Project Manager - AIX Cloud Migration Program

Location: Montreal (Hybrid/Onsite)

Contract Length: 10 Months

We at Raise are hiring a Project Manager - AIX Cloud Migration Program

for one of our top clients. After establishing themselves as an industry leader, they're now expanding their team to meet rising demand.

Key Responsibilities

Lead project planning, governance, scheduling, and stakeholder communications.

Manage project scope, risks, issues, dependencies, and change activities.

Coordinate cross-functional teams including infrastructure, cloud, network, database, security, and application teams.

Facilitate project status meetings, executive updates, and migration readiness reviews.

Develop and oversee migration plans, cutover plans, testing activities, and hypercare support.

Ensure timely delivery of project milestones, deliverables, and acceptance criteria.

Drive collaboration across customer, service provider, and third-party teams using a "One Team" approach.

Required Qualifications

8+ years of Project Management experience delivering enterprise infrastructure or cloud transformation projects.

Proven experience managing data centre and migration cutovers, hypercare support, infrastructure modernization initiatives.

Knowledge of AIX, IBM Power Systems, Oracle databases, backup and recovery solutions, and hybrid cloud environments.

Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.

Experience managing multiple vendors and technical teams.

Proficiency with project governance, risk management,



and delivery reporting.

Solid executive communication, stakeholder management, and risk management capabilities.

Previous experience supporting large-scale enterprise applications such as PeopleSoft, Hyperion, or similar mission-critical platforms.

Skills

Project Planning & Scheduling

Risk & Issue Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Vendor Management

Change Management

Executive Reporting

Cutover & Hypercare Coordination

Cross-Functional Team Leadership

Certifications

(PMP) - PMI, or PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent project management certification

(must have)

Cloud platform Certification (Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900), or AWS Cloud Practitioner or equivalent cloud certification,

(must have)

Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), PMI-ACP, or Agile delivery certification

(preferred)

ITIL Foundation or higher

(preferred)

Prosci Change Management Certification

(asset)

IBM Power Systems / AIX certification

(asset)

Oracle Database or Oracle Cloud certification

(asset)

We strive to build teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we work in. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, including people from traditionally underrepresented groups such as women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as LGBTQ2SI, veterans, and people with visible/nonvisible disabilities.

We have a dedicated webpage for accommodations where you can learn more about what we offer and request accommodation: https://raise.jobs/accommodations/

📌 Project Manager – AIX Cloud Migration Program (Winnipeg)
🏢 Ian Martin Group
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