Technical Project Manager - VMWare Migration

Description

Technical Project Manager - VMware Migration

City of London - 1 day onsite per week, up to 3 days when required.

12 months

Inside of IR35

£590 pr day

A leading higher education institution is seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead a major cloud infrastructure transformation programme. This strategic initiative will modernise core hosting, virtualisation, automation, and orchestration capabilities across a complex enterprise environment.

This role will be responsible for delivering a large-scale cloud vision programme, overseeing the selection, implementation, migration, and operational transition of next-generation infrastructure platforms. Working alongside senior technology leaders, architects, engineers, and third-party suppliers, you will play a key role in shaping the future infrastructure landscape.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of a complex cloud transformation programme from vendor selection through to implementation and service transition.
• Develop and manage detailed project plans covering procurement, platform evaluation, proof of concepts, implementation, migration planning, and automation rollout.
• Ensure alignment with wider cloud and infrastructure strategies.
• Manage project scope, timelines, dependencies, budgets, risks, and deliverables across multiple workstreams.
• Establish robust governance, reporting, and delivery frameworks.

Essential Experience

• Proven experience delivering large-scale infrastructure transformation programmes.
• Strong track record in virtualisation platform migrations or VMware replacement initiatives.
• Experience Integrating public and private, cloud projects.
• Extensive experience working in an Agile/SAFe environment
• Cloud architecture and infrastructure services (IaaS/PaaS)
• Infrastructure automation and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)
• CI/CD
• Experience working in the Higher Education Sector