Lead an end-to-end review of the migration lifecycle, from requirements and mapping through to test cycles, batch execution and cutover
Identify gaps, root causes and improvement opportunities across the current migration process
Assess existing controls, quality gates and assurance steps, and define where these need to be strengthened or introduced
Review upcoming product scope to identify heightened risks, including complexity in mapping rules, product structures and batch dependencies
Translate technical migration dependencies into clear business impacts, risks and decisions
Act as the business lead across migration activity, ensuring strong coordination between delivery, technology and business stakeholders
Escalate migration issues where needed and support timely decisions on remediation and risk acceptance
Strengthen governance, checkpoints and accountability across migration cycles
Support business readiness for dry runs, mock runs and final cutover activity
Ensure migrated outputs are validated properly, including policy accuracy, underwriting rules and financial outcomes

Strong experience leading or overseeing business migration activity on large transformation programmes
Experience reviewing end-to-end migration processes, controls and governance in delivery environments where quality and timing are critical
Hands-on experience of delivery implementation runbooks, rollback scenarios, management of dress rehearsals, and business readiness management
Ability to identify root causes across business and technical workstreams and drive practical improvement actions
Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to challenge, escalate and influence at senior level
Experience working across requirements, data mapping, testing, batch execution and cutover planning
Comfortable operating in complex environments with multiple dependencies and evolving priorities
Insurance sector experience is strongly preferred
Underwriting knowledge or exposure would be particularly valuable

Business Migration Lead – Insurance

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