Senior Project Manager (Cloud Migration)

We are looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead a large-scale Application-to-Cloud Migration Program for a leading European energy client. You will be responsible for driving end-to-end delivery across multiple migration waves, ensuring successful execution, governance, stakeholder alignment, and business outcomes.

This is a strategic role requiring strong programme leadership, cloud transformation expertise, and experience managing complex enterprise environments involving multiple stakeholders and vendors.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of large-scale cloud migration and transformation programmes.
• Manage programme governance, planning, execution, and delivery tracking.
• Drive migration wave planning and ensure readiness across all project phases.
• Manage risks, issues, escalations, and dependencies.
• Coordinate activities across customer teams, infrastructure teams, application teams, AMS teams, and third-party vendors.
• Provide executive-level stakeholder management and regular programme reporting.
• Ensure successful execution of migration lifecycle phases including Analysis, Concept, Pre-Onboarding, Onboarding, and Handover.
• Oversee project financials, resource planning, and vendor governance.
• Facilitate steering committee discussions and programme review meetings.
• Support Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies.

Required Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of IT delivery experience.
• Minimum 5+ years managing large-scale cloud migration or transformation programmes.
• Proven experience in DC-to-Cloud Migration projects.
• Strong expertise in:
• Programme & Project Management
• Executive Stakeholder Management
• Risk & Escalation Management
• Migration Wave Planning
• Financial & Resource Governance
• Vendor & Multi-Provider Management
• Agile / Waterfall Delivery Management
• Steering Committee Management
• ITIL Governance
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
• Fluent English and German (B2/C1 minimum).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Azure Transformation Programmes.
• Cloud Factory migration lifecycle experience.
• Experience managing enterprise cloud migration initiatives.
• Strong customer-facing and consulting background.

Certifications

One or more of the following certifications is highly desirable:

• PMP
• PRINCE2
• IPMA Level C
• ITIL Foundation / ITIL v4