CTG is seeking an experienced Archival Project Manager to lead enterprise data and application archiving initiatives. This role will be responsible for developing and executing legacy system retirement strategies, overseeing data archival programs, ensuring regulatory compliance, and coordinating cross-functional teams throughout the archival lifecycle.
The ideal candidate combines strong project management expertise with deep experience in application decommissioning, records retention, data governance, and long-term preservation of critical business information.
Key Responsibilities- Lead complex archival and legacy system retirement projects from planning through execution.
- Develop and implement enterprise archival strategies for applications, databases, and unstructured content.
- Partner with business stakeholders, compliance teams, legal departments, and IT leadership to establish retention and disposition requirements.
- Create project plans, schedules, risk mitigation strategies, and communication plans.
- Coordinate data extraction, migration, validation, and archival activities across multiple technology platforms.
- Manage application decommissioning initiatives while ensuring continued access to historical records.
- Facilitate governance reviews and ensure adherence to regulatory, legal, and organizational data retention policies.
- Oversee vendor relationships and third-party archival solution implementations.
- Conduct stakeholder meetings, status reporting, and executive-level project updates.
- Identify and mitigate project risks related to data integrity, security, compliance, and business continuity.
- Establish success metrics and documentation for archival projects and system retirement efforts.
- Support audits and regulatory inquiries related to archived data and retired applications.
Required Qualifications- PMP (Project Management Professional) certification required.
- 5+ years of project management experience leading enterprise IT initiatives.
- 5+ years of experience managing legacy archival, application retirement, data retention, or decommissioning programs.
- Strong understanding of records management, information governance, and data lifecycle management.
- Experience developing archival strategies for enterprise applications, databases, and document repositories.
- Demonstrated success managing large-scale cross-functional projects involving business, legal, compliance, and technical teams.
- Experience with project management methodologies including Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid approaches.
- Strong risk management, stakeholder management, and executive communication skills.
Excellent verbal and written English communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group are required.
CTG does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee based recruitment services for this role.
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The expected base salary for this position ranges from $75.00 to $85.00/hour. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, market factors, and where applicable, licensure or certifications obtained. In addition to salary, a competitive benefit package is also offered.
