Project Manager

Job Title: Project Manager (Part-Time)


Employment Type: Contract


Work Arrangement: Hybrid (Onsite presence required periodically)

Overview


We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead the implementation of a replacement licensing and management system. The selected candidate will provide end-to-end project management oversight, including project planning, requirements gathering, vendor coordination, system implementation, user acceptance testing, deployment readiness, change management, and project closeout activities.


This is a part-time engagement requiring approximately 20 hours per week.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead project planning, execution, monitoring, and successful delivery of a cloud-based licensing and management system implementation.
• Facilitate process mapping, business analysis, and requirements gathering sessions with stakeholders.
• Serve as the primary day-to-day point of contact for project stakeholders and implementation vendors.
• Oversee all implementation phases, including configuration, testing, training, deployment, and post-implementation support.
• Manage project schedules, milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, and resource coordination.
• Ensure successful completion of User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and deployment readiness activities.
• Develop and maintain project documentation, status reports, budget estimates, and executive-level communications.
• Lead change management initiatives and support organizational adoption of new systems and processes.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and ensure project objectives are achieved on schedule and within budget.
• Manage vendor relationships and monitor vendor performance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Support compliance with applicable IT governance, standards, and project management best practices.

Required Qualifications

• Active Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from PMI.
• 10+ years of project management experience.
• Proven experience managing cloud-hosted Software as a Service (SaaS) implementation projects.
• Strong vendor management experience, including oversight of third-party solution providers.
• Extensive experience leading business and technical requirements gathering and documentation efforts.
• Demonstrated success managing complex technology implementation projects.
• Strong leadership, team-building, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
• Experience driving organizational change and user adoption initiatives.
• Deep understanding of both Agile and Waterfall project management methodologies.
• Hands-on experience managing Scrum, Kanban, and Waterfall projects.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
• Experience developing project schedules, managing risks, and reporting project status to executive leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting public sector or government technology initiatives.
• Familiarity with IT governance frameworks, policies, standards, and compliance requirements.
• Experience planning, developing, and validating functional and technical requirements for enterprise system implementations.

Required Skills

• Cloud & SaaS Implementation
• Project Planning & Execution
• Agile & Waterfall Methodologies
• Scrum & Kanban Frameworks
• Vendor Management
• Requirements Gathering & Analysis
• Change Management
• Risk & Issue Management
• Stakeholder Management
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Executive Reporting
• Team Leadership
• PMP Certification