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Role: Project Manager – App Migration (On-Premises to Azure)
Location: Utrecht / Amsterdam - Netherlands - Hybrid (2 to 3 Days onsite/week)
Type: Full-Time employment only (No contracts)
Salary: Negotiable
Language: Dutch (Fluent - Mandatory) &amp; English
Mandatory Skills: 08+ Years of experience in IT project Management and 03+ years of experience in Mangaging cloud migration projects, On-prem to Azure infrastructure migration, Stakeholder Management and Agile.
About the Job:
We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to lead the end-to-end migration of on-premises applications and infrastructure to Microsoft Azure. The ideal candidate will own project planning, coordinate cross-functional technical teams (infrastructure, application, security, and DevOps), manage stakeholder communication, and ensure the migration is delivered on time, within budget, and with minimal business disruption.
Key Responsibilities:
<ul>
<li>Own end-to-end project management of on-premises to Azure application and infrastructure migration
</li>
<li>Develop detailed project plans, timelines, resource plans, and migration roadmaps (wave planning)
</li>
<li>Coordinate discovery and assessment activities to build application inventories and dependency maps
</li>
<li>Work with architects and engineers to define migration strategy per application (rehost, replatform, refactor, retire, retain)
</li>
<li>Manage cross-functional teams including infrastructure, application, network, security, and DevOps engineers
</li>
<li>Track project milestones, risks, issues, and dependencies; drive timely resolution and escalation
</li>
<li>Manage project budget, resource allocation, and vendor/third-party coordination
</li>
<li>Define and track migration cutover plans, rollback plans, and go-live readiness criteria
</li>
<li>Facilitate regular status reporting to stakeholders, sponsors, and leadership (steering committee updates)
</li>
<li>Coordinate testing phases (functional, performance, UAT) to validate migrated applications
</li>
<li>Manage change management and communication plans to minimize business disruption
</li>
<li>Ensure compliance, security, and governance requirements are addressed throughout the migration
</li>
<li>Drive post-migration validation, hypercare support planning, and lessons-learned/retrospectives
</li>
<li>Maintain project documentation, RAID logs, and migration runbooks
</li>
<li>Apply Agile/Waterfall/hybrid project management methodologies as appropriate to the engagement
</li>
</ul>
Required Key Skills:
Must have Skills:
<ul>
<li>8+ years of overall IT/project management experience, with 3+ years managing cloud migration projects
</li>
<li>Proven experience managing on-premises to Azure (or other cloud) migration programs end-to-end
</li>
<li>Strong understanding of cloud migration strategies (6 R's: Rehost, Replatform, Refactor, Repurchase, Retire, Retain)
</li>
<li>Working knowledge of Azure services (VMs, App Services, AKS, networking, storage, Azure Migrate) to communicate effectively with technical teams
</li>
<li>Experience managing project budgets, timelines, and resource plans for large, multi-team initiatives
</li>
<li>Strong risk management skills — identifying, tracking, and mitigating project risks and issues
</li>
<li>Experience with project management tools (Azure DevOps Boards, Jira, MS Project, Smartsheet)
</li>
<li>Solid understanding of Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery methodologies
</li>
<li>Experience coordinating with cross-functional technical teams (infra, apps, security, DevOps, QA)
</li>
<li>Strong stakeholder management and executive communication/reporting skills
</li>
<li>Experience with change management and minimising business disruption during cutover events
</li>
<li>Knowledge of compliance and security considerations relevant to cloud migrations
</li>
<li>Excellent organisational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
</li>
</ul>
Preferred Certifications:
<ul>
<li>Project Management Professional (PMP)
</li>
<li>Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or PMI-ACP — good to have
</li>
<li>Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) — good to have
</li>
<li>Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) — good to have
</li>
</ul>
Soft Skills:
<ul>
<li>Strong leadership and ability to drive alignment across multiple technical teams
</li>
<li>Excellent communication skills to translate technical complexity for business stakeholders
</li>
<li>Ability to manage ambiguity and adapt plans as migration challenges arise
</li>
<li>Ownership mindset with a focus on on-time, on-budget, low-disruption delivery
</li>
</ul>

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