Senior IT Project Manager

THE TEAM YOU WILL BE JOININGJoin a growing IT organization that is actively expanding its Project Management Office to support a significant pipeline of enterprise technology initiatives.Work directly with the IT PMO Director and a growing team of Project Managers responsible for delivering strategic technology projects across the organization.Partner closely with IT leadership, Supply Chain stakeholders, business leaders, technical teams, vendors, and executive-level stakeholders.This position is being added as part of a broader investment in the PMO, driven by organizational growth, increased technology spending, and a project portfolio that has outpaced the capacity of the existing team.Serve as the senior project leader supporting a major Oracle SCM implementation spanning all eight business units.LOCATIONFort Mill, SC - On-SiteContract-to-hire opportunity with an anticipated conversion to full-time employment after approximately six months.WHAT THEY OFFER YOUOpportunity to lead a highly visible Oracle SCM transformation with enterprise-wide impact.Ownership of a program touching critical Supply Chain functions including inventory, procurement, warehouse operations, product movement, and integrations with other enterprise platforms.Join the organization at a time of significant investment in technology and continued expansion of the IT PMO.True end-to-end project ownership rather than managing only one phase or workstream of a larger implementation.Direct exposure to senior business and technology leadership throughout requirements gathering, solution design, decision-making, and implementation.Opportunity to influence and strengthen project management practices around requirements, governance, SDLC, Jira, testing, UAT, risk management, and delivery.Long-term opportunity to grow within an expanding PMO as the organization continues to invest in its technology roadmap.WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANTOracle SCM is being implemented across all eight business units and will support critical processes including inventory, procurement, movement of products between warehouses, and integrations with Oracle Field Service and other enterprise applications.You will provide the senior project leadership necessary to bring structure, accountability, and momentum to a complex, cross-functional transformation.Own the project lifecycle from requirements gathering and planning through design, testing, implementation, and successful delivery.Bring business and technical stakeholders together to define requirements, establish deliverables, build project roadmaps, and create realistic timelines.Establish discipline around BRDs, high-level and technical designs, project plans, systems integration testing, UAT, and formal stakeholder sign-offs.Manage competing priorities across technical teams, business stakeholders, and external vendors while identifying risks and escalating issues before they impact delivery.Operate as a visible face of IT with the confidence to facilitate executive-level conversations and drive decisions when alignment is needed.This is a hands-on leadership role for someone comfortable taking an ambiguous initiative, putting an initial structure around it, and continuously refining the roadmap as the project evolves.THE BACKGROUND THAT FITS7+ years of progressive IT Project Management experience with demonstrated ownership of complex enterprise software implementations.Strong Oracle implementation experience, with Oracle SCM experience highly preferred.Experience leading Supply Chain technology initiatives involving areas such as procurement, inventory, warehouse operations, logistics, or movement of products.Proven ability to manage software implementations from initial requirements through design, development, testing, deployment, and stabilization.Experience working within or reporting directly into an IT organization and serving as the bridge between technical teams and business stakeholders.Demonstrated ability to develop BRDs, project plans, roadmaps, timelines, technical requirements, and clearly defined project deliverables.Strong understanding of SDLC processes, systems integration testing, UAT, governance, and formal sign-off procedures.Experience coordinating technical analysts, developers, infrastructure, security teams, vendors, and business stakeholders across multiple workstreams.Strong Jira experience with the ability to use the platform effectively for project tracking, workflow management, governance, and reporting.Executive-level communication skills with the confidence to facilitate difficult conversations, challenge stakeholders, manage organizational dynamics, and escalate issues when necessary.Comfortable working in a fast-moving environment where every process or requirement may not already be clearly documented.Experience within a small to midsized or similarly entrepreneurial organization is highly valued.PMP, Jira, Oracle, or related technical certifications are advantageous.Reference: 70151