projects - not simply whether milestones are red or green. You will be comfortable managing demanding projects and multiple priorities simultaneously. You'll know where the key risks and dependencies sit, what problems may be coming, what is being done to mitigate them and when stakeholders need to be involved. Most importantly, you will be able to demonstrate that you have personally owned and delivered complex systems and application integration projects. This is not a PMO or governance-focused role; we need someone with genuine hands-on integration delivery experience who can quickly take ownership and drive delivery.

Please send your CV to Simon Dunscombe at (url removed).

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