At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead HR data migration projects and ensure data quality for seamless transitions.
- Company: Join Amber Labs, a specialist tech consultancy focused on digital transformation.
- Benefits: Enjoy hybrid work, private healthcare, pension, and 25 days annual leave.
- Other info: Collaborative environment with opportunities for growth and learning.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in HR transformation while working with top-tier professionals.
- Qualifications: Proven experience in data migration and strong understanding of HR systems required.
The predicted salary is between 59400 - 72600 £ per year.
Location: UK Hybrid – 1 day per week onsite in London, with ad hoc travel to Birmingham
Employment Type: Permanent or 12-Month Fixed Term Contract (FTC)
Clearance: SC Eligible; Active SC Clearance preferred
About Amber Labs
Amber Labs is a specialist technology and digital transformation consultancy delivering secure, high-quality solutions across highly regulated and high-trust environments, including Government, Defence, Financial Services and Infrastructure. Our consultants work closely with clients, taking ownership of outcomes and delivering practical solutions to complex transformation challenges.
The Role
As a HR Data Migration Architect, you will play a key role in preparing and assuring HR data for migration from legacy systems into a new HR environment. You will work closely with HR stakeholders, technical teams and programme colleagues to understand existing HR systems and data, identify quality issues, shape migration approaches and ensure migration activities are well planned and governed.
Key Responsibilities
- Engage with HR stakeholders to understand business requirements, processes and data needs.
- Analyse and understand legacy HR systems, structures and data flows.
- Assess HR data quality, identifying inconsistencies, gaps, duplication and potential migration risks.
- Support the definition and planning of HR data migration activities.
- Organise and coordinate migration preparation activities across business and technical teams.
- Contribute to migration strategies, approaches and plans.
- Review and assure proposed migration approaches, ensuring they are robust, achievable and aligned with programme objectives.
- Identify data dependencies, risks, assumptions and potential issues that could impact migration.
- Work collaboratively with architects, data specialists, HR teams and programme stakeholders.
- Provide clear recommendations and assurance around data readiness and migration activity.
- Support governance, documentation and reporting throughout the migration lifecycle.
Essential Experience
- Proven experience working as a Data Migration Architect, Data Migration Lead, Data Architect or similar senior data role.
- Strong experience delivering or supporting HR data migration programmes.
- Demonstrable understanding of HR systems and HR data, including the complexities associated with employee, organisational and workforce data.
- Experience analysing and improving data quality prior to migration.
- Strong understanding of legacy systems, data structures, data mapping and migration processes.
- Experience developing, reviewing or assuring data migration strategies and approaches.
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills, particularly when working with HR/business stakeholders alongside technical teams.
- Experience working within a highly regulated, controlled or high-assurance environment.
- Ability to identify and manage migration risks, dependencies and data-related issues.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate complex data and technical issues into clear business recommendations.
Desirable Experience
- Experience with major HR platforms such as Workday, SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM, Oracle PeopleSoft or similar.
- Experience with HR transformation or HR technology replacement programmes.
- Experience working within UK Government or other highly regulated organisations.
- Knowledge of data governance, data protection and information assurance principles.
- Experience working within Agile or structured programme delivery environments.
- Experience providing independent assurance or challenge of migration plans and approaches.
What You'll Get at Amber Labs
You'll join a consultancy where ownership, curiosity and collaboration are central to how we work. We offer:
- Permanent or 12-month FTC employment
- Hybrid flexibility with 1 day per week onsite in London
- Ad hoc travel to Birmingham
- Private healthcare (Bupa)
- Company pension
- 25 days annual leave plus UK bank holidays
If you're an experienced HR Data Migration professional looking for an opportunity to work on a complex transformation programme where data quality, governance and assurance are critical, we'd love to hear from you.
Data Migration Architect employer: Amber Labs
Amber Labs is an exceptional employer that champions a culture of collaboration and innovation, making it an ideal place for a Lead Software Developer to thrive. With a focus on personal growth, flexible working arrangements, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion, employees are empowered to take ownership of their projects while benefiting from competitive salaries, performance bonuses, and comprehensive health coverage. The opportunity to work on high-impact government programmes in a supportive environment ensures that your contributions are both meaningful and rewarding.
