Delivery Manager - Cloud Migration

Venn Group is working with a Local Authority in London to recruit a contract Delivery Manager to lead and coordinate the migration activity for moving from “on-premise” provision to cloud services for the council’s technology estate.

It is essential to have knowledge of local authority technology and the specifics relating to the migration from on-premise to cloud services associated with infrastructure and networking, including migrating the SAN and Citrix environment.

• IR35 Status: Outside IR35
• Rate: £500 per day
• Location: South East of England
• Working pattern: Hybrid

The Delivery Manager will be responsible for:

• Delivery of the safe and successful migration of the technology estate to cloud services and that the new environment reflects the requirements of the Council
• Creating and managing the programme plan and leading on the co-production of all the additional documentation for good governance and robust risk management
• Developing and leading stakeholder engagement activity to ensure the organisation understands requirements and assists where necessary for a successful migration
• Creating programme structures and applying effective governance routines to ensure the migration keeps to pace and within agreed tolerances
• Fostering a collaborative working relationship with the technical delivery partner and the cloud services supplier, encouraging a technology partner relationship and ensuring they are accountable for their deliverables
• Working with the IT service leads to define benefits and outcomes, ensuring financial benefits are realised to time and the non- financial benefits are optimised
• Monitoring and managing all programme risks effectively and promptly, escalating any that cannot be resolved within the programme governance structure
• Ensuring appropriate and timely SME awareness, engagement, and ownership of tasks
• Identify obstacles and facilitate the removal or resolution of impediments
• Facilitating continuous improvement and development of cloud engineering resources
• Working closely with the Programme Sponsor, the Chief Digital Officer, and the wider IT service to ensure a co-ordinated and collaborative approach to delivery and minimise the impact on services

Key Skills and Experience Required:

• Experience of working in local government environments
• Demonstrable experience of implementing large scale cloud migration initiatives and managing the risks and impacts on council operations
• Previous experience of working in an Agile delivery environment

If you have the relevant experience and wish to discuss this role or indeed any other posts that we are recruiting for, please apply above.