Migration & Cutover Project Manager

Sword is a leading provider of business technology solutions within the Energy, Public and Finance Sectors, driving transformational change within our clients.  We use proven technology, specialist teams and domain expertise to build solid technical foundations across platforms, data, and business applications.  We have a passion for using technology to solve business problems, working in partnership with our clients to help in achieving their goals

We are seeking an experienced Migration & Cutover Manager to play a pivotal role within a large-scale IT Integration Programme. This position will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering the controlled migration of users, applications, collaboration services, infrastructure components, network services, and business data into a new enterprise target environment.

Working across multiple programme workstreams, you will ensure migrations are executed safely, efficiently, and with minimal disruption to business operations. The role will involve managing complex migration waves, coordinating technical and business stakeholders, and overseeing cutover, service transition, Early Life Support (ELS), and operational readiness activities.

This is a highly visible role requiring strong programme delivery, stakeholder management, and migration leadership experience within complex, business-critical environments.

Requirements

- Proven experience as a Migration Manager, Migration Project Manager, Cutover Manager, or Transition Manager.
- Strong understanding of Microsoft 365 migration methodologies.
- Experience managing application, infrastructure, and data migration activities.
- Experience coordinating business readiness and service transition activities.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills at executive and operational levels.
- Excellent planning and programme coordination capabilities.
- Strong risk, issue, dependency, and change management experience.
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams in fast-paced, complex environments.
- Experience developing migration runbooks, cutover plans, and readiness assessments.
- Familiarity with ITIL-based service management practices.

Desirable Skills:

- Experience delivering integrations following mergers, acquisitions, or business separation programmes.
- Experience within energy, utilities, offshore, industrial, or other operationally critical environments.
- Knowledge of identity and access management migrations.
- Experience working across Microsoft Azure and hybrid cloud environments.
- Understanding of enterprise collaboration platforms including Microsoft Teams, SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, and OneDrive.
- Experience managing Transition Service Agreement (TSA) driven migrations.

Benefits

At Sword, our core values and culture are based on caring about our people, investing in training and career development, and building inclusive teams where we are all encouraged to contribute to achieve success. We offer comprehensive benefits designed to support your professional development and enhance your overall quality of life. In addition to a Competitive Salary, here's what you can expect as part of our benefits package:

- Personalised Career Development: We create a development plan customised to your goals and aspirations, with a range of learning and development opportunities within a culture that encourages growth.
- Flexible working: Flexible work arrangements to support your work-life balance. We can’t promise to always be able to meet every request, however, are keen to discuss your individual preferences to make it work where we can.
- A Fantastic Benefits Package: This includes generous annual leave allowance, enhanced family friendly benefits, pension scheme, access to private health, well-being, and insurance schemes.

At Sword we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and are proud to be an equal opportunities employer, ensuring that all applicants receive fair and equal consideration for employment, regardless of whether they meet every requirement. If you don’t tick all the boxes but feel you have some of the relevant skills and experience we’re looking for, please do consider applying and highlight your transferable skills and experience. We embrace diversity in all its forms, valuing individuals regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. Your perspective and potential are important to us.

If we can do anything to help make the hiring process more accessible, please let our talent acquisition team know when you apply so we can support any adjustments.