Interim Website Migration Project Lead (Outside IR35)

Contract to run until April 2026
Rate - £350 to £450 per day
Working pattern - full-time, Hybrid. Welwyn Garden City. 2 to 3 days per week onsite

Some projects are big enough that you instinctively know they will stretch you in all the right ways. This falls firmly into that category.

An organisation with a large national footprint is consolidating dozens of independent websites into one unified platform. It is a sizeable migration. Multiple brands. Multiple domains. A mixture of legacy journeys and inconsistent content. The foundations have been laid and the next phase needs someone who knows how to bring order and structure to complex digital work.

Wireframes are complete. The sitemap is outlined and nearly over the line. Agencies are in place, including a web development agency and an SEO consultancy. What is missing is a steady hand to take the project from planning into delivery.

What you will be steering

You will lead the implementation phase. That means coordinating developers, guiding content work, managing redirects, shaping the workflow, testing each build and holding the project to a sensible rhythm.

You will be central to the migration of every legacy site onto a single platform. There is SEO content to refine. Visual assets to organise. Structure to validate. Redirection maps to build. User journeys to test and retest. The work is varied and detailed and calls for someone who enjoys making complicated things behave predictably.

The role does not need a deep engineer. There is already a CIO handling the technical depth. What you’ll bring is the ability to understand how all the pieces fit together and to manage a programme where timelines, quality, clarity and communication really matter.

What makes this role interesting

You will join at exactly the point where the project becomes real. The thinking has been done. Now it needs someone who can turn the blueprint into a working platform that feels consistent, intuitive and ready for scale. If you like being in the thick of delivery, you will enjoy this.

You will also have the freedom to put your stamp on the workflow, the pace, the testing structure and the way stakeholders stay aligned.

What you will bring

• Strong evidenced experience leading website migrations, rebuilds or multi-site digital projects
• A solid grasp of SEO principles, content structure, 301 redirects and user journey mapping
• The ability to bring together developers, content specialists and internal stakeholders without friction
• A methodical mindset and a habit of catching issues early
• Confidence making decisions and guiding a large project through delivery
• Availability to be onsite in Welwyn Garden City two or three days a week

If you prefer leading complex digital work rather than simply observing it, this project will give you plenty to get stuck into. To explore it further, make contact and we can talk through the detail.

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Colin Doree
Recruiter | Blue Pelican
01892 507122