MFT Migration Project Lead - Business Integration - EDI

Job Description

MFT Migration Project Manager

Location: Hybrid / Remote (as needed)

Job Type: Contract / Full-Time

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead and stabilize a critical managed file transfer migration initiative. This role will be responsible for driving project governance, cross-functional coordination, resource accountability, and delivery execution across application, middleware, backend, and infrastructure teams.

The ideal candidate has strong experience managing complex migration initiatives, especially involving coordination across multiple platforms, teams, and technical workstreams.

This individual will play a key role in establishing ownership, improving team engagement, mitigating delivery risks, and ensuring successful execution.

Key Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end project management for a complex MFT migration initiative

Build and manage detailed project plans, milestones, and cutover timelines

Establish strong governance processes including daily standups, weekly status reviews, executive steering updates, and RAID management

Drive accountability across legacy application teams, middleware teams, backend application teams, and infrastructure and support teams

Create and maintain project documentation including project plan, dependency tracker, risk logs, issue logs, and action registers

Coordinate cross-functional technical teams to ensure timely deliverables

Manage resource planning and escalation for critical staffing gaps

Lead knowledge transfer planning for transitioning legacy resources

Facilitate testing, cutover, and go-live readiness activities

Escalate blockers and risks proactively to leadership

Ensure business and technical stakeholders remain aligned throughout the migration lifecycle

Required Qualifications

5+ years of Project Management experience

Proven experience leading large scale migration and modernization projects

Strong understanding of enterprise application environments

Experience coordinating across technical teams including middleware, backend, infrastructure, and QA

Demonstrated success in managing projects with significant risks and dependencies

Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills

Experience with project governance, RAID logs, and milestone tracking

Strong organizational and follow-through skills

Ability to drive accountability across multiple workstreams

Full-time

Hybrid remote