Remote Pod Lead: Migration & Cloud Adoption Expert

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career growth

Impactful projects

Senior mentorship

Global initiatives

Innovation focus

Job summary

Ladders is seeking a Business Analyst Pod Lead to drive a cross-functional migration effort in the Manufacturing & Automotive space. The role partners with application owners, business users, and program leadership to align migration planning with business needs and constraints.

Remote (US-based candidates only) with a strong emphasis on facilitation, dependency mapping, and risk management to support modernization and cloud adoption initiatives across the organization.

Qualifications

• US Citizenship or authorization to work in the US
• Minimum eight years of business analysis or technical coordination experience
• Experience with application migration, modernization, or cloud adoption projects
• Strong understanding of application dependencies and requirements traceability
• Excellent facilitation and communication skills, especially with executives
• Ability to work independently on complex problems and provide functional leadership

Responsibilities

• Lead stakeholder engagement with application owners and business users
• Prepare and validate migration profiles for applications
• Document business functions, critical transactions, and operational constraints
• Lead a migration team and coordinate activities from planning through acceptance
• Validate requirements and confirm application readiness for migration
• Identify and elevate risks and dependencies to program leadership
• Report progress and blockers to program leadership

Skills

Facilitation

Stakeholder engagement

Migration planning

Cloud adoption

Requirements traceability

Job description

Ladders is seeking a Business Analyst Pod Lead to drive a cross-functional migration effort in the Manufacturing & Automotive space. The role partners with application owners, business users, and program leadership to align migration planning with business needs and constraints.

Remote (US-based candidates only) with a strong emphasis on facilitation, dependency mapping, and risk management to support modernization and cloud adoption initiatives across the organization.