Functional Project Manager in Edinburgh

Energy Jobline CVL; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 88,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

Bright Purple is seeking an experienced Functional Project Manager for a major ERP transformation in Edinburgh. Hybrid role with 2 days onsite weekly and a 6-month initial contract.

Lead functional delivery across COINS ERP implementation, covering finance, commercial, construction and land, aligning business and IT teams. You will drive requirements, design, configuration, testing, deployment readiness and business transition, coordinating partners and internal stakeholders to keep delivery on

Qualifications

• ERP implementation experience across finance, commercial and construction domains.
• Proven track record delivering ERP functional workstreams.
• Strong planning, governance and dependency management processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead ERP functional workstreams across Finance, Commercial, Construction and Land.
• Drive requirements gathering, process design and solution reviews.
• Manage implementation partner deliverables and business SMEs.
• Coordinate dependencies across data, reporting, integrations and architecture.
• Manage risks, issues, decisions and change requests.
• Coordinate testing and business validation.
• Support cutover, deployment and hypercare.

Skills

ERP experience

Project management

Stakeholder mgmt

Dependency management

Testing & deployment

Partner management

Risk & change control

Tools

COINS ERP

Job description

Functional Project Manager, ERP Transformation

Edinburgh, hybrid, 2 days onsite per week

£475 - £525 per day, Inside IR35

Initial 6-month contract, expected extension

Bright Purple is recruiting an experienced Functional Project Manager to join our client on a major ERP transformation programme.You will lead functional delivery across Finance, Commercial, Construction and Land as our client implements COINS ERP across the business.This is a hands-on delivery role covering business process design, requirements, configuration, testing, deployment readiness and business transition. You will bring business teams and implementation partners together, keeping delivery on track and managing dependencies across the wider programme.

What you’ll be doing

• Leading ERP functional workstreams across key business areas
• Driving requirements, process design and solution reviews
• Managing implementation partner deliverables and business SMEs
• Coordinating dependencies across data, reporting, integrations and architecture
• Managing risks, issues, decisions and change requests
• Coordinating testing and business validation
• Supporting cutover, deployment and hypercare

What we’re looking for

• Proven Project Management experience delivering ERP functional workstreams
• Strong ERP implementation experience
• Experience managing process design, testing and deployment
• Strong supplier and implementation partner management skills
• Excellent planning, governance and dependency management
• Confidence working with senior business and technology stakeholders
• COINS experience and knowledge of Finance, Commercial, Construction or property environments would be particularly useful.