The programme involves migrating multiple applications from a legacy data centre environment to target hosting platforms within a regulated financial services context

The Transition Manager will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and driving complex transition and cutover activities across several parallel application migrations

The role requires a hands‑on senior project manager with strong experience in financial sector IT transitions, able to work in complex, multi‑vendor environments with high regulatory and operational requirements

IT Transition Manager

Your responsibilities

• Plan and drive end‑to‑end transition and cutover activities for multiple application migrations
• Coordinate technical, operational, and business stakeholders across Finance, internal technology teams, and external suppliers
• Ensure readiness for production cutovers, including dependencies, risks, mitigations, and rollback planning
• Manage transition plans, cutover schedules, and execution runbooks at application level
• Track and actively manage risks, issues, and interdependencies related to migration execution
• Support alignment between programme governance and hands‑on delivery activities
• Ensure transitions are executed in line with financial‑sector controls, compliance, and operational stability expectations
• Provide clear and concise status reporting to programme leadership and stakeholders

Our requirements

• Proven experience as a senior Project Manager or Transition Manager in complex IT transition or migration programmes
• Strong background in the financial services sector (banking, finance, insurance, or similarly regulated environments)
• Demonstrated experience planning and executing data centre migrations, platform transitions, or large‑scale infrastructure changes
• Hands‑on experience with cutover planning, execution, and production readiness
• Ability to manage multiple parallel workstreams with tight timelines and high stakeholder complexity
• Strong stakeholder management skills across business, technology, and vendor organizations
• Structured, methodical approach to risk, dependency, and issue management
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, in an international environment
• Ability to work independently and take ownership in a high‑pressure delivery phase
• Fluency in English (spoken and written)
• Experience in Nordic or large European banking environments
• Familiarity with application migrations to cloud or modernized hosting platforms
• Experience working in multi‑vendor or outsourced delivery models
• Understanding of IT governance, compliance, and control requirements in regulated environments
• Experience working in programmes with strong dependency on architecture, security, and infrastructure teams