Overview
Lab49 is an award-winning specialist consultancy that creates bespoke technology solutions for the world's leading financial services firms. We are seeking a Cloud Migration Project Manager to lead and deliver large-scale cloud transformation initiatives, working closely with engineering, infrastructure, security, and business stakeholders.
The ideal candidate will have a strong track record of managing complex cloud migration programs, driving execution across cross-functional teams, and ensuring successful delivery within scope, budget, and timeline expectations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end delivery of enterprise cloud migration projects, from initiation through post-migration stabilization.
- Develop and manage project plans, timelines, resource allocation, budgets, risks, and dependencies.
- Partner with stakeholders to define migration strategies, roadmaps, and execution plans aligned with business objectives.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams across Infrastructure, Application Development, Security, Networking, DevOps, and Operations.
- Manage application and data migration activities to AWS cloud environments.
- Drive dependency tracking, cutover planning, testing coordination, and go-live execution.
- Monitor project progress, identify risks and issues proactively, and implement mitigation strategies.
- Ensure adherence to security, compliance, governance, and quality standards throughout the migration lifecycle.
- Facilitate Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and stakeholder reviews.
- Track and report project KPIs, milestones, deliverables, and overall program health.
- Manage vendor relationships and coordinate third-party resources where applicable.
- Provide regular executive-level status updates, escalation management, and strategic recommendations.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives and contribute to cloud transformation best practices.
Required Skills & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
- 8+ years of project or program management experience, including leading enterprise technology initiatives.
- Proven experience delivering AWS cloud migration and cloud transformation programs.
- Strong understanding of AWS services, cloud architecture concepts, and migration methodologies.
- Experience coordinating large-scale, cross-functional technology teams.
- Demonstrated expertise in project planning, risk management, stakeholder management, and dependency tracking.
- Experience managing application migration, infrastructure modernization, and cloud adoption initiatives.
- Strong knowledge of Agile delivery methodologies and project governance frameworks.
- Excellent communication,