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# Data Migration Manager

- **Company:** IT Works Health LTD
- **Location:** UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cerner, Big Data, Data Mapping, Data Migration, Data Mining, Meditech, Legacy Systems
- **Published:** September 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2879228298-data-migration-manager

## About the Role

* Proven experience managing large-scale data migration projects.
 * Strong experience within NHS or wider healthcare digital transformation.
 * Experience supporting EPR implementations, system replacements or major healthcare technology programmes.
 * Strong understanding of data mapping, cleansing, transformation, validation and reconciliation.
 * Experience managing migration testing, mock migrations and cutover.
 * Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
 * Ability to manage multiple workstreams, dependencies and competing priorities.

Desirable Experience

 * Previous experience with major EPR platforms such as Epic, Oracle Health/Cerner, MEDITECH or similar.
 * Experience delivering migrations across multiple NHS Trusts or healthcare organisations.
 * Experience working with complex clinical datasets and legacy systems.
 * Experience managing external migration suppliers and technical delivery partners.

## Description

The successful candidate will take ownership of the data migration workstream, managing the end-to-end migration process and working closely with technical, clinical, EPR and programme teams to ensure data is migrated accurately, securely and effectively into the target system., * Lead the planning and delivery of the end-to-end data migration workstream.

 * Develop and maintain the data migration strategy, plan and associated documentation.
 * Coordinate data extraction, cleansing, mapping, transformation and validation activities.
 * Manage migration testing, mock migrations, reconciliation and cutover activities.
 * Work closely with EPR, technical, data and clinical workstreams to identify and resolve migration dependencies.
 * Establish appropriate data quality, validation and reconciliation processes.
 * Manage migration risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies.
 * Coordinate internal teams, suppliers and third-party stakeholders involved in the migration.
 * Provide regular progress reporting to programme and senior stakeholders.
 * Support go-live and cutover planning, ensuring migration activities are delivered within agreed timescales.


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