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Join Maersk as a Work Placement & Migration Lead in Chengdu, China. In this full-time role, you will strategically manage work placement and migration across GSC locations, driving operational efficiency, site optimization, and compliance.

Requirements

  • Required experience: 7-10 years of relevant experience in Transition Management, Migrations & Project Management.
  • Required project scale: Experience leading large transition projects (150 FTE or more).
  • Required certifications: Certified Prince2 Practitioner or PMP is a must.
  • Preferred certifications: LEAN Six Sigma.
  • Language: Excellent command of spoken and written English.

Skills & Responsibilities

  • Project Management: Lead complex transition projects and manage work migration based on the service catalogue.
  • Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with key stakeholders and engage comfortably with senior management in tough discussions.
  • Data Analysis & Visualization: Generate business insights based on reliable data and perform data visualization and storytelling.
  • Resource Planning: Handle resource planning for BI and conduct end-to-end impact analysis.
  • Potential transition routes: People from Senior Project Manager or Transition Manager roles may bring strong project and stakeholder management skills, alongside meeting the required migration and certification standards.

Job description

The Work Placement & Migration Lead is responsible for strategically managing the placement and migration of work across Global Shared Services Centre (GSC) locations, ensuring alignment with service delivery models, operational efficiency, and compliance with established principles and standards

Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. If you need special assistance or an accommodation to use our website, apply for a position, or to perform a job, please contact us by emailing accommodationrequests@maersk.com.

Key responsibilities

• Apply and enforce work placement principles consistently across all GSC locations to ensure strategic alignment and operational efficiency.

• Develop and execute location and site optimization strategies that support business needs and service delivery models.

• Collaborate with key stakeholders to monitor and report compliance with work placement standards and decisions.

• Lead the migration of work based on the service catalogue, maintaining consistency, recording exceptions, and reducing fragmentation.

• Make informed decisions on work placement within the GSC, balancing strategic priorities, capabilities, and compliance requirements.

Accountabilities:

• Business insight generation based on accurate, consistent & reliable data

• Data visualisation & storytelling

• Resource planning for BI

• End-to-end impact analysis

Required qualification

• 7-10 years relevant experience in in Transition Management, Migrations & Project Management

• Experience in leading Large Transition Projects (150 FTE or more)

• Strong project management skills and experience in managing complex and dynamic Transition projects

• Certified Prince2 Practitioner/ PMP is a must. Additional LEAN Six Sigma is preferred

• Experience working in a global business environment

• Excellent in stakeholder management & a good team player

• Comfortable when dealing with senior management and being part of tough discussions

• Passionate about driving customer experience and client centricity

• Excellent command of spoken and written English and communication skills

• Excellent Presentation skills and overall expertise in MS Office Suite – especially MS Excel and Power point

• Ability to multi-task, manage several projects simultaneously in a dynamic environment and manage challenge

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Maersk

Work Placement & Migration Lead

Chengdu, Sichuan

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