Data Migration Lead - Insurance Platform - Policy Migration

Initial 8-month Fixed Term Contract with possible extension

Melbourne CBD, WFH, hybrid

$150k - $200 + Super

The organisation

Talenza is partnering with a leading professional services organisation undertaking a major core platform transformation. This program is focused on modernising policy administration capabilities and delivering a scalable, future-ready insurance core environment.

This is a critical role within the transformation, responsible for ensuring the accurate, secure, and performant migration of complex legacy policy data into a modern core insurance platform.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end data migration workstream within a core insurance platform transformation; Duck Creek, GuideWire, Sapiens or equivalent.
• Own migration planning, scope definition, sequencing, and delivery across multiple sprints
• Design, configure, test, and execute data migration runs into the target core platform
• Analyse complex legacy data structures and work with business and data analysts to define data mappings and transformation rules
• Define and manage user stories, acceptance criteria, estimates, and sprint outcomes for the migration stream
• Oversee the full data loading lifecycle, including pre-load validation, execution, reconciliation, and post-load verification
• Optimise migration performance to support large data volumes, cutover windows, and agreed SLAs
• Identify, investigate, and resolve data quality issues, defects, and performance bottlenecks
• Collaborate closely with BAs, data analysts, legacy SMEs, ETL developers, integration teams, and QA
• Provide hands-on technical contribution where required to ensure delivery outcomes are met
• Lead and coordinate ETL developers and support resources within the migration team

Key Skills & Experience

• 5+ years' hands-on experience delivering data migration for core insurance platforms
• Proven experience migrating data from mainframe or complex legacy policy systems
• Strong understanding of the insurance policy lifecycle, including policy, endorsements, customers, and reference data
• End-to-end knowledge of the data migration lifecycle, from source analysis through to production load
• Solid experience with ETL concepts, data processing, and transformation logic
• Strong SQL skills for data validation, reconciliation, and defect analysis
• Experience working with relational and/or NoSQL databases
• Demonstrated ability to lead and mentor ETL or data migration delivery teams
• Comfortable operating in Agile delivery environments and working across small, fast-moving teams

Benefits

• Lead one of the most critical streams in a major insurance transformation
• High-impact role with genuine ownership and visibility
• Competitive $150k-$200k + super package on an 8-month FTC with possible extension
• Opportunity to work on a modern core insurance platform with long-term relevance