Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Staffing Science is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead a global infrastructure modernization initiative migrating virtualization environments from VMware to Nutanix. The role owns planning, execution, application validation, stakeholder communication, vendor coordination, and post-migration stabilization.
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end project management for a global VMware-to-Nutanix infrastructure migration
- Build and manage project plans, timelines, risk registers, and stakeholder communication cadences across the life of the migration
- Coordinate closely with infrastructure, systems engineering, security, and networking teams to keep the migration on track across multiple sites/regions
- Partner with application teams to plan, support, and validate testing of applications as they're rolled out into the new post-migration environment
- Manage the transition period where legacy VMware-dependent workflows and applications are cut over and stabilized on Nutanix
- Track progress against milestones, proactively surface risks or blockers, and adjust plans as issues surface mid-migration
- Manage vendor and contractor resources supporting the technical migration effort
- Report progress and risk to executive stakeholders, including CIO-level leadership
Skills
- If not VMware-to-Nutanix specifically, deep experience managing a comparable large-scale hypervisor or infrastructure migration is required
- Demonstrated experience working closely with infrastructure and systems engineering teams, not just tracking their work from a distance — you should be comfortable in the technical details of a migration, even if you're not the one executing it
- Experience supporting application testing and rollout into newly migrated environments — you understand that a migration isn't "done" when the VMs move, it's done when the applications running on top of them are validated and stable
- Strong track record managing multi-site or global-scope technical infrastructure projects
- Experience managing a mix of internal teams and contract/vendor resources
- Excellent executive-level communication and reporting skills
- Prior experience specifically leading a VMware-to-Nutanix migration is strongly preferred — this is the single most important qualifier for this role
- Candidates based in or willing to work from the Chandler, AZ area strongly preferred, as this role has a path to full-time conversion tied to a physical hub location
- PMP or equivalent PM certification
Benefits
- On-site/hybrid work preferred in the Chandler, AZ area; remote work can be considered from any part of the United States.
- Contract-to-hire opportunity with a clear path to full-time employment for the right candidate.
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