Role: Project Manager

Work Location: Toronto, ON - Hybrid – 3 days per week in office

Duration: 6 months (possible extension)

Role Description

The Project Manager will lead and oversee cloud migration initiatives, ensuring successful planning, execution, governance, and delivery aligned with business objectives.

Roles & Responsibilities

1. 1. Project Planning & Strategy

Define migration strategy and roadmap (Rehost | Replatform | Refactor | Rebuild)

Develop detailed project plans, timelines, and milestones

Identify scope, objectives, and deliverables aligned with business goals

Plan phased migration waves (application grouping, dependency mapping)

Conduct feasibility assessments and readiness analysis

2. 2. Stakeholder Management

Act as primary point of contact for stakeholders (business, IT, vendors)

Facilitate alignment between business and technical teams

Conduct steering committee meetings and status reporting

Communicate risks, progress, and decisions clearly

Manage expectations across senior leadership and delivery teams

3. 3. Governance & Delivery Management

Establish governance frameworks and project cadence (daily/weekly reviews)

Track progress against timelines, budget, and scope

Ensure adherence to organizational standards and compliance requirements

Manage change requests and scope creep

Maintain RAID log (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies)

4. 4. Migration Execution Oversight

Coordinate execution of

Application and infrastructure migration

Data migration and validation

Setting setup (Dev, UAT, Prod)

Oversee cutover planning and execution

Ensure minimal downtime and business disruption





Coordinate go-live and hypercare support

5. 5. Risk & Issue Management

Identify and mitigate

Technical risks (compatibility, performance, dependencies)

Operational risks (downtime, data loss, security gaps)

Drive issue resolution and escalation management

Define and activate contingency and rollback plans

6. 6. Resource & Vendor Management

Manage

Cross-functional teams (cloud, infrastructure, application, network, security)

Onshore/offshore delivery models

Coordinate with third-party vendors and cloud providers

Ensure resource allocation aligns with migration waves

7. 7. Budget & Cost Management

Track migration budget and cost estimates

Monitor cloud consumption and migration costs

Ensure cost optimization during migration and post-migration

Provide financial forecasting and reporting

8. 8. Quality Assurance & Testing Coordination

Ensure execution of

Functional testing

Performance testing

Security validation

Coordinate UAT and sign-offs

Validate data integrity and system stability post-migration

9. 9. Tools & Reporting

Utilize tools such as

Azure Migrate, AWS Migration Hub, Google Migrate

JIRA, MS Project, Azure DevOps

Provide:

Weekly status reports

Executive dashboards

Migration progress tracking (wave-wise)

Essential Skills

Digital: Cloud Application Migration

Agile Way of Working

Desirable Skills

Azure certifications validating expertise in Azure technologies

Advanced Python programming skills

Experience with Terraform and FLUX for infrastructure management

Familiarity with Azure Data Factory for orchestrating data workflows

📌 Project Manager with Cloud Migration, Governance, and Delivery (Toronto)
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📍 Toronto