Data Migration & Cutover Lead

Data Migration & Cutover Lead

Location: Houston, TX (on-site, 5 days per week) Type: Contract

Role Summary We are looking for a Data Migration & Cutover Lead to be the single accountable lead for data migration, Enterprise Data Platform (EDP) onboarding and production cutover into IMOS for a global energy and trading client. You will lead the migration team and own accurate migration, reconciliation, business acceptance and a low-disruption cutover.

Key Responsibilities

• Define the migration strategy, roadmap, scope, sequencing, governance and acceptance criteria.
• Lead transaction, master and reference data migration, including mapping, transformation, conversion and loading.
• Own IMOS Snowflake onboarding into the client's Enterprise Data Platform and validate downstream reporting and data products.
• Develop the integrated cutover runbook, migration windows, freezes, rollback criteria and contingency plans.
• Lead rehearsals and mock migrations, production execution, hypercare and operational handover.
• Coordinate migration managers, data engineers, business analysts, SMEs, testing teams, vendors and business stakeholders.

Success Measures

• Data migrated and reconciled to agreed criteria.
• Business validation and acceptance completed.
• EDP onboarding delivered with required controls and operational readiness.

Requirements

• Significant enterprise-scale data migration and cutover leadership experience.
• Hands-on experience with transaction, master and reference data migration.
• Experience with enterprise data platform onboarding (e.g., Snowflake) and operational transition.
• Strong governance, executive communication, risk and dependency management skills.
• Experience with IMOS or other trading, shipping or commodity systems is a plus.
• Must be able to work on-site in Houston, TX, 5 days per week.