Director - Application Migration/integration

Ensono; Maharashtra; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Ensono in Maharashtra, India seeks an experienced Transformation Architect to lead enterprise-wide IT change and migration programs. You will engage with C-level executives, craft compelling business cases, and partner with cross-functional teams to accelerate client transformation and cloud adoption.

The role requires deep governance, 15+ years of leadership in IT transformation, and the ability to drive complex programs across organizations and geographies.

Qualifications

• Experience leading large enterprise IT change-management and migration programs.
• Proven ability to design, build and operate global IT infrastructure and cloud solutions.
• Strong governance, project management and executive stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Engage with C‑level and transformation executives to lead enterprise-wide programs.
• Develop board-ready proposals and value-driven business cases for transformation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to drive architecture and roadmaps for migration outcomes.
• Lead large-scale migration projects with multiple stakeholders from assessment to execution.
• Develop workshops to design solutions meeting client requirements and changing industry needs.

Skills

Enterprise IT leadership

Cloud migrations

Stakeholder management

Program governance

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/Engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

Public Cloud

Job description

Ensono is an expert technology adviser and managed service provider. As a relentless ally, we accelerate clients’ digital transformation to achieve business outcomes that stand to last. Our dedicated team helps organizations optimize today’s systems across any hybrid environment with services such as consulting, mainframe and application modernization, public cloud migration and cloud‑native development. With certified experts in AWS, Azure and Google Cloud and recognized as Microsoft Datacenter Transformation Partner of the Year, Ensono has over 3500+ associates globally and is headquartered in greater Chicago.

We care about your success, offering comprehensive strategic and managed services for mission‑critical applications. Our Advisory and Consulting services can help upfront with an application strategy or find the right places for your applications – whether it’s public, multi or hybrid cloud, or mainframe. And because we span across all mission‑critical platforms, we can meet you wherever you are in your digital transformation journey, with 24/7 support when you need it. We are your relentless ally, flexing with you when challenges emerge so you don’t feel stuck in place. With cross‑platform certifications and decades of experience, our technology experts have become an extension of your team so you’re continuously innovating – doing more with less while remaining secure. And that’s just the beginning.

Ensono’s Business Transformation Architects also provide client and industry feedback to our internal teams to build and plan our product and technology roadmaps. The successful person in this role will be effective in fostering executive‑level relationships with an emphasis on client satisfaction while owning the overall operational solution, migration and planning governance.

Responsibilities

• Engage closely with C‑level and client transformation executives to lead enterprise‑wide transformation and migration programs.
• Identify business drivers, goals and develop compelling board‑ready proposals and value‑driven business cases to achieve desired business outcomes.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional technology experts to drive architectural planning, execution plans and roadmaps to accelerate the client’s business, transformation and migration outcomes.
• Manage transitions of responsibility with clients in scenarios such as colocation transitions or public cloud instances, and ensure steady‑state consistency.
  • This could include assimilating complex and diverse personnel and operational responsibilities as well as managing changing or competing demands and priorities.
• Drive and collaborate with counterparts within internal teams (Consulting organizations, Product Engineering, Implementation Engineering and Program Management) and client technology leads to create solutions and strategies for transformation and migration programs.
• Lead large‑scale migration projects in concert with multiple stakeholders through the assessment, planning and execution stages.
• Develop and conduct discovery, assessment and solution development workshops, often in collaboration with client and internal resources (consulting, operations, product and program management teams) to design solutions.
• Develop and document solutions that meet client’s technical and business requirements and allow them to adapt to changing industry needs with a focus on transformation and re‑platform efforts.
• Conduct solution development sessions and present technical solutions and business cases to a wide variety of audiences.
• Gain executive (client and internal) buy‑in for complex solutions.
• Gain client’s confidence as a trusted technical adviser by offering consultation and recommendations drawn from insights, technology know‑how and past experiences.
• Align and partner with product and program management to help drive appropriate product enhancements and changes to the technology roadmap.

Requirements

• Experience in planning and leading large‑scale enterprise IT change‑management programs for transformation and migration programs.
• Experience designing, building and operating global IT infrastructure and cloud solutions and services.
• Demonstrated program leadership and management experience with high attention to detail in complex business or IT transformation environments.
• Exceptional business acumen to understand client’s needs, articulate and shape transformation initiatives.
• 7+ years of relevant leadership experience in enterprise IT, consulting and/or engineering/development/transformation and migrations.
• Delivering enterprise IT professional services or cloud services.
• High credibility with CxO and board‑level audiences as well as technology leaders, engineers and developers.
• Ability to share knowledge and expertise among various organizations within the company and facilitate teamwork among those organizations to better serve clients.
• Ability to work within internal and external team environments and demonstrate strong problem‑solving skills.
• Very comfortable developing, implementing, managing and executing through influence across a cross‑functional set of senior and client stakeholders.
• Proven track record of taking ownership and driving results, and ability to effectively lead and work with a variety of organizations, management levels, cultures and personalities.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication (both written and verbal) skills, and experience communicating with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders across multiple teams.
• Understanding of public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure) and hybrid solutions preferred.

Key Attributes

• Independent, self‑directed, results oriented.
• Advanced presentation and communication skills.
• Strong empathy, self‑awareness and interpersonal skills.
• Able to challenge status quo with compelling insight and data while maintaining healthy, collaborative relationships.

Seniority Level

15+ years of experience as a leader of technology in the hosting and cloud space (preferably with a service provider and/or cloud MSP).

Travel

Travel to various Ensono locations and client sites will be frequent.