IT Program Manager - ERP Transformation

Grey Parrot Systems LLC is hiring an experienced IT Program Manager – ERP Transformation to lead complex, enterprise-wide technology programs, including ERP implementations, business process modernization, system integrations, and digital transformation, from planning through go-live and stabilization.

About Grey Parrot Systems

Grey Parrot Systems is a women-owned, BEP-certified IT services firm headquartered in Naperville, IL. We partner with mid-market enterprises to deliver AI-first, governance-driven digital transformation, and we're growing.

About the Role

This is a senior program leadership role for an IT program manager who has taken large ERP transformations all the way from kickoff to production stability. You will work with business leaders, technology teams, vendors, system integrators, and executive stakeholders to deliver outcomes that are aligned, measurable, and built to scale. You will run multiple concurrent workstreams, keep scope, cost, schedule, and quality on track, and give executives clear, honest visibility into program health.

Must-Have Skills

• 10+ years of IT program and delivery management experience, including large-scale enterprise technology initiatives
• Proven experience leading ERP implementation, ERP modernization, or enterprise transformation programs
• Strong Agile delivery and Agile program management experience
• Experience using Agile delivery management tools for backlogs, sprint planning, dashboards, reporting, and delivery tracking
• Experience leading multiple concurrent enterprise initiatives, workstreams, and cross-functional teams
• Strong program and portfolio management, delivery governance, and executive reporting background
• Experience managing program budgets, forecasts, resource plans, vendor relationships, and third-party delivery partners
• Strong risk, issue, dependency, change request, and stakeholder management
• Experience overseeing requirements, solution delivery, SIT, UAT, release planning, deployment, and stabilization
• Experience coordinating ERP transformation activities across business processes, integrations, data migration, testing, and cutover
• Excellent communication with executive leaders, business stakeholders, technical teams, vendors, and delivery partners
• Strong leadership, facilitation, negotiation, and decision-making skills
• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, Engineering, or a related field

What You'll Do

• Lead end-to-end delivery of enterprise programs: ERP implementations, system integrations, business process modernization, and digital transformation
• Build and maintain integrated program plans, schedules, milestones, budgets, forecasts, resource plans, and roadmaps
• Drive Agile execution across multiple teams and workstreams, facilitating sprint planning, stand-ups, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives
• Manage scope, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, assumptions, and change requests proactively
• Coordinate business, technology, operations, vendor, system integrator, and consulting partner teams
• Lead ERP transformation activities: process alignment, integration, data migration coordination, testing, cutover planning, and post-go-live support
• Oversee SIT, UAT, release planning, deployment readiness, go-live, and production stabilization
• Manage program financials: budgets, forecasts, resource allocation, and vendor spend
• Deliver executive-level status reporting, program health updates, governance materials, and escalation recommendations
• Partner with senior stakeholders to align program outcomes with business objectives and enterprise technology strategy
• Drive continuous improvement across delivery processes, Agile practices, and reporting standards

Tech Stack

Azure DevOps · Agile / Scrum / Hybrid Delivery · Microsoft Project · SAP / Oracle / Microsoft Dynamics / Workday (ERP) · Jira · Confluence · Microsoft 365

Nice to Have

• Hands-on Azure DevOps experience for backlog management, sprint planning, dashboards, and delivery tracking
• Experience with enterprise ERP platforms: SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Workday, or similar
• Industry experience in Utility, Energy, Finance, HCM, or Supply Chain
• Experience managing enterprise-wide ERP transformations across multiple business functions, systems, and integration partners
• Familiarity with organizational change management, business readiness, cutover planning, and post-implementation stabilization
• PMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, Scrum Master, or equivalent certification

Details

• Location: Omaha, NE, Hybrid
• Experience: 10+ years
• Engagement: C2C or Full-Time with Grey Parrot Systems LLC
• Start: Immediate
• Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States

Equal Opportunity Statement

Grey Parrot Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer. As a women-owned, BEP and WBENC-certified firm, diversity and inclusion are core to who we are. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic. We strongly encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences, including those from underrepresented groups in technology. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request.

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