LMS Migration Lead — Higher Ed Transformation

Franklin Fitch; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 131,000; Full time

Job summary

Franklin Fitch seeks an experienced LMS Migration Project Manager to lead a major Learning Management System transformation at a Boston-based college. You will own the migration programme from planning through implementation, coordinating technology teams, academic stakeholders, vendors and university leadership to ensure a successful transition to the new LMS.

This role requires strong project management, stakeholder engagement and change-management skills, with a solid understanding of LMS

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering LMS implementation or migration projects.
• Strong technical project management experience in higher education.
• Experience with Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, D2L Brightspace.
• Knowledge of LMS data migration, integrations, testing, and validation.
• Excellent stakeholder, vendor management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to end LMS migration project, including planning, delivery, testing and go-live.
• Develop project plans, milestones, dependencies, budgets and delivery timelines.
• Coordinate migration of courses, users, learning content, assessments and associated data.
• Work closely with IT, academic technology teams, faculty, administrators and external vendors.
• Manage data mapping, migration, testing and validation activities.
• Own project risks, issues, dependencies and mitigation plans.
• Coordinate UAT, training, communications and change management ahead of launch.
• Lead cutover and go-live planning, ensuring appropriate support is in place.
• Provide regular project reporting to senior university stakeholders.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Change management

Communication

Organizational skills

Tools

Canvas

Blackboard

Moodle

D2L Brightspace

Job description

Franklin Fitch seeks an experienced LMS Migration Project Manager to lead a major Learning Management System transformation at a Boston-based college. You will own the migration programme from planning through implementation, coordinating technology teams, academic stakeholders, vendors and university leadership to ensure a successful transition to the new LMS.

This role requires strong project management, stakeholder engagement and change-management skills, with a solid understanding of LMS