Data Migration Project Lead
Posted 7 days ago by Logic Managed Services
Negotiable
Outside
Hybrid
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Data Migration Technical Project Lead/Manager will oversee the migration of data from existing systems to a new Policy Administration System (PAS) within the Insurance/Financial Services sector. This role requires strong project management and communication skills, along with a proven track record in delivering large-scale programs. The candidate will be responsible for technical reviews, risk management, and ensuring the successful execution of the migration process. The position is a 6-month initial assignment and operates in a hybrid model with one day per week in the London office.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct technical reviews of existing data migration approaches, frameworks, and tools, providing actionable recommendations for improvements.
- Review data migration quality assurance strategies and recommend enhancements.
- Maintain a risk and issue log for data migration delivery, updated weekly.
- Revise migration workstream plans based on governance recommendations.
- Prepare weekly status reports for the Programme Director and relevant stakeholders.
- Develop a detailed technical run book for migration execution, capturing timings and outcomes.
- Review migration error handling and rollback options, updating the run book accordingly.
- Manage the data migration change request process, assessing impacts and updating delivery plans.
- Provide weekly Data Migration Status reports on progress against deliverables.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience as a Data Migration Technical Lead.
- Strong project management skills.
- Excellent communication abilities.
- Specialist knowledge in insurance Policy Administration System (PAS) data migrations.
- Experience in delivering large-scale programs within the Insurance/Financial Services sector.
- Ability to manage relationships with third-party system integrators and client stakeholders.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Data Migration Technical Project Lead / Manager My client require a hybrid candidate who is proven as a Data Migration Technical Lead with excellent project management and communication skills with a background delivering large scale programmes within the Insurance / FS sector. ** 6 month initial outside IR35 assignment **
Summary: Use specialist knowledge and experience regarding insurance Policy Administration System (PAS) data migrations, or similar data migrations within insurance or wider financial services, to complete the build and run of a migration from existing system(s) into a new PAS, including supporting applications.
Deliverables:
- Technical review of existing data migration approach, framework and tools with specific actionable recommendations for improvements, considering desired timelines and team skills
- Technical review of data migration quality assurance strategy and approach, again with specific actionable recommendations for improvements
- Risk and Issue log for data migration delivery and run, reviewed and updated at least weekly through the remainder of the project
- Revised migration workstream plan reflecting actions from the recommendations agreed through programme governance
- Weekly status reports to the Programme Director plus relevant slides for the Steering Committee and other regular reporting packs
- Revised migration detailed technical run book that is fit for purpose and contains the required level of detail to ensure error-free execution, plus captures timings and outcomes for each test and live run for later analysis
- Review of migration error handling and roll back options, recommending any updates and including agreed items in the run book
- Run the data migration change request process during the project, assess the impact of any changes and include agreed changes in the delivery plan and run book
- Data Migration Status report - weekly reports on progress of the workstream and against the deliverables above to the Programme Director plus relevant slide(s) for the Steering Committee and other regular reporting packs
We require a candidate who can own the data migration for this programme, who can face off to both the 3rd party system integrators and also the clients steer co. They work a hybrid model with around one day per week in the London office. If this sounds of interest, please share your profile and if relevant you will be contacted with full role and company information.