Data Migration Lead

Magentus; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Annual performance bonus

£250 home-working allowance

Hybrid working (London or Manchester)

Job summary

Magentus is seeking a Data Migration Lead to drive data migration programs within healthcare technology across the UK. You will scope requirements, lead cross-functional teams, and ensure high-quality migration of clinical data, including LIMS and pathology datasets.

Reporting to the Head of Integration Services, you will collaborate with IT, clinical staff, and external vendors to deliver robust migration strategies while maintaining regulatory compliance and project timelines.

Qualifications

• Experience within data migration in health technology.
• Strong understanding of data migration methodology.
• Understanding of software development processes and best practice (desirable).
• Have led successful data migration roles from a Trust perspective (desirable).
• Understands NHS datasets and how they are used (desirable).

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, execution, and monitoring of data migration projects.
• Coordinate DM resources across projects with Project Managers.
• Run client data migration calls and ensure task completion.
• Provide weekly project highlights to internal stakeholders.
• Collaborate with IT, laboratory staff, and vendors to define migration strategies.
• Analyze data quality issues and design remediation strategies.
• Design mapping, transformation, and validation for LIMS data.
• Develop migration documentation and SOPs; train end-users.

Skills

Data migration

Healthcare domain knowledge

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

Job description

About Us

For over 30 years, Magentus has been at the forefront of transforming healthcare through technology across Australia and the UK. From pathology and radiology to oncology, and practice management, our solutions connect the healthcare ecosystem and unlock better patient outcomes at scale.

About Us

For over 30 years, Magentus has been at the forefront of transforming healthcare through technology across Australia and the UK. From pathology and radiology to oncology, and practice management, our solutions connect the healthcare ecosystem and unlock better patient outcomes at scale.

At Magentus, people are at the heart of everything we do. We work as one team, united by our purpose: to create a healthier society through smarter digital healthcare.

The Role

Reporting to the Head of Integration Services, the Data Migration Lead scopes and documents the technical aspects of customer business requirements and is an integral part of the product development process.

Areas of focus include Legacy Data Migration process, integration with external BI solutions and Data Analytics. Assistance with procurement and implementation of infrastructure for clients is also required.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead the planning, execution, and monitoring of data migration projects, ensuring timely completion and adherence to quality standards.
• Work closely with all Project Managers ensuring that they are all aware of any potential DM resource constraints across the projects.
• Lead the client data migration calls ensuring that they are completing tasks.
• Provide weekly highlight reports for each of the projects for internal Key Stakeholders.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including IT, laboratory staff, and external vendors, to gather requirements and define migration strategies.
• Conduct thorough data analysis to identify data quality issues, anomalies, and inconsistencies, and develop strategies to address them.
• Design and implement data mapping, transformation, and validation processes to ensure accurate and complete migration of LIMS and pathology data.
• Develop and maintain documentation, including migration plans, data mapping specifications, and standard operating procedures (SOPs).
• Perform testing and validation of migrated data to ensure integrity, reliability, and compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Provide training and support to end-users to facilitate the adoption of new systems and processes.
• Develop business and functional requirements, and functional design specifications internally with the Product SME’s, ensuring the required accuracy and detail is scoped to be programmed to the required standard.
• Proactively identify, manage or escape risks and issues, developing and researching options for remediation or mitigation.
• Work with cross-functional client teams such as technical, business, delivery, change and testing to ensure requirements, functional and design specifications are understood and accepted by all internal stakeholder groups.
• Manage multiple concurrent responsibilities and deliverables in agreed timeframes and costs where applicable.
• Assist with pre-sales activities including responding to tenders and product demonstrations.
• Assist with the procurement and implementation of Infrastructure as required.
• Other duties as required.

What Experience Do I Need

• Experience within data migration in a similar position in health technology.
• Strong understanding of Data Migration methodology
• Strong understanding of software development processes and best practice (desirable).
• Have led successful data migration roles from a Trust perspective (desirable).
• Understands NHS datasets and how they are used (desirable).

Why Join Magentus?

Compensation package:

• Competitive salary
• Annual renumeration review and performance bonus programme
• £250 annual home‑working allowance

Hybrid Working

• Three days a week in our Manchester (City Centre) or London (Farringdon) office, and two days from home.

Our Leave Benefits

• 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), increasing with service
• Holiday purchase scheme
• Your birthday off
• Option to swap a public holiday for a religious holiday of your choice
• Pawrental Leave to welcome new pets
• Up to two paid volunteering days per year
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity & Adoption Leave

Protection and Wellbeing:

• Income Protection & 4x Death in Service
• Private healthcare with BUPA (discounted family cover available)
• Medicash Healthcare Cash Plan
• Mortgage Advisory Service
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Mental health & wellbeing support via Employee Assistance Programme
• Paid time off to give blood
• Enhanced sick pay

Please note that, in line with UK immigration regulations, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role as we do not currently hold a sponsorship licence.

Our Commitment to Inclusion

Magentus Software Limited is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive and diverse work environment where all employees feel valued and respected.

We do not discriminate based on race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals and believe in fostering a workplace where everyone has the opportunity to thrive and succeed.

We are also a proud member of the Disability Confident Employer Scheme, demonstrating our commitment to supporting disabled individuals in the workplace.

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