Data Migration Lead

The Data Migration Lead is responsible for leading the banks data migration workstream for the Deposits Modernization Program serving as the primary counterpart to the vendors Data Migration Manager. The role oversees governance validation and sign-off of all migration activities to ensure data accuracy completeness regulatory compliance and minimal business disruption. This position drives migration strategy cutover planning reconciliation vendor management and stakeholder coordination throughout the modernization program.

Responsibilities

• Define the overall data migration strategy scope approach and acceptance criteria aligned with program releases and cutover milestones.
• Develop and manage the end-to-end migration plan including environments mock migrations dress rehearsals and production cutover.
• Govern vendor delivery by reviewing migration designs ETL processes mapping documents transformation rules reconciliation logic and runbooks.
• Coordinate with business and IT stakeholders to validate source-to-target mappings business rules and reference data.
• Establish and execute migration verification controls including record counts reconciliation balance validations exception management and stakeholder sign-offs.
• Lead migration defect management by prioritizing issues driving root cause analysis monitoring resolutions and escalating risks.
• Ensure readiness of migration data for SIT UAT and parallel testing including refreshes and data masking where required.
• Plan and coordinate cutover activities reconciliation checkpoints rollback procedures and readiness assessments to minimize operational impact.
• Ensure compliance with data governance security audit and regulatory requirements throughout the migration lifecycle.
• Provide regular progress updates risk reporting RAID management and status reporting to program leadership and senior stakeholders.

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science Engineering or a related field.
• 8 years of experience delivering large-scale data migration initiatives preferably in core banking or deposits modernization.
• Proven experience leading data migration workstreams and managing vendor delivery teams and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience with legacy-to-modern platform migrations.
• Hands-on experience with TCS Finacle Fiserv Temenos Flexcube or other core banking platforms.
• Strong understanding of ETL concepts and the data migration lifecycle.
• Knowledge of data quality validation and reconciliation concepts.
• Understanding of banking data objects (customer/account balances product parameters transaction history) and downstream impacts.
• Strong analytical skills with experience working with large datasets.
• Proficiency in SQL and Microsoft Excel; experience with Power BI is an advantage.
• Strong documentation discipline and attention to detail.
• Good communication skills with the ability to coordinate across IT vendors and business stakeholders.
• Strong structured problem-solving skills.
• Must-have: Data Migration ETL Concepts Banking/Financial Services project experience Modern Core Banking Platform experience.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time