Technical Project Manager – VMware Migration

London Source: WhatJobs

£90,000–£130,000

Technical Project Manager – VMware Migration

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

12 months

Inside of IR35

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.
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