About the Role
Project Manager - CRM & Digital Membership Platform Implementation c£425 a day outside IR35 London - Approx. 3 days per week onsite during Discovery and early implementation phases of the programme.
We're on the hunt for an experienced Project Manager to manage the full end to end delivery of a new CRM / digital membership platform implementation.
This is a governance, commercial control and delivery assurance role rather than a technical build position and the successful candidate will ensure the programme is delivered within agreed scope, cost and risk tolerances, with disciplined management of requirements, supplier performance, contractual controls and structured transition into BAU support.
Purpose of the Role
To manage the end-to-end delivery plan from Discovery through to go-live and warranty completion, ensuring:
Requirements are clearly defined and locked prior to build
Scope and change control are tightly managed
Costs and commercial risk are controlled
Implementation defects are resolved within warranty
Support hours are not inappropriately consumed
Formal acceptance and structured handover into BAU is achieved
Key Responsibilities
Manage the full delivery lifecycle from Discovery to warranty completion
Validate Discovery outputs and functional specifications
Oversee integrations and maintain a cross-supplier dependency register
Define and manage data migration, validation, reconciliation and cutover planning
Lead UAT, defect management and formal sign-off
Coordinate internal stakeholder input at each stage
Manage supplier performance against MSA, SoW and SLA commitments
Control change requests and prevent scope drift
Maintain structured risk, issue and decision logs
Provide clear governance reporting to ExCo and Board
Manage service transition into BAU support
Experience Required
8+ years delivering CRM, membership platform or SaaS transformation programmes
Strong client-side Project Management experience
Demonstrable experience operating within MSA / SoW / SLA contractual frameworks
Commercially astute, with experience managing fixed-price and time-and-materials risk
Comfortable operating at Executive and Board level
Membership, education or not-for-profit sector experience desirable