Cloud Migration Program Manager

DescriptionKforce has a client that is seeking a Cloud Migration Program Manager in Chicago, IL.Key Tasks:* Provide end-to-end program leadership for a large-scale enterprise cloud migration and/or data center transformation initiative* Develop and maintain the integrated program roadmap, migration strategy, milestones, dependencies, and delivery schedule* Coordinate application discovery and portfolio assessment activities to establish migration scope, ownership, technical requirements, and migration readiness* Drive application and infrastructure dependency mapping to identify upstream/downstream systems, integrations, network requirements, data dependencies, and potential migration risks* Lead the development and execution of migration-wave plans, grouping applications and workloads based on business criticality, technical dependencies, migration approach, and organizational readiness* Coordinate detailed cutover planning and sequencing, ensuring application, infrastructure, security, network, database, and business teams are aligned prior to migration events* Manage program-level risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and critical decisions, proactively escalating items that could impact scope, schedule, cost, or business operations* Partner closely with cloud architects, infrastructure engineering, application teams, cybersecurity, networking, database teams, and business stakeholders to ensure successful technical delivery* Establish and manage program governance, including executive steering meetings, delivery reviews, RAID management, status reporting, and decision-making processes* Develop concise, executive-level reporting that clearly communicates program health, progress, risks, financials, dependencies, and decisions required* Manage complex relationships across multiple vendors, including cloud hyperscalers, systems integrators, managed service providers, and technology partnersRequirements* 10-15+ years of IT program and/or project management experience, including leadership of highly complex enterprise technology initiatives* Direct experience leading a large-scale enterprise cloud migration, data center migration, data center exit, or infrastructure modernization program* Strong experience working within Azure, AWS, GCP, and/or complex hybrid cloud environments* Demonstrated experience managing the lifecycle of cloud migration programs, including: Application discovery and portfolio assessment; Application and infrastructure dependency mapping; Migration readiness; Migration-wave planning; Cutover planning and sequencing; Testing and validation; Risk and issue management; Post-migration stabilization* Experience coordinating delivery across applications, infrastructure, networking, cybersecurity, data, cloud engineering, and business teams* Experience managing hyperscalers, systems integrators, consulting partners, and/or managed service providers* Demonstrated experience managing program budgets, forecasts, vendor spend, and financial performance* Strong understanding of enterprise infrastructure and cloud concepts, with the ability to effectively communicate and coordinate with architects and technical engineering teams* Strong program governance capabilities, including RAID management, dependency management, milestone tracking, executive reporting, and escalation management* Strong executive communication and presentation skills with the ability to translate technical program details into clear business-level updates* Strong leadership, communication, facilitation, organizational, and problem-solving skills* Proven ability to manage large, complex programs involving multiple internal and external delivery partners* Ability to manage competing priorities and make sound decisions within a fast-paced, highly matrixed enterprise environmentJob TypeContractCompensation80 - $90