Cloud IT Project Manager

Insight Global (United States); Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager to lead a large cloud migration program for a major Canadian financial institution. You will manage end-to-end plans, risks, dependencies, and timelines across on-prem to Azure with cross-functional teams, ensuring Azure standards, security controls, and regulatory requirements.

The role requires strong governance through status reports and steering committees, coordinating multiple workstreams with Agile and waterfall methods, and a

Qualifications

• 8+ years IT project management experience in large enterprises.
• Hands-on experience managing on-prem to Azure migrations.
• Strong understanding of Azure IaaS, PaaS, VNets, ExpressRoute, and policy.
• Experience with Azure migration tooling (Azure Migrate, Site Recovery, CAF).
• Familiarity with Entra ID, RBAC, conditional access policies.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams with Agile and waterfall.
• Proficiency with Jira, Azure DevOps, MS Project, ServiceNow, Confluence.
• Experience in regulated financial services.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project plans and timelines.
• Coordinate across cloud engineering, infrastructure, security, network, and apps.
• Governance routines: status reports, steering decks.
• Manage multiple workstreams and dependencies.
• Ensure compliance with Azure standards and regulatory requirements.

Skills

IT project management

Stakeholder management

Agile

Waterfall

Cloud migration

Education

PMP certification

PRINCE2

SAFe certification

AZ-900/AZ-104/AZ-305

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

MS Project

Confluence

ServiceNow

Job description

Job Description

Insight Global is looking for a Senior IT Project Manager to support a large Cloud program at a major Canadian financial institution. Day to day, this person will lead delivery of complex on‑premises to Microsoft Azure migrations, coordinating across cloud engineering, infrastructure, security, network, and application teams. The role focuses on managing end‑to‑end project plans, dependencies, risks, and timelines while ensuring alignment with Azure standards, security controls, and regulatory requirements. This PM will drive governance routines such as status reporting and steering committee updates, manage multiple workstreams using Agile and waterfall methods, and support stakeholders across a high‑visibility, multi‑year enterprise transformation.The successful candidate will be comfortable with 1 day on site a week.

Skills and Requirements

8+ years of IT project management experience, ideally within a large enterprise or financial institutionHands-on experience managing on-prem to Azure cloud migration projectsStrong understanding of Azure cloud infrastructure including IaaS, PaaS, PaaS, VNets, ExpressRoute, Azure Policy, Azure Landing Zones, and hybrid connectivity Secondary cloud exposure to AWS and GCP is a nice to haveExperience with Azure migration tooling such as Azure Migrate, Azure Site Recovery, and the Cloud Adoption FrameworkFamiliarity with identity and access management in Azure including Entra ID, RBAC, and conditional access policiesAbility to manage multiple workstreams, stakeholders, and delivery timelines simultaneouslyExperience working with Agile and waterfall delivery methodologies in a large enterprise contextProficiency with project management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, MS Project, ServiceNow, and ConfluenceExperience producing and maintaining governance documentation including project charters, RAID logs, steering committee decks, and status reportsExperience in a regulated industry, banking or financial servicesPMP, PRINCE2, SAFe, or equivalent certificationAzure certifications such as AZ-900, AZ-104, or AZ-305Exposure to FinOps practices and cloud cost governanceBackground supporting large, multi-year enterprise transformation programs in financial servicesFamiliarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform or Bicep

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