Cloud Migration Project Manager

The PMO Squad; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The PMO Squad is seeking a seasoned IT project leader to drive the public cloud workstream, coordinating with private cloud and program stakeholders in a fast-paced enterprise environment.

Ideal candidates bring 8+ years of enterprise IT PM experience, PMP certification, and hands-on cloud migration expertise, with strong executive communication and budgeting skills. U.S. citizenship is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience, including enterprise IT project management.
• Active PMP certification.
• Hands-on experience leading data centre or infrastructure migrations to public cloud or managed hosting.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams in a matrixed organization.
• Project finance and executive communication skills.
• Agile delivery experience and advanced Microsoft Project skills.
• U.S. citizenship.

Responsibilities

• Lead the public cloud IPT from planning through execution, stabilization, and benefit realization.
• Plan and manage workload migrations from on-premises data centres to hyperscaler and managed hosting environments.
• Coordinate infrastructure, cybersecurity, architecture, compliance, and cloud and hosting partners.
• Manage dependencies with the private cloud workstream and the wider program.
• Brief executives on program health, decisions, and risks.
• Track delivery financials, including cloud, hosting, and migration costs.
• Serve as backup to the program lead when needed.

Skills

Enterprise IT project management

Cross-functional leadership

Agile delivery

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

PMP certification

Tools

Microsoft Project

ServiceNow SPM

Job description

Our client, a global aerospace and defense company, is migrating its enterprise data centres to the cloud. You'll lead the Integrated Product Team (IPT) that owns the public cloud workstream, partnering with a private cloud IPT lead and reporting to the program's lead PM.

What you'll do

• Lead the public cloud IPT from planning through execution, stabilization, and benefit realization.
• Plan and manage workload migrations from on-premises data centres to hyperscaler and managed hosting environments.
• Coordinate infrastructure, cybersecurity, architecture, compliance, and cloud and hosting partners.
• Manage dependencies with the private cloud workstream and the wider program.
• Brief executives on program health, decisions, and risks.
• Track delivery financials, including cloud, hosting, and migration costs.
• Serve as backup to the program lead when needed.

What you bring

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience, including enterprise IT project management.
• Active PMP certification.
• Hands-on experience leading data centre or infrastructure migrations to public cloud or managed hosting.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams in a matrixed organization.
• Project finance and executive communication skills.
• Agile delivery experience and advanced Microsoft Project skills.
• U.S. citizenship.

Nice to have: aerospace and defense experience, Earned Value Management, ServiceNow SPM, and agile certification.

You're a servant leader who owns outcomes, keeps executives free of surprises, and builds alignment without formal authority.

This position will require a pre-employment background check and drug test to be administered by the clients preferred partners. All screening is required to be completed prior to start but will not be conducted until an offer has been made.