Platform Migration Program Manager
- Posted 30 July 2025
- Salary £70 per hr
- LocationSheffield
- Job type Contract
- Discipline Technology, Commodities and Financial Services
Job description
(Hybrid)
The aim of this role is to own and drive the implementation of a significant platform migration program from on-prem to cloud. The role will require extensive stakeholder management at all levels, coordination of a number of different streams, regular liaison with the 3rd party owner of the software being migrated, and their implementation partners, as well as detailed planning and delivery of all steps of the migration.
Responsibilities:
Delivery of the programme, ensuring smooth transition of all users to new structure
Development of business cases and benefit validation to support transformation
Maintenance of regular engagement with senior stakeholders at C-suite and director level
Coordination with vendor and vendor partners to ensure all programme plans are aligned
Management of a matrix organisation
Management of risks, issues and dependencies, ensuring senior stakeholders are informed / updated where appropriate
Essential Skillset/Experience:
Significant experience of large data migration programmes, including on-prem and cloud infrastructure transitions
Significant experience of working with vendor partners
Strong emotional intelligence and leadership
Proven experience of large-scale transformation
Knowledge of portfolio management principles and practices
Excellent communication/presentation skills
Proven ability to articulate complex issues concisely, suitable for all levels across the HSBC group
Pro-active problem solving skills, able to work to under pressure to challenging timescales and deliver at pace
Strong stakeholder management capability and excellent communication at all levels of seniority
Detailed understanding of financial & strategy planning
Experience of working in a diverse global team
Flexible and adaptable to changing activities, schedules, workloads and priorities that are potentially highly restricted in nature, unpredictable, wide ranging, complex and time sensitive requires the simultaneous handling of a broad range of issues
Proven leadership & strong teamwork skills, seeking to influence within and outside of the team and successfully encourage teams to work together
Experience of continuous improvement