Cloud Project Manager

The Cloud Projects Manager has the overall responsibility of designing and executing a cloud migration strategy solution with our customers, service delivery teams, and third-party partners. The Cloud Projects Manager works closely with Cloud Solution Architects, Cloud Operations Engineers, and Cloud Delivery Engineers, along with external IT consultants and service providers to ensure the delivery of Cloud projects. The Cloud Projects Manager will understand the adoption challenges in migrating on-premise infrastructure and application portfolios and will be able to bridge the gaps during the migration strategy design process.

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Accountable for:

• Delivery of all Cloud projects within agreed timelines.
• Accurate reporting, documentation, and communication for Cloud project delivery.
• Customer success with the Cloud project.
• Delivering the customer project as specified.
• Communicating project success, learnings, and building awareness of our Cloud projects.
• Budget adherence and reporting resolution of any deviations.

Education, Experience & Skills

• Degree in IT, Project Management, or Business-related field and Post-Graduate Essential.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) or PRINCE2 Project Management - Essential.
• Microsoft Azure Fundamentals - Essential.
• Microsoft 365 Fundamentals - Preferred.
• Additional Microsoft or AWS Cloud-related certifications - Preferred.
• Industry certification (ITIL, Cisco CCNP, CCDP, CECP MEF or similar) - Preferred.

• 4 years of experience - Essential.
• Demonstrable experience in delivering complex projects, ideally in an IT or managed service provider setting - Essential.
• Experience in business processes and outsourced services - Essential.
• Demonstrate the ability to lead complex teams, managing internal and external resources - Essential.
• Extensive experience in the IT or Telecoms industries - Essential.
• Experience of working in a close Agile / Scrum team - Advantageous.
• In-depth knowledge of various IT or Telecoms technology architecture domains - Essential.

• In-depth understanding of IT services, IT service delivery, and IT Project management - Essential.
• Understanding of Public/Private/Hybrid Cloud solutions and experience in integrating public cloud into traditional hosting models - Essential.
• Experience in evaluating existing digital strategies - Essential.
• Experience in conducting operations analysis, TCO analysis, and security considerations as part of a wider Cloud Adoption Framework - Desirable.
• Knowledge of converged solutions design and development as it relates to Cloud services and unified communications - Desirable.
• Cross Domain Technology Architecture knowledge - Essential.
• Good understanding of technology, products, and services offered by LIT and in the telecommunications industry - Essential.
• Industry knowledge of Data Centre trends, Software Defined Data Centres, Hyper Convergence - Essential.
• Cloud Technologies (Public, Private, and Hybrid) - Essential.
• Business acumen and ICT awareness - Essential.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills - Essential.
• Excellent interpersonal skills - Essential.
• Negotiation skills - Essential.
• Technical writing skills - Essential.
• Research and strategic analysis skills - Essential.