Lead Consultant - Data Migration Deployment

What you ll do

• Provide management to their team of migration deployment analysts to ensure successful delivery of teams objectives.
• Provide data migration solutions either through enterprise services or direct to AstraZeneca functions.
• Receives and verifies Migration Specification, within team, ensuring that Migration Design for their deployment is generic based or required detail if tailored.
• Liaise with Data migration Build Manager to ensure build of Migration is in-line with overall programme plan and delivered in a timely manner.
• Liaise with Data Migration Run Manager to ensure Data Migration Engine Delivery team is resourced and available to delivery Migration Deployment as per overall programme timelines.
• Liaise with Data Migration Defect Manager ensuring that all Defects are resolved / escalated as appropriate to ensure qualitative process through deployment.
• Deliver all key program work product log documents as appropriate and in a timely manner.
• Chair workshops / corrective action sessions where appropriate to ensure Data Migration maintains timelines and closes open issues / areas in a timely manner.
• Deliver robust, cost-effective, automated solutions to support data migration demands.
• Responsible for the enforcement of migration standards, roadmaps and blueprints that maximizes current technology platforms and adapts to new data technology, working closely with Data Architects and Solution Architects.
• Oversee and manage the work of the Data Migration Analysts, on and offshore, ensuring the quality of the delivery, guiding in best practice, problem-solving design/delivery challenges.
• Responsible for ensuring data migration strategy is implemented into deployment evaluation, and project estimates are with budget and delivery plans.
• Be a key voice in the contribution to the continued development of Data Migration as a capability - training, tooling, ways of working, and operating model to optimize output and value.
• May manage the relationship with key suppliers (technology and migration service providers).
• Establish strong working relationships with AstraZeneca data and business stakeholder groups to develop an in-depth understanding of business priorities and early insight into changing needs in order to inform and shape demand.
• Selection and implementation of data migration technologies and industry best practices, in alignment with the Enterprise Architecture and Technology Innovation functions.
• Maintain an on-going professional development in data migration technologies (and methodologies) to keep AstraZeneca current with advancing and changing data technology landscape and innovation

Essential for the role

• Bachelor s Degree or equivalent number of years of experience in a Computer Science or Data Management related field
• Significant years of experience in a data migration role with practical examples in developing using modern data platforms to build, deploy, and maintain data migration applications
• The role holder will possess a blend of design skills needed for Agile data development projects
• Proficiency in data engineer techniques and testing methodologies
• Proficiency in data development technologies
• Proficiency with data and application design patterns and processes

Desirable for the role

• Master s in computer science and data management or suitable experience
• Experience with DevOps or DataOps concepts, preferable hands-on experience implementing continuous integration or highly automated end-to-end environments
• Experience implementing a microservices architecture
• Proven experience of leading and growing migration teams
• Industry experience with data migration in large, complex data settings, consultancy or vendor experience
• Experience in reusing of prebuilt components from migration toolsets.
• Good commercial awareness and understanding of the external market for migration technology and best practices
• Demonstrate initiative, strong customer orientation, and cross-cultural working