Sr. Enterprise Applications Transformation Program Manager

Maxonic Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Maxonic Inc. is seeking an experienced IT Transformation Program Manager to lead complex platform migrations and enterprise change efforts.

You will drive end-to-end programs, from strategy and planning to adoption and stabilization, engaging with senior leaders and VP/C-suite stakeholders. You will define roadmaps, manage multi-wave migrations, coordinate with architecture, security, and compliance teams, and deliver measurable business outcomes through rigorous governance and change management

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT Project/Program Management experience in enterprise transformation or technology modernization programs.
• Proven experience leading large-scale technology transformation or platform migration initiatives.
• Experience engaging with Vice Presidents (VPs), C-suite executives, and senior leadership.
• Strong knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid project delivery methodologies.
• Proven ability to manage complex stakeholder environments, risks, budgets, and cross-functional teams.
• Strong understanding of change management, business readiness, UAT, adoption, and transformation outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end IT transformation and migration initiatives from strategy through stabilization.
• Define scope, objectives, roadmap, timelines, milestones, and success criteria.
• Develop and manage migration plans including discovery, pilot, migration waves, cutover, and post-migration stabilization.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration across IT, architecture, security, compliance, and executive leadership.
• Establish governance, reporting, decision-making processes, and executive communications.
• Manage schedules, budgets, resources, dependencies, risks, issues, and change requests.
• Partner with architects and engineering teams on data discovery, migration strategy, and technical readiness.
• Coordinate migration pilots and enterprise-wide rollout waves with business readiness for each phase.
• Identify and mitigate risks related to data integrity, security, downtime, and user disruption.
• Coordinate UAT, data validation, permissions validation, issue resolution, and go-live readiness.
• Develop stakeholder communication, change management, training, and user adoption strategies.
• Provide regular executive-level reporting covering progress, risks, and outcomes.
• Ensure alignment with security, governance, and information-management standards.

Skills

Executive communications

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication

Change management

Problem-solving

Organizational skills

Tools

Jira

Smartsheet

Microsoft Project

Confluence

Job description

The role requires strong experience managing complex technology transformation programs, platform migrations, organizational change, business readiness, and enterprise stakeholder engagement with the ability to engage effectively with Vice Presidents (VPs), C-suite executives, and senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end IT transformation and migration initiatives, from strategy and planning through execution, adoption, and stabilization.
• Define project scope, objectives, transformation roadmap, timelines, milestones, deliverables, and success criteria.
• Develop and manage detailed migration and transformation plans, including discovery, assessment, pilot, migration waves, cutover, validation, and post‑migration stabilization.
• Drive cross‑functional collaboration across business units, IT, architecture, engineering, security, infrastructure, compliance, and executive leadership.
• Establish project governance, operating cadence, status reporting, decision‑making processes, and executive communications.
• Manage project schedules, budgets, resources, dependencies, risks, issues, and change requests.
• Partner with architects and engineering teams to drive data discovery, content assessment, migration strategy, technical readiness, and execution.
• Coordinate migration pilots and enterprise‑wide rollout waves while ensuring business readiness for each phase.
• Identify and mitigate risks related to data integrity, permissions, security, downtime, user disruption, dependencies, and business continuity.
• Coordinate UAT, data validation, permissions validation, issue resolution, business sign‑offs, and go‑live readiness.
• Develop and execute stakeholder communication, change management, training, and user adoption strategies.
• Support the transition from Box to the Microsoft 365 ecosystem and promote adoption of SharePoint Online, OneDrive, and Teams.
• Coordinate development of project documentation, user guides, FAQs, training materials, support processes, and knowledge‑transfer materials.
• Establish and track transformation KPIs, migration metrics, adoption metrics, milestones, and business outcomes.
• Provide regular executive‑level reporting covering progress, risks, dependencies, financials, decisions, and transformation outcomes.
• Ensure the transformation aligns with enterprise security, compliance, governance, architecture, and information‑management standards.
• Drive post‑migration stabilization, lessons learned, continuous improvement, and transition to operational support.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT Project/Program Management experience, preferably within enterprise transformation, application migration, digital workplace, or technology modernization programs.
• Proven experience leading large‑scale technology transformation or application platform migration initiatives from planning through implementation and adoption.
• Experienced in executive communications and stakeholder management, with the ability to engage effectively with Vice Presidents (VPs), C‑suite executives, and senior leadership.
• Strong knowledge of Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid project delivery methodologies.
• Proven experience managing complex stakeholder environments, executive communications, risks, dependencies, budgets, and cross‑functional teams.
• Strong understanding of change management, business readiness, UAT, adoption, and organizational transformation.
• Experience with project management tools such as Jira, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, Confluence, or equivalent.
• Excellent communication, leadership, problem‑solving, negotiation, and organizational skills.