Job Description
We are seeking to appoint an experienced Program Manager to lead, manage, and deliver two major infrastructure migration programs: VMware Migration (Colocation Project) and the iSeries/AS400 Migration (Power 11).
Responsibilities:
- Lead execution across Server, Network, iSeries, Cybersecurity and vendors.
- Drive change control (CAB), cutover orchestration, testing and validation.
- Ensure DR alignment, replication setup and performance baselining.
- Maintain Risks, Actions, Issues, Decisions register.
- Financial tracking (budget, actuals, forecasts), vendor deliverable oversight.
- Conformance to Clover standards (architecture, Cybersecurity, BCP/DR, Risk and Audit).
- Entry/exit criteria for each phase and environment readiness tracking.
- Performance testing and acceptance criteria definition.
- Update SOPs, runbooks, diagrams, DR procedures, and Asset Lists.
- Deliver knowledge transfer & training sessions to Clover Operations.
- Produce PostImplementation Review (PIR) and Program Closure Report.
- Project Charters (VMware & iSeries).
- Integrated Master Schedule Plan (crossvendor).
- RAID & Decision Logs.
- SteerCo/ExCo packs and status dashboards.
- VMware Migration Plan & runbooks (including rollback).
- iSeries Migration Plan & runbooks (including rollback).
- Premigration readiness and environment validation reports.
- Application/integration dependency maps and cutover checklists.
- DR alignment and replication validation reports.
Requirements
- Matric and a Tertiary Degree
- 10 years experience in a leadership role
- Delivering both migrations within agreed scope, timelines and budget with minimal business disruption.
- Align to Clover architecture, cyber security, BCM/DR and audit standards.
- Establish unified, crossvendor plans and reporting.
- Ensure thorough testing, acceptance, documentation and knowledge transfer to Operations.
- Proactively manage risks, issues, decisions and dependencies via a maintained Risks, Actions, Issues, Decisions RAID log.
- Develop Project Charters and integrated plans for VMware and iSeries migrations.
- Conduct discovery/readiness assessments, dependency and capacity analysis.
- Define migration strategy.
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