Technical Project Manager – Data Archiving & Migration

Company Description

Talan – Positive Innovation

Talan is an international consulting group specializing in innovation and business transformation through technology. With over 7,200 consultants in 21 countries and a turnover of €850M, we are committed to delivering impactful, future-ready solutions.

Talan at a Glance

Headquartered in Paris and operating globally, Talan combines technology, innovation, and empowerment to deliver measurable results for our clients. Over the past 22 years, we’ve built a strong presence in the IT and consulting landscape, and we’re on track to reach €1 billion in revenue this year.

Our Core Areas of Expertise

• Data & Technologies: We design and implement large-scale, end-to-end architecture and data solutions, including data integration, data science, visualization, Big Data, AI, and Generative AI.
• Cloud & Application Services: We integrate leading platforms such as SAP, Salesforce, Oracle, Microsoft, AWS, and IBM Maximo, helping clients transition to the cloud and improve operational efficiency.
• Management & Innovation Consulting: We lead business and digital transformation initiatives through project and change management best practices (PM, PMO, Agile, Scrum, Product Ownership), and support domains such as Supply Chain, Cybersecurity, and ESG/Low-Carbon strategies.

We work with major global clients across diverse sectors, including Transport & Logistics, Financial Services, Energy & Utilities, Retail, and Media & Telecommunications.

We are looking for an experienced Technical Project Manager to lead a key Data Archiving workstream within a large-scale transformation programme. The successful candidate will oversee the assessment of a legacy data estate, define the scope for a strategic archiving solution, and lead its delivery in collaboration with internal data engineering teams, business stakeholders, and third-party suppliers.

The role will also provide technical project management support to a major data migration workstream, coordinating the ancillary technical activities required to ensure successful migration across surrounding systems and downstream data flows.

This is a senior role suited to a candidate with approximately 5–6 years of experience in technical project management, ideally with a background in data delivery, data migration, data archiving, or large-scale transformation programmes.

Key Responsibilities

Data Archiving

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of the Data Archiving workstream, managing a small team of Business Analysts.
• Oversee the assessment of the organisation’s legacy data estate and define the scope and requirements for a strategic archive solution.
• Coordinate with internal Data Engineering teams and third-party suppliers to obtain archive data copies and ensure successful ingestion into the strategic archive.
• Manage the delivery of required business user access to archived data.
• Coordinate project dependencies, risks, issues, milestones, and delivery plans across multiple technical teams.
• Support the development and securing of the business case and funding for the archiving initiative.
• Provide clear project updates and recommendations to senior stakeholders and steering committees.

Data Migration Support

• Support a large-scale data transformation and migration workstream, coordinating technical activities required to support the migration.
• Coordinate secondary data loads into surrounding systems and manage downstream data cascades and dependencies.
• Work closely with multiple technical delivery teams and third-party suppliers to align migration activities and timelines.
• Coordinate technical teams’ involvement in migration testing, rehearsals, and delivery activities.
• Identify and manage technical dependencies, risks, and issues that could impact migration delivery.
• Ensure effective communication and alignment across technical, business, and supplier stakeholders.

Key Skills & Experience

• 5–6 years of experience in Technical Project Management or a similar delivery-focused role.
• Proven experience delivering data-related projects or programmes.
• Strong understanding of data migration, data archiving, data delivery, or data transformation initiatives.
• Experience coordinating multiple technical teams and third-party suppliers.
• Experience working with Data Engineering teams and understanding technical data delivery processes.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently with senior stakeholders and steering committees.
• Experience managing project risks, dependencies, issues, timelines, and delivery milestones.
• Strong organisational and coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams and competing priorities.
• Experience supporting business cases, funding discussions, and strategic project decisions.
• Comfortable working in complex transformation environments with multiple technical dependencies.

Desirable Experience

• Previous experience delivering data archiving solutions.
• Experience working on large-scale data migrations or transformation programmes.
• Experience within financial services, wealth management, banking, or another highly regulated environment.
• Experience coordinating migration testing, rehearsals, and downstream system activities.
• Familiarity with enterprise data platforms and strategic archive solutions.

What do we offer you?

• Remote within Spain Time zone.
• Possibility to be part of a multicultural team and work on international projects.
• CET working hours

If you have read this far and you are looking forward to joining this challenge, do not hesitate to apply... we would be delighted to meet you!

Talan Spain’s commitment to non-discrimination based on gender, race, ideology, or any other reason, in accordance with the company’s "Equality Plan" and the current regulations on gender equality between women and men (Royal Decree-Law 6/2019).