We are seeking a highly experienced Data Migration Program / Project Manager to join the Professional Services team of one of our global clients, a worldwide leader in innovative IT and networking technologies. In this role, you will be the primary delivery lead for complex, enterprise-scale data migration initiatives, acting as the face of the company to their customers while orchestrating cross-functional teams to deliver successful, low-risk migrations.
This position requires deep end-to-end ownership of data migration programs, spanning discovery, data profiling, mapping, transformation, validation, cutover, and post-migration stabilization. You will lead initiatives involving legacy system migration, platform consolidation, and system integration, while ensuring data integrity, business continuity, and customer confidence.
This is a confident leader who can communicate clearly with customer, technical leaders, and internal stakeholders. You will report to the Program Manager.
Contract length: 6 month contract to start (extension possible)
Level: approx. a level 3 to 4 skillset (JD Attached)
- Some key attributes to make resource successful
- Telecom Experience
- Data Migration experience required
- Professional Services experience
- Managing contracts
Language: English
Key Responsibilities
Data Migration Program Leadership
- Own and drive end-to-end delivery of customer data migration programs, from initial assessment through go-live and post-migration support, ensuring scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives are met
- Develop comprehensive data migration strategies and execution plans, including migration approach, sequencing, tooling assumptions, and rollback strategies.
- Lead migration initiatives involving legacy-to-target system transitions, platform upgrades, system consolidations, and cloud migrations
Planning, Governance, and Risk Management
- Establish and maintain migration governance frameworks, including RAID logs, dependency tracking, data ownership models, and decision forums
- Proactively identify and manage data-related risks such as data quality issues, transformation defects, cutover failures, security/compliance concerns, and business disruption
- Oversee cutover planning and execution, including rehearsal migrations, downtime coordination, validation checkpoints, and business readiness
Core Data Migration Competencies
- Strong understanding of data migration lifecycles, including:
- Data profiling, mapping, cleansing, transformation, and validation
- ETL processes and tooling
- Migration testing strategies and cutover execution
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required, ideally in business management, communications, engineering or related field(s).
- Minimum 5 years of Project Management experience, preferably in professional services.
- PMP required (MBA or extensive experience in lieu of PMP).
- Excellent ability to interpret commercial documents and formulate plans accordingly.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with strong sense of personal accountability
- Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills, and experience interacting with both business and IT executive level personnel
- Strong competency of interpersonal skills, team leadership, business acumen, relationship building and conflict management.
- Strong ability to understand technical requirements and terminology to manage technical teams accordingly.
- Experience with Agile methodology, Scrum framework and SDLC process.
- Proficiency with Jira, MS Project, SharePoint and Excel
- Experience within a software company and working with tier 1 Telco’s.
- Ability and willingness to learn and incorporate new concepts and technologies.
- Ability/flexibility to work across multiple time zones.
- Ability to travel occasionally.
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Location: Canada or CALA | Remote
