Title: Data Migration Project Manager

Location: Houston TX (4 days a week)

Key skills: energy industry, data migration, data quality

Rate: depending on the interview results and profile

Duration: 6+ months

Jigsaw Data Migration & Cutover Lead

Role Purpose

The Jigsaw Data Migration & Cutover Lead is the single accountable lead for data migration, Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) onboarding, and production cutover into IMOS. The role leads the Data Migration Team and is responsible for ensuring data is migrated accurately, reconciled successfully, accepted by the business, and deployed with minimal operational disruption.

Scope of Responsibilities

· Team Leadership: Lead and coordinate migration managers, data engineers, business analysts, SMEs, and testing teams.

· Delivery Areas: Transaction, master, and reference data migration; data engineering and migration platform delivery.

· Platforms & Integration: IMOS Snowflake to EDP onboarding.

· Quality & Control: Data quality, validation, and reconciliation.

· Execution & Operations: Cutover planning, readiness, execution, hypercare, and transition to operational support.

Key Accountabilities

Data Migration Strategy & Governance

· Define migration strategy, roadmap, scope, sequencing, and acceptance criteria.

· Establish governance, reporting, and decision-making processes.

· Manage risks, issues, dependencies, and supplier delivery.

· Coordinate business, technology, operations, and vendor stakeholders.

Transaction Data Migration

· Own migration delivery for operational transaction data.

· Oversee data mapping, transformation, conversion, and loading.

· Lead rehearsals, mock migrations, and production execution.

· Drive defect resolution, reconciliation, and business sign-off.

Master & Reference Data Migration

· Oversee migration of foundational business data (counterparties, book structures, vessels, ports, and terminals).

· Coordinate cleansing, enrichment, and validation activities.

· Manage exceptions and outstanding data decisions.

Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) Onboarding

· Own production onboarding of IMOS Snowflake data into Shell's Enterprise Data Platform.

· Coordinate deployment, activation, and validation of downstream reporting and data products.

· Ensure operational controls, monitoring, support processes, and service ownership are established before go-live.

· Manage risks and dependencies associated with EDP deployment.

Cutover Planning & Execution

· Develop migration cutover strategy and integrated runbook.

· Define migration windows, freezes, sequencing, and controls.

· Lead readiness reviews, rehearsals, and mock cutovers.

· Define contingency plans, rollback criteria, and decision paths.

· Coordinate execution across business, source systems, and migration teams.

· Monitor progress, manage issues, and confirm readiness for hypercare.

Hypercare & Operational Transition

· Establish hypercare plans and support models.

· Coordinate issue resolution and stabilization activities.

· Transfer knowledge, controls, and outstanding actions to support teams.

· Confirm completion of operational handover and exit criteria.

Required Experience & Skills

· Significant experience leading enterprise-scale data migration and cutover programs.

· Proven leadership of multidisciplinary migration teams and third-party suppliers.

· Hands-on experience with transaction, master, and reference data migration.

· Experience onboarding data into enterprise data platforms and supporting operational transition.

· Strong stakeholder management, governance, and executive communication skills.

· Experience in energy industry.

· Proven ability to manage risk and drive critical decisions under pressure.

Success Measures

· Data successfully migrated and reconciled to agreed criteria.

· Business validation and sign-off completed.

· EDP onboarding delivered with required operational controls.

· Core Competencies: Project Management, Stakeholder Management, Business Intimacy

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