Project Manager – OpenShift Virtualization Transformation

Location: Pune, India (Hybrid: 1 week/month in-office)

Contract: 1-Year (extendable)

Project: VMware-to-OpenShift Virtualization migration Project

Role Summary:

We seek an experienced Project Manager to lead a high-stakes infrastructure transformation program. You will orchestrate the end-to-end migration from legacy VMware to Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, ensuring on-time, on-budget delivery while managing stakeholder expectations, risks, and regulatory compliance in a complex FSI environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Project Planning & Execution: Define migration roadmap, milestones, and resource plans. Coordinate with technical leads (Platform, Build, Automation, QE) to track progress against KPIs (migration velocity, downtime windows, test pass rates).
• Stakeholder & Vendor Management: Serve as primary liaison between Red Hat delivery teams, client leadership, and third-party vendors. Present regular status updates to steering committees and negotiate scope/timeline changes.
• Risk & Governance: Proactively identify, mitigate, and report risks (data integrity, performance, compliance). Establish governance frameworks, change control processes, and contingency plans (e.g., rollback strategies).
• Team Leadership: Lead a cross-functional team of 1525 engineers and architects. Foster collaboration, clarity of roles, and effective communication between technical and business stakeholders.
• Reporting: Produce weekly/monthly dashboards covering budget, timeline, milestones, and issues for executive sponsors.

Mandatory Qualifications:

• 12+ years total experience, with 5+ years in project management (infrastructure modernization/cloud migration preferred).
• Proven track record managing large-scale migration projects in complex, matrixed organizations.
• Strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills experience engaging C-suite, IT directors, and operational teams.
• Excellent verbal/written communication Able to translate complex technical details into clear, business-friendly language.
• Familiarity with Agile/Waterfall hybrid methodologies and tools (Jira, MS Project, ServiceNow).
• Risk management expertise identifying and mitigating technical, operational, and compliance risks.
• Experience in Financial Services (banking, insurance) is highly desirable.

Desirable Skills:

• Foundational knowledge of OpenShift, Kubernetes, or VMware vSphere.
• Certifications: PMP, PRINCE2, Agile PSM / CSM,
• Familiarity with RBI/PCI-DSS compliance and ITIL frameworks.

Location & Contract:

• Hybrid: 1 week/month in Pune office (local candidates preferred; non-local welcome if willing to commute).
• Initial 1-year contract with strong extension potential based on performance.