Michelle Sutherland

Principal Programme Manager Duration: Initial 6 MonthsRate: Up to £700 per day Outside IR 35Location: Remote first, with face-time expectation and some travel to sites We're supporting the search for a Principal Programme Manager on behalf of a client who is building hyperscale AI infrastructure. Vertically integrated across land, power, compute, and software, with sites across Europe and North America, a multi-gigawatt power pipeline, and status as an NVIDIA Cloud Partner, this business serves sovereign AI factories, a global AI cloud, and hyperscalers at giga-scale. They're standing up a dedicated PMO — and this hire will be the founding member for the PMO function. You'll run live cluster deployments from day one while building the standards, reporting, and team that scale delivery across the whole portfolio. The role will own:The master schedule linking data centre, hardware, and software buildsDelivery from order through handover to operationsWeekly reporting and a live RAID log for leadershipCoordination across OEMs, data centre operators, and other partnersThe PMO itself — standards, tooling, and team as it scalesWhat we're looking for:A strong track record delivering large, multi-vendor infrastructure or data centre programmesClear, plain reporting and strong prioritization (order of operations before dates)PMO-building experience, or the readiness for it

Software Engineer – AI Developer Tooling | Galway (Hybrid)Galway, Ireland | Hybrid (1 week per month in office, moving to onsite in new year)Duration: Initial 12-months Contract Rate: Up to €500 per day We're looking for a Software Engineer to join an innovative Developer Workflows team, building AI-powered coding agents and developer tools that improve software quality and engineering productivity across the business.What You'll Need8+ years' experience overall 2+ years' software development experience.Strong coding skills in Python, Java, or Node.js.Experience with GitHub, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or similar AI coding assistants.Good understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and CI/CD.Experience building and maintaining production applications.Nice to HaveExperience building GenAI or agentic workflows.Knowledge of prompt/context engineering and LLMs.Cloud experience (AWS, Azure, or GCP).This is an exciting opportunity to help shape the future of AI-assisted software development by building tools that enable engineers to code, test, and deploy more efficiently.Interested? Apply today or get in touch to learn more.

IT Transformation – Capability & Workforce Planning LeadHybrid | Reading or Glasgow (50% office-based)Initial 6-month contract£700–£850 per day (Inside IR35) I’m currently recruiting for an experienced IT Transformation – Capability & Workforce Planning Lead to join a major transformation programme. This is a senior role focused on shaping the future capability, structure and ways of working across a large IT organisation of around 950 people. You’ll play a key role in defining the skills, roles and workforce strategy needed to support the organisation’s future IT vision.Key areas of focus include: • Designing and implementing enterprise-wide IT job families aligned to SFIA • Creating career pathways and role frameworks across IT • Leading capability assessments to identify current and future skills gaps • Developing strategic workforce plans and capability improvement initiatives • Supporting operating model and organisation design changes • Working closely with senior IT leaders, HR and Learning & Development teams • Driving engagement and adoption of new ways of workingWe’re looking for someone with:Strong experience in IT transformation, workforce planning or capability developmentProven experience assessing organisational capability and translating insights into actionExperience working with senior stakeholders and influencing at leadership levelKnowledge of skills frameworks, career architecture and operating modelsStrong analytical, communication and stakeholder management skillsThis is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys working at the intersection of technology, people and organisational change, helping shape a modern, high-performing IT function.If you’re interested in hearing more, please get in touch for a confidential conversation.

IAM Platform Delivery & Operations Lead (Contract)Location: Dublin, IrelandWorking Model: Hybrid (currently 1 week in 4 onsite, with an expectation of moving to full-time onsite in the future)Contract: Initial 6-month with extensionRate: Up to €390 per day We're looking for an experienced IAM Platform Delivery & Operations Lead to join a large Enterprise Cybersecurity team supporting critical IAM platforms. This is a delivery-focused role where you'll coordinate platform delivery, manage releases, prioritise work across multiple engineering teams, and help drive improvements in platform resilience, automation, and operational excellence.Key ResponsibilitiesOwn and prioritise the platform backlog.Coordinate releases across multiple IAM engineering teams.Lead Agile ceremonies and maintain delivery momentum.Manage production releases and change processes.Track risks, dependencies, and delivery progress.Support platform improvements focused on automation, resilience, security, and operational efficiency.Coordinate work across a small team of cloud and platform engineers (no direct people management).About YouYou'll have experience delivering cloud platform or infrastructure projects within a large, complex enterprise environment and be comfortable working with globally distributed teams.You'll also bring:Cloud platform experience (Azure preferred, AWS considered)Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/OpenTofu preferred)Release management and Agile delivery experienceCI/CD knowledge and tools such as JenkinsExperience with Virtual Machines and Kubernetes (AKS preferred)Jira, Confluence and ServiceNow experienceExcellent stakeholder management and delivery coordination skillsThis is an excellent opportunity to play a key role in modernising enterprise IAM platforms through automation, standardisation, and cloud engineering best practices.

Strategic Partner Manager – Gaming Partnerships (EMEA)Location: London, Hybrid - 3 days per week onsite Contract: Initial 12-Month ContractRate: Up to £350 per day PAYEOur client is seeking an experienced Strategic Partner Manager to manage and grow relationships with leading game developers across the EMEA region. You'll help partners maximise platform success, drive adoption of new features, and work closely with internal teams to influence product development and deliver strategic growth.Key ResponsibilitiesBuild and manage strategic partnerships with game developers.Drive platform adoption and partner growth.Provide strategic guidance and act as a trusted advisor.Collaborate with Product, Engineering, Marketing and Finance teams.Analyse performance data and identify new business opportunities.Represent the business in meetings with senior partner stakeholders.Requirements8+ years' experience in Business Development, Partner or Account Management.Strong stakeholder management and commercial skills.Experience working cross-functionally in fast-paced environments.Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.Knowledge of the gaming industry is highly desirable.PreferredExperience managing strategic gaming partnerships.Degree in Business, Economics, Commerce or similar (or equivalent experience).

AI Data Engineer Snowflake & Python | 12-Month Contract | Remote (EU) Location: Remote (EU) Contract: 12 Months Rate: Up to €300/day We're looking for an experienced AI Data Engineer to join an exciting project, building scalable data pipelines and machine learning solutions within a Snowflake environment. Key SkillsStrong Python (Data Engineering & Machine Learning)Snowflake (SQL, Snowpark, Streams, Tasks, Snowpipe)Data ingestion pipelines & ETLML model development and deployment (scikit-learn, XGBoost, LightGBM)Feature engineering & ML-ready datasetsProduction monitoring, retraining & data qualityNice to HaveTime series modelling and forecastingAzure Data LakeMicrosoft FabricThis is a fantastic opportunity to work on AI-driven data solutions in a modern cloud environment with a fully remote, long-term contract. Apply now if you're an experienced AI Data Engineer looking for your next challenge.

Senior Principal EngineerGalway, fully onsite | Up to €515/dayWe’re seeking a Senior Principal Engineer to join a high-impact team. This role sits at the intersection of data engineering, analytics, and cloud technology, supporting investment teams with scalable data solutions and advanced insights.Key ResponsibilitiesDesign and optimize scalable data architectures and pipelinesProcess and analyse large structured and unstructured datasetsBuild and support cloud-based (AWS) data solutionsCollaborate with engineers, data scientists, and investment teamsContribute to AI/ML and LLM-driven workflowsKey Requirements6+ years in enterprise development / data engineeringStrong experience with RDBMS, data modelling, and ETL pipelinesProficiency in Python (or Java/C# with willingness to cross-train)Experience with AWS, Snowflake, S3, Oracle, PL/SQLSolid understanding of data structures and scalable systemsApply now or get in touch to learn more.

Senior Principal EngineerGalway, fully onsite | Up to €515/dayWe’re seeking a Senior Principal Engineer to join a high-impact team. This role sits at the intersection of data engineering, analytics, and cloud technology, supporting investment teams with scalable data solutions and advanced insights.Key ResponsibilitiesDesign and optimize scalable data architectures and pipelinesProcess and analyse large structured and unstructured datasetsBuild and support cloud-based (AWS) data solutionsCollaborate with engineers, data scientists, and investment teamsContribute to AI/ML and LLM-driven workflowsKey Requirements6+ years in enterprise development / data engineeringStrong experience with RDBMS, data modelling, and ETL pipelinesProficiency in Python (or Java/C# with willingness to cross-train)Experience with AWS, Snowflake, S3, Oracle, PL/SQLSolid understanding of data structures and scalable systemsApply now or get in touch to learn more.