Program Manager - Cloud Transition

Talent Street; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Talent Street in Melbourne or Sydney is seeking a seasoned Program Manager to own a master migration program, from strategy to scaled execution, as enterprises move from legacy systems to cloud-based solutions.

You will lead MVP validation, design end-to-end automation, governance, and training programs, coordinating product, engineering, onboarding, and client success teams across a multi-year roadmap.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering complex, large-scale technology migration or transformation programs.
• Strong background in cloud platform transitions, SaaS migrations, or enterprise system change programs.
• Excellent cross-functional stakeholder management and governance design skills.
• Experience building migration playbooks, operating models, and automation strategies from scratch.
• Comfortable working across product, engineering, commercial, and client-facing teams simultaneously.
• Strong communication and program planning skills, with the ability to manage risk and build momentum across a multi-year timeline.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end migration program from strategy to scaled execution.
• Design automation strategy for data conversion and config migration.
• Establish governance structures and cross-functional cadences.
• Partner with onboarding to design scaled training and change management.
• Prioritize migrations based on complexity and commercial profile.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and client success teams.

Skills

Program management

Cloud migrations

Stakeholder governance

Automation strategy

Change management

Training design

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Data migration tooling

Configuration automation

Job description

Large-scale cloud migrations don't run themselves — they need a seasoned Program Manager who can turn complexity into momentum.

THE ROLE

Our client is embarking on a major multi-year cloud transition, migrating clients from a legacy platform to a modern cloud-based solution. This is a permanent opportunity based in Melbourne or Sydney, offering the chance to own the master migration program from strategy through to scaled execution.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

• Lead MVP validation with representative legacy clients, partnering with product and engineering to confirm platform fit and identify capability gaps before full-scale rollout
• Design the end-to-end automation strategy covering data conversion, configuration migration, and at-scale client training to eliminate manual effort across client migrations
• Build the migration operating model
• Define technical readiness requirements with engineering, including automation tooling, testing frameworks, and quality gates required before launch
• Establish and run governance structures (steering committees, working groups) and regular cadences to keep product, engineering, onboarding, and client success teams aligned
• Partner with onboarding to design a scaled training and change management program
• Lead client segmentation and sequencing in collaboration with client success, prioritising migrations based on configuration complexity, relationship strength, and commercial profile

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

• Proven experience delivering complex, large-scale technology migration or transformation programs
• Strong background in cloud platform transitions, SaaS migrations, or enterprise system change programs
• Excellent cross-functional stakeholder management and governance design skills
• Experience building migration playbooks, operating models, and automation strategies from scratch
• Comfortable working across product, engineering, commercial, and client-facing teams simultaneously
• Strong communication and program planning skills, with the ability to manage risk and build momentum across a multi-year timeline

NICE TO HAVE

• Experience with scaled client onboarding or change management programs
• Familiarity with data migration tooling and configuration automation approaches