Migration Strategy & Dress Rehearsal Lead

Vertage Inc.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Competitive salary

Hybrid working

Job summary

Vertage Inc. is seeking a senior, hands-on leader to own the migration approach for a major UK retail banking programme. You will design, coordinate and execute a multi-wave migration, dress rehearsals, cutovers and post-migration support, working with Technology, Operations, Risk and Compliance.

You will lead a small team, drive senior stakeholder engagement, and produce high-quality executive materials for regulatory and governance forums. Hybrid London-based role with occasional UK travel.

Qualifications

• Required: relevant project management, resilience or testing qualifications
• Preferred: degree-level education or equivalent work experience

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic design of the migration approach including objectives and sequencing.
• Define the dress rehearsal blueprint with clear objectives and data scope.
• Define end-to-end cutover processes and coordinate runbooks for each migration event.
• Identify impacts across products and channels and ensure readiness and governance.
• Design and run the Control Tower and War Room arrangements for rehearsals and live events.
• Provide executive-level and regulatory materials and support the Migration Operating Committee.

Skills

Project management

Executive facilitation

Stakeholder management

Decision making under ambiguity

Incident management

Matrix leadership

Education

Degree-level education or equivalent

Project management qualification

Resilience qualification

Testing qualification

Job description

Vertage Inc. is seeking a senior, hands-on leader to own the migration approach for a major UK retail banking programme. You will design, coordinate and execute a multi-wave migration, dress rehearsals, cutovers and post-migration support, working with Technology, Operations, Risk and Compliance.

You will lead a small team, drive senior stakeholder engagement, and produce high-quality executive materials for regulatory and governance forums. Hybrid London-based role with occasional UK travel.