Technical Project Manager – VMware Migration

Company: Lorien
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Location: London
Job Description:

Technical Project Manager – VMware Migration

City of London – 1 day onsite per week, up to 3 days when required.

12 months

Inside of IR35

A leading higher education institution is seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead a major cloud infrastructure transformation programme. This strategic initiative will modernise core hosting, virtualisation, automation, and orchestration capabilities across a complex enterprise environment.

This role will be responsible for delivering a large-scale cloud vision programme, overseeing the selection, implementation, migration, and operational transition of next‑generation infrastructure platforms. Working alongside senior technology leaders, architects, engineers, and third‑party suppliers, you will play a key role in shaping the future infrastructure landscape.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end delivery of a complex cloud transformation programme from vendor selection through to implementation and service transition.
  • Develop and manage detailed project plans covering procurement, platform evaluation, proof of concepts, implementation, migration planning, and automation rollout.
  • Ensure alignment with wider cloud and infrastructure strategies.
  • Manage project scope, timelines, dependencies, budgets, risks, and deliverables across multiple workstreams.
  • Establish robust governance, reporting, and delivery frameworks.
  • Strong track record in virtualisation platform migrations or VMware replacement initiatives.
  • Experience Integrating public and private, cloud projects.
  • Extensive experience working in an Agile/SAFe environment
  • Cloud architecture and infrastructure services (IaaS/PaaS)
  • Infrastructure automation and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)
  • CI/CD
  • Experience working in the Higher Education Sector

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Posted: September 21st, 2026