Technical Project Lead

Role Description

We are seeking an experienced Technical Project Lead to support a large-scale enterprise infrastructure and data centre migration initiative. The successful candidate will lead the planning, coordination, and execution of application migration activities while ensuring the successful transition of mission-critical enterprise systems with minimal operational disruption.

The Technical Project Lead will collaborate with business stakeholders, application owners, infrastructure, network, security, and vendor teams to drive:

• Migration readiness
• Application assessments
• Dependency analysis
• Testing coordination
• Cutover planning
• Risk management
• Post-migration stabilization

This role requires strong technical project leadership, stakeholder management, and the ability to coordinate multiple concurrent workstreams in a complex enterprise environment.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience delivering:

• Infrastructure transformation
• Application migration
• Data centre migration projects within large organizations

A solid understanding of the following is essential:

• Enterprise architecture
• Hosting environments
• Infrastructure dependencies
• Cloud technologies
• Operational support models

Experience producing migration plans, readiness assessments, dependency maps, testing strategies, implementation plans, and risk registers is highly valued.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading migration planning and execution
• Facilitating discovery workshops
• Coordinating cross-functional technical teams
• Managing project risks and issues
• Overseeing testing and cutover activities
• Supporting transition-to-operations
• Developing technical documentation
• Contributing to knowledge sharing by delivering technical presentations
• Creating reusable documentation to strengthen internal team capabilities

The ideal candidate possesses excellent:

• Communication
• Facilitation
• Analytical
• Organizational
• Problem-solving skills

They should have the ability to manage competing priorities and build consensus across technical and business stakeholders. Experience with:

• Microsoft Azure
• Hybrid cloud environments
• Infrastructure modernization
• Healthcare systems
• Other highly regulated industries

Professional certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, CBAP, CCBA, or PMI-PBA are also desirable.

Qualifications

• 7-10+ years of experience leading or supporting complex technical projects within large enterprise environments
• Demonstrated experience planning and coordinating infrastructure, data centre, application migration or technology transformation initiatives
• Proven experience managing application portfolios through major infrastructure changes, including migration planning, dependency management, testing coordination, cutover planning, and operational readiness activities
• Strong understanding of enterprise architectures, integrations, hosting environments, infrastructure dependencies, and operational support models
• Proven ability to identify, assess, and mitigate technical and operational risks associated with infrastructure and application migration initiatives
• Experience working with cross-functional teams spanning business and technical domains
• Strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, actionable information for both technical and non-technical audiences
• Experience developing project artifacts such as migration plans, dependency maps, readiness assessments, testing strategies, risk registers, and implementation plans
• Experience leading or supporting large-scale data centre migrations, infrastructure modernization programs, or cloud transformation initiatives
• Experience with Microsoft Azure, hybrid hosting environments, or enterprise cloud migration strategies
• Experience conducting application inventory, assessment, and rationalization activities
• Experience within a healthcare or other highly regulated environment supporting mission-critical applications
• Business Analysis certification (CBAP, CCBA, PMI-PBA) and/or project management certification (PMP, PRINCE2, Agile certifications) considered an asset
• Strong planning, coordination, and organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple concurrent migration activities and priorities
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and risk management capabilities
• Ability to navigate complex technical and operational environments and build consensus among diverse stakeholder groups
• Proactive, detail-oriented, and delivery-focused with a strong commitment to ensuring successful project outcomes
• Comfortable working in ambiguous and evolving environments while maintaining focus on timelines, dependencies, and critical deliverables