director, cloud migrations
Aug 8, 2026 · Pfizer Hellas
What you'll do
- Define and own enterprise cloud migration strategy, roadmap, and standards
- Lead large-scale application, platform, and data migration programs across regions
- Ensure consistent use of migration patterns such as re-host, re-platform, re-architect, retire
- Establish migration factories, playbooks, and repeatable delivery models
- Oversee sequencing, dependency management, and risk mitigation during migrations
- Track progress, outcomes, and value realization across migration waves
- Ensure security, compliance, and operational readiness are built into migration designs
- Validate that migrated workloads meet performance, resilience, and cost objectives
- Act as senior point of accountability for migration commitments
- Communicate progress, risks, and outcomes to executive stakeholders
- Align migrations with business priorities and transformation goals
- Build migration expertise, standards, and institutional knowledge
- Foster strong collaboration across engineering, operations, and application teams
Key requirements
- 10+ years' experience
- Cloud migration strategy and governance
- Cloud migration tools, frameworks, and patterns expertise
- Multi-cloud expertise including AWS, Azure, GCP
- Application modernization and portfolio understanding
- Infrastructure knowledge and data migration skills
- Risk mitigation and performance optimization
- Security, compliance, and operational readiness
- Stakeholder communication and business alignment
- Program and delivery governance
- Leadership and transformation initiative management
- Computer Science / Engineering / Information Technologypreferred
About the job
The Director of Cloud Migrations is accountable for planning, executing, and governing large‑scale migrations of applications, platforms, and data from on‑premises and legacy environments to the cloud. This role ensures migrations are secure, repeatable, business‑aligned, and value‑driven, while minimizing risk and disruption.
The role partners closely with Application, Infrastructure, Security, and Business stakeholders to deliver complex migration programs across regions and portfolios.
Key Responsibilities
Migration Strategy & Execution
Define and own enterprise cloud migration strategy, roadmap, and standards;
Lead large‑scale application, platform, and data migration programs across regions;
Ensure consistent use of migration patterns (re‑host, re‑platform, re‑architect, retire).
Program & Delivery Governance
Establish migration factories, playbooks, and repeatable delivery models;
Oversee sequencing, dependency management, and risk mitigation;
Track progress, outcomes, and value realization across migration waves.
Architecture & Engineering Alignment
Ensure security, compliance, and operational readiness are built into migration designs;
Validate that migrated workloads meet performance, resilience, and cost objectives.
Stakeholder & Business Engagement
Act as senior point of accountability for migration commitments;
Communicate progress, risks, and outcomes to executive stakeholders;
Align migrations with business priorities and transformation goals.
People & Leadership
Build migration expertise, standards, and institutional knowledge;
Foster strong collaboration across engineering, operations, and application teams.
Basic Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or equivalent experience;
10–15+ years in cloud, infrastructure, or application modernization roles;
Proven experience leading large, complex cloud migration programs;
Deep knowledge of cloud migration tools, frameworks, and patterns;
Strong multi‑cloud expertise (AWS, Azure, GCP).
Preferred Qualifications
Experience migrating regulated, mission‑critical workloads;
Strong understanding of application portfolios, dependency mapping, and data migration;
Ability to balance speed, risk, and quality in large‑scale transformation initiatives.



