Technical Project Manager – Data Archiving & Migration

Talan

1d•Remote

About The Position

Talan is seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead a critical Data Archiving workstream within a major transformation program. This role involves assessing a legacy data environment, defining the scope for a strategic archiving solution, and overseeing its implementation with internal data engineering teams, business stakeholders, and external vendors. Additionally, the position will offer technical project management support for a significant data migration workstream, coordinating the necessary technical activities for successful migration across related systems and downstream data flows. This is a senior position requiring approximately 5-6 years of experience in technical project management, preferably with a background in data delivery, data migration, data archiving, or large-scale transformation programs.

Requirements

5–6 years of experience in Technical Project Management or a similar delivery-focused role.
Proven experience delivering data-related projects or programmes.
Strong understanding of data migration, data archiving, data delivery, or data transformation initiatives.
Experience coordinating multiple technical teams and third-party suppliers.
Experience working with Data Engineering teams and understanding technical data delivery processes.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently with senior stakeholders and steering committees.
Experience managing project risks, dependencies, issues, timelines, and delivery milestones.
Strong organisational and coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams and competing priorities.
Experience supporting business cases, funding discussions, and strategic project decisions.
Comfortable working in complex transformation environments with multiple technical dependencies.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience delivering data archiving solutions.
Experience working on large-scale data migrations or transformation programmes.
Experience within financial services, wealth management, banking, or another highly regulated environment.
Experience coordinating migration testing, rehearsals, and downstream system activities.
Familiarity with enterprise data platforms and strategic archive solutions.

Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end delivery of the Data Archiving workstream, managing a small team of Business Analysts.
Oversee the assessment of the organisation’s legacy data estate and define the scope and requirements for a strategic archive solution.
Coordinate with internal Data Engineering teams and third-party suppliers to obtain archive data copies and ensure successful ingestion into the strategic archive.
Manage the delivery of required business user access to archived data.
Coordinate project dependencies, risks, issues, milestones, and delivery plans across multiple technical teams.
Support the development and securing of the business case and funding for the archiving initiative.
Provide clear project updates and recommendations to senior stakeholders and steering committees.
Support a large-scale data transformation and migration workstream, coordinating technical activities required to support the migration.
Coordinate secondary data loads into surrounding systems and manage downstream data cascades and dependencies.
Work closely with multiple technical delivery teams and third-party suppliers to align migration activities and timelines.
Coordinate technical teams’ involvement in migration testing, rehearsals, and delivery activities.
Identify and manage technical dependencies, risks, and issues that could impact migration delivery.
Ensure effective communication and alignment across technical, business, and supplier stakeholders.