Project Manager - Aix Cloud Migration Program

Project Manager - AIX Cloud Migration Program
Location: Montreal (Hybrid/Onsite)
Contract Length: 10 Months
We at Raise are hiring a Project Manager - AIX Cloud Migration Program
for one of our top clients. After establishing themselves as an industry leader, they're now expanding their team to meet rising demand.
Key Responsibilities
Lead project planning, governance, scheduling, and stakeholder communications.
Manage project scope, risks, issues, dependencies, and change activities.
Coordinate cross-functional teams including infrastructure, cloud, network, database, security, and application teams.
Facilitate project status meetings, executive updates, and migration readiness reviews.
Develop and oversee migration plans, cutover plans, testing activities, and hypercare support.
Ensure timely delivery of project milestones, deliverables, and acceptance criteria.
Drive collaboration across customer, service provider, and third-party teams using a "One Team" approach.
Required Qualifications
8+ years of Project Management experience delivering enterprise infrastructure or cloud transformation projects.
Proven experience managing data centre and migration cutovers, hypercare support, infrastructure modernization initiatives.
Knowledge of AIX, IBM Power Systems, Oracle databases, backup and recovery solutions, and hybrid cloud environments.
Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
Experience managing multiple vendors and technical teams.
Proficiency with project governance, risk management, and delivery reporting.
Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, and risk management capabilities.
Previous experience supporting large-scale enterprise applications such as PeopleSoft, Hyperion, or similar mission-critical platforms.
Skills
Project Planning & Scheduling
Risk & Issue Management
Stakeholder Engagement
Vendor Management
Change Management
Executive Reporting
Cutover & Hypercare Coordination
Cross-Functional Team Leadership
Certifications
(PMP) - PMI, or PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent project management certification
(must have)
Cloud platform Certification (Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900), or AWS Cloud Practitioner or equivalent cloud certification,
(must have)
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), PMI-ACP, or Agile delivery certification
(preferred)
ITIL Foundation or higher
(preferred)
Prosci Change Management Certification
(asset)
IBM Power Systems / AIX certification
(asset)
Oracle Database or Oracle Cloud certification
(asset)
We strive to build teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we work in. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, including people from traditionally underrepresented groups such as women, visible minorities, Indigenous peoples, people identifying as LGBTQ2SI, veterans, and people with visible/nonvisible disabilities.
We have a dedicated webpage for accommodations where you can learn more about what we offer and request accommodation:
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