Advisory Key - Senior Fund Migration Project Manager

Key responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end fund migration and conversion projects, from planning through implementation and post-migration stabilisation.
• Manage complex fund lifecycle events, including migrations, administrator transitions, launches, mergers and liquidations.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across fund administration, transfer agency, custody, middle office, fund accounting, technology and operations.
• Oversee data readiness, data validation, reconciliation, testing, cutover and go-live activities.
• Manage project governance, including project plans, migration roadmaps, RAID logs, dependency tracking, runbooks and status reporting.
• Act as a key point of contact for senior stakeholders, clients and external service providers.
• Identify, manage and escalate project risks, issues and dependencies.
• Lead working groups and steering committees and provide clear updates to senior stakeholders.
• Contribute to the standardisation and continuous improvement of migration processes and delivery frameworks.

Requirements

• 5-10+ years of experience in project or programme management within financial services, asset servicing, fund administration or investment management.
• Proven track record delivering complex fund migrations, conversions or other fund lifecycle projects.
• Strong understanding of fund administration and asset servicing operating models.
• Experience with data validation, reconciliations, testing, cutover and operational readiness.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including experience with senior stakeholders and external service providers.
• Strong governance and reporting capabilities.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• French and/or German would be an advantage.
• PMP, Prince2, Agilepm or equivalent project management experience would be advantageous.