The Role
The Cloud Migration Project Manager leads IT modernization efforts by strategizing cloud migrations, managing resources, and ensuring timely project delivery while communicating effectively with stakeholders and executives.
Summary Generated by Built In
The Cloud Migration Project Manager works closely with IT modernization consultants, cloud solution architects and cloud engineers in translating client IT strategic goals, roadmaps, and business requirements into future state architectures designed to leverage the cutting-edge functionality delivered through commercial and private cloud service providers. The Cloud Migration Project Manager will understand the adoption challenges in migrating on-prem application portfolios and will be able to bridge the gaps during the migration strategy design process.
The ideal candidate will have an established background in traditional hosted, or outsourced, transition projects for n-tier enterprise architectures. He/she will be able to direct project managers and technical resources, and will have experience using project management tools (e.g., MS Project, MS Visio), templates and processes to manage the delivery of cloud migration program/projects.
Essential Functions, Responsibilities & Duties may include, but are not limited to:
Strategy & Solution
- Deliver cloud migration strategies leveraging mass migration technology and methodologies for hosted, or outsourced, architectures with full understanding of the underlying infrastructure services and technologies
- Design migration strategies that incorporate client-specific approaches driven by business and technical requirements
Design migration strategies, taking into consideration client business and technical roadmaps, data migration approaches, training and hand-off activities required to cutover and normalize operations activities - Participate in pre-sales and business development efforts, providing writing support for proposals and presentation decks.
Migration Delivery
- Direct the implementation and configuration of migration tools from demo and pilot efforts to full-scale enterprise-level phased migrations
- Deliver migrations within schedule, scope and budget as designed in the migration strategies
- Create best practice detailed migration plans utilizing work breakdown structure to establish critical path, agreed-upon milestones/deliverables, and resource plans according to the cloud migration strategy
- Naturally drive transparency into the communication channel from engineers to executives
- Prepare executive reports and present to Senior Management (both client and internal)
- Lead identification of risks, actions, and issues through proactive communication and collaboration with stakeholders and various teams
- Lead rapid migration approaches for cloud-based solutions utilizing agile project management approaches
- Lead Steady State Hand-Off activities utilizing previous experience in service delivery management of operations support for hosted applications.
Resource Management
- Establish critical client and internal relations to navigate opposition to change using emotional intelligence and superb proactive communication skills
- Establish accountability for all key members delivering to milestones and deliverables
- Lead and evaluate project managers and other staff.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in IT
- 5+ years of recent experience in Cloud IT transition, transformation, and migration management, preferably with mass migrations technology
- Experience working with CMMI/Dev 3 processes
- Project Management Certification
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Excellent knowledge of MS Office tools
- Ability to work effectively with all levels of management and staff.
- Preferred (but not required) Skills
- Experience with using ISO9000 processes
- Agile Project Management experience (e.g., Jira/Confluence)
- AWS/MS Azure Certifications
- Cloud Management
Benefits
We do not unfairly discriminate on any ground, including race, caste, religion, color, ancestry, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, age, nationality, ethnic origin, disability or any other category protected by applicable law.
Competitive Salary
Better Growth
Work Life Balance
Skills Required
- 10+ years of experience in IT
- 5+ years of recent experience in Cloud IT transition, transformation, and migration management
- Project Management Certification
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Excellent knowledge of MS Office tools
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The Company
What We Do
Minfy Technologies is a provider of IT service suite solutions, specializing in AI cloud solutions, digital transformation, strategic advisory, modern application development, and cloud infrastructure. They act as an Applied Technology Architect and Cloud Native System Integrator, guiding businesses through digital journeys leveraging cloud and AI.
