We are looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead a large-scale Application-to-Cloud Migration Program for a leading European energy client. You will be responsible for driving end-to-end delivery across multiple migration waves, ensuring successful execution, governance, stakeholder alignment, and business outcomes.
This is a strategic role requiring strong programme leadership, cloud transformation expertise, and experience managing complex enterprise environments involving multiple stakeholders and vendors.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end delivery of large-scale cloud migration and transformation programmes.
- Manage programme governance, planning, execution, and delivery tracking.
- Drive migration wave planning and ensure readiness across all project phases.
- Manage risks, issues, escalations, and dependencies.
- Coordinate activities across customer teams, infrastructure teams, application teams, AMS teams, and third-party vendors.
- Provide executive-level stakeholder management and regular programme reporting.
- Ensure successful execution of migration lifecycle phases including Analysis, Concept, Pre-Onboarding, Onboarding, and Handover.
- Oversee project financials, resource planning, and vendor governance.
- Facilitate steering committee discussions and programme review meetings.
- Support Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies.
Required Skills & Experience
- 10+ years of IT delivery experience.
- Minimum 5+ years managing large-scale cloud migration or transformation programmes.
- Proven experience in DC-to-Cloud Migration projects.
- Strong expertise in:
- Programme & Project Management
- Executive Stakeholder Management
- Risk & Escalation Management
- Migration Wave Planning
- Financial & Resource Governance
- Vendor & Multi-Provider Management
- Agile / Waterfall Delivery Management
- Steering Committee Management
- ITIL Governance
- Excellent communication and leadership skills.
- Fluent English and German (B2/C1 minimum).
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with Azure Transformation Programmes.
- Cloud Factory migration lifecycle experience.
- Experience managing enterprise cloud migration initiatives.
- Strong customer-facing and consulting background.
Certifications
One or more of the following certifications is highly desirable:
- PMP
- PRINCE2
- IPMA Level C
- ITIL Foundation / ITIL v4