Cloud Platform Modernization Program Lead

Moodys Northwest Consulting; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Moodys NWC is seeking a Program Manager to lead a large-scale platform re-build for an enterprise client in a regulated industry. The role centers on re-architecting the on-premises system into a cloud-native platform, retiring legacy tech, and improving UX across user groups.

The program spans four stages with phase gates, from discovery to compliant deployment. You will balance delivery, executive stakeholder management, product leadership, and commercial governance in a complex environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of enterprise Program Management or Delivery Leadership.
• 5+ years leading enterprise programs exceeding $2M budgets with 25+ team members.
• Experience delivering legacy-to-cloud modernization or enterprise platform rebuilds.
• Experience with embedded client delivery models.
• Strong knowledge of AWS Cloud and cloud-native patterns.
• Experience with Domain-Driven Design and Microservices.
• Proven leadership of distributed onshore/offshore teams.
• Experience delivering fixed-price, milestone-driven engagements.
• Strong Product Management capabilities: backlog, prioritization, roadmap, stakeholders.
• Executive-level communication and ability to influence without authority.

Responsibilities

• Own the integrated program plan across six or more concurrent workstreams.
• Drive formal phase-gate readiness and milestone acceptance.
• Lead globally distributed engineering teams across Architecture, Backend, Frontend, Mobile, UX, DevOps, and QA.
• Coordinate delivery across client-owned engineering organizations through influence.
• Manage executive reporting, governance meetings, risk registers, issue management, and escalation processes.
• Ensure commercial success by managing scope, milestone acceptance, change requests, and delivery commitments within a fixed-fee engagement model.
• Lead discovery activities including current-state assessment, workflow mapping, integration analysis, and non-functional requirement definition.
• Build, prioritize, and maintain an enterprise product backlog aligned with strategic business objectives.
• Identify modernization opportunities beyond migration, including automation, workflow optimization, and user experience improvements.
• Present recommendations using business value, operational efficiency, compliance, cost reduction, and risk mitigation frameworks.
• Partner closely with UX leadership to facilitate design-thinking workshops and stakeholder discovery sessions.
• Manage backlog prioritization while ensuring proper governance for scope changes.

Skills

Enterprise Program Management

Delivery Leadership

AWS Cloud

Cloud-native architecture

Domain-Driven Design

Microservices

Product Management

Stakeholder Management

Executive Communication

Influence without Authority

Job description

Moodys NWC is seeking a Program Manager to lead a large-scale platform re-build for an enterprise client in a regulated industry. The role centers on re-architecting the on-premises system into a cloud-native platform, retiring legacy tech, and improving UX across user groups.

The program spans four stages with phase gates, from discovery to compliant deployment. You will balance delivery, executive stakeholder management, product leadership, and commercial governance in a complex environment.