Technology Obsolences – Project Manager (VP1)

Responsibilities:

Technology Obsolescence Project Delivery:

• Lead and manage infrastructure and technology obsolescence remediation initiatives from planning through implementation and closure.
• Deliver projects addressing End-of-Life (EOL), End-of-Support (EOS), unsupported, and legacy technology risks across infrastructure, platforms, databases, middleware, operating systems, cloud, and application environments.
• Define project scope, remediation strategies, milestones, timelines, resource requirements, and success criteria.
• Coordinate technology upgrades, migrations, replacements, modernization activities, and decommissioning of obsolete assets.
• Ensure remediation activities align with business priorities, security requirements, operational resilience objectives, and regulatory expectations.

Obsolescence Portfolio & Dependency Management:

• Manage a portfolio of technology refresh and lifecycle remediation initiatives across multiple technology domains.
• Track and coordinate dependencies between infrastructure teams, application owners, cybersecurity, enterprise architecture, vendors, and business stakeholders.
• Ensure appropriate sequencing of remediation activities to minimize operational impact and avoid service disruption.
• Monitor technology lifecycle roadmaps and remediation commitments against regulatory and organizational risk reduction targets.
• Maintain visibility of critical milestones, resource constraints, and remediation deadlines.

Risk, Compliance & Control Management:

• Identify, assess, and manage risks associated with obsolete infrastructure, unsupported software, and aging technology platforms.
• Drive remediation plans for technology risks arising from EOL/EOS products, vendor support expiration, security vulnerabilities, and compliance gaps.
• Escalate delivery risks, blockers, and decisions requiring management intervention.
• Support governance processes for risk acceptance, mitigation, exception management, and remediation tracking.
• Ensure remediation activities meet internal technology governance, cybersecurity, audit, and regulatory requirements.

Stakeholder & Governance Management:

• Serve as the central coordination point among infrastructure teams, application owners, cybersecurity, architecture, risk management, vendors, and business stakeholders.
• Facilitate project working groups, steering committee sessions, governance reviews, and executive updates.
• Provide clear communication on remediation status, delivery risks, technology dependencies, and key decisions.
• Build consensus among stakeholders with competing priorities to drive timely remediation outcomes.

Vendor & Technology Partner Management:

• Engage technology vendors to evaluate upgrade paths, product lifecycle timelines, support models, and modernization options.
• Coordinate vendor-led upgrades, migrations, proof-of-concepts, and implementation activities.
• Track vendor commitments, support deadlines, licensing impacts, and delivery schedules.
• Support procurement, budgeting, and contract activities related to technology refresh and obsolescence remediation programs.

Reporting, Governance & Documentation:

• Maintain project plans, RAID logs, dependency registers, remediation trackers, and governance documentation.
• Produce regular reporting on technology obsolescence exposure, remediation progress, milestone achievement, and risk reduction outcomes.
• Prepare materials for steering committees, technology risk forums, and senior management reviews.
• Ensure compliance with project management, change management, release management, and operational governance standards.

Transition, Operational Readiness & Closure:

• Ensure successful transition of remediated platforms and services into business-as-usual support.
• Validate operational readiness, documentation, monitoring, support processes, and knowledge transfer activities.
• Confirm remediation objectives, risk reduction outcomes, and compliance requirements have been achieved.
• Conduct lessons learned sessions and post-implementation reviews for continuous improvement.

Requirements:

Project & Program Management

• 8–12+ years of IT Infrastructure Project Management experience delivering complex technology transformation, platform refresh, and infrastructure modernization initiatives.
• Proven experience leading technology obsolescence remediation, infrastructure upgrade, migration, and lifecycle management projects.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent projects within large-scale enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of project governance, RAID management, budgeting, scheduling, resource planning, and stakeholder management.

Infrastructure & Technology Domain Knowledge:

• Strong understanding of infrastructure technologies including servers, storage, networks, operating systems, databases, middleware, virtualization, cloud platforms, and enterprise applications.
• Solid knowledge of technology lifecycle management, including End-of-Life (EOL), End-of-Support (EOS), product retirement, and vendor lifecycle management.
• Understanding of technology risk management, cybersecurity implications, operational resilience, and regulatory expectations related to obsolete technologies.
• Experience working with technology asset management, infrastructure modernization, and technical debt reduction initiatives.

Stakeholder & Communication Skills:

• Excellent communication, coordination, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to engage effectively with technical teams, senior management, risk and compliance functions, and external vendors.
• Strong facilitation, negotiation, and conflict-resolution capabilities.
• Proven ability to present complex technology risks and remediation plans to both technical and non-technical audiences.