Migration Manager – DataPower Replacement (m/f/d)

As a Migration Manager, you will take end-to-end responsibility for the replacement of an existing IBM DataPower environment. You will plan and control the entire migration process, coordinate internal and external stakeholders, and ensure that the affected interfaces and services are transferred to the new platform in a controlled manner.

With your organizational talent, technical understanding, and clear communication, you will ensure that dependencies are identified early, decisions are made in a timely manner, and migration goals are reliably achieved.

• You are responsible for the planning and control of the DataPower replacement from preparation to successful completion.
• You develop a realistic migration strategy and structure the implementation into suitable migration waves.
• You coordinate cross-functional teams as well as internal and external partners across various specialist and technology areas.
• You manage priorities, backlogs, sprints, and delivery plans and ensure transparency regarding progress, risks, and dependencies.
• You prepare decisions in a structured manner and ensure clear communication with all relevant stakeholders.
• You accompany tests, cutover, and hypercare and ensure a controlled transition to the new platform.
• Creation and ongoing maintenance of the overarching migration, wave, and delivery plan.
• Coordination of the migration of affected APIs, interfaces, and services to the new integration platform.
• Management of the involved project teams, specialist departments, platform owners, and external service providers.
• Building and maintaining the Jira backlog as well as prioritization and planning of upcoming work packages.
• Planning and moderation of workshops, alignments, reviews, and decision meetings.
• Identification, assessment, and active management of risks, problems, and dependencies.
• Monitoring of deadlines, resources, budget, and agreed delivery results.
• Creation of status reports, decision bases, and management updates.
• Planning and coordination of test phases, cutover activities, and hypercare.
• Support of the organizational and technical change management during the migration.
• Ensuring complete and traceable project and migration documentation.
• Several years of experience in project, program, or migration management in a demanding ICT environment.
• Demonstrable experience in the planning and control of complex migrations or technology replacements.
• Very good knowledge of agile methodologies, especially Scrum, backlog management, as well as sprint and delivery planning.
• Experience in using Jira or comparable planning and control tools.
• Sound experience in stakeholder management and in the coordination of cross-functional teams.
• Experience in managing external service providers and technology partners.
• Proficiency in handling risks, problems, dependencies, budgets, and resources.
• Technical understanding of API, integration, and platform environments.
• A structured, independent, and result-oriented way of working.
• Strong communication, moderation, and presentation skills at specialist and management levels.
• Very good language skills in German, both oral and written.
• Experience with IBM DataPower or comparable API gateway and integration platforms.
• Experience with the SAP Integration Suite, especially in the context of API Management and Cloud Integration.
• Experience with the replacement or modernization of middleware and legacy platforms.
• Knowledge of modern API management, cloud, and container platforms.
• Experience with extensive migration wave plans and parallel migration streams.
• Experience in the planning and execution of complex cutover scenarios.
• Knowledge in the areas of test management, release management, and hypercare.
• Good English skills, both oral and written.
• Certifications in project management or agile methods, such as IPMA, PMI, PRINCE2, SAFe, or Scrum.
• An exciting and versatile working environment with challenging projects.
• The opportunity to shape products that create real added value for companies and users.
• An agile environment that promotes innovation and creativity.
• A motivated, supportive, and growing team that moves forward together.