Job Title: Project Manager – Data Migration Location: Middletown, PA (Hybrid) Duration; Long Term
Note: Hybrid work environment is expected to be primarily remote off-site with one or two week per month on-site in Middletown, PA; varying with project needs.
Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Project Manager with strong Data Migration experience to lead and manage end-to-end data migration initiatives. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record managing complex enterprise data migration projects, coordinating cross-functional teams, managing project timelines and risks, and ensuring successful migration with minimal business disruption.
The Project Manager will work closely with business stakeholders, technical teams, data architects, application teams, vendors, and leadership to plan, execute, monitor, and deliver data migration activities.
Key Responsibilities
Lead end-to-end data migration projects, from planning and assessment through migration, validation, cutover, and post-migration support.
Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and resource plans.
Coordinate with Data Migration, ETL, Data Architecture, Application, QA, Business, Infrastructure, and Production Support teams.
Define migration scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines, and success criteria.
Manage migration activities including data extraction, transformation, cleansing, mapping, validation, reconciliation, loading, and cutover.
Coordinate multiple migration waves and ensure readiness for each migration cycle.
Establish and track data migration milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, issues, and action items.
Work with technical teams to monitor ETL/data migration development and testing progress.
Coordinate SIT, UAT, mock migrations, dress rehearsals, production migration, and post-migration validation.
Ensure data quality, completeness, accuracy, and reconciliation requirements are met before production cutover.
Develop and manage cutover plans, rollback plans, migration runbooks, and contingency plans.
Identify project risks and proactively develop mitigation and contingency strategies.
Required Qualifications
8+ years of experience in IT Project Management, with significant experience managing Data Migration projects.
Proven experience leading enterprise-scale data migration or application modernization initiatives.
Strong understanding of the data migration lifecycle, including extraction, transformation, cleansing, mapping, validation, reconciliation, loading, and cutover.
Experience managing multiple migration waves and complex dependencies.
Experience coordinating technical teams including Data Engineers, ETL Developers, Data Architects, QA, Business Analysts, and Application teams.
Strong experience with project planning, risk management, issue management, dependency tracking, and stakeholder management.
Experience with Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid project methodologies.
Strong communication, leadership, presentation, and problem-solving skills.
Experience working with distributed onshore/offshore teams.
Preferred Certifications
PMP
PMI-ACP
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
SAFe certification
ITIL certification
Numbers & Facts
Location
Middletown, PA
Skills
Acceptance Testingunmatched
Agile Programming Methodologiesunmatched
Business Analysisunmatched
Calendar Managementunmatched
Certified ScrumMasterunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Contingency Plansunmatched
Cross-Functionalunmatched
Data Managementunmatched
Data Migrationunmatched
Data Qualityunmatched
Database Extract Transform and Load (ETL)unmatched
ITIL (IT Infrastructure Library)unmatched
Leadershipunmatched
Offshoringunmatched
Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
Production Supportunmatched
Project Management Professional (PMP)unmatched
Project Planningunmatched
Project Scheduleunmatched
Project/Program Coordinationunmatched
Project/Program Managementunmatched
Quality Assuranceunmatched
Reconciliationunmatched
Risk Analysisunmatched
Risk Managementunmatched
Scrum Project Management and Software Developmentunmatched
Software Testingunmatched
System Migrationunmatched
Team Lead/Managerunmatched
Team Playerunmatched
Technical Leadershipunmatched
Test Plan/Scheduleunmatched
Time Managementunmatched
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