Contract Project Manager - Readiness & UAT

Nike Inc; Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 83,000 - 124,000; Part time

Job summary

Nike, Inc. in Beaverton, Oregon seeks a Project Manager for a 1.5 months contract to support business readiness activities for transformation initiatives.

You will work with program leads, stakeholders, change management, training, and technology teams to coordinate UAT, training prep, communications, and readiness tracking. Responsibilities include maintaining project plans, dashboards, trackers, and action logs; driving deliverable progress; and ensuring successful user adoption and deployment

Qualifications

• Experience coordinating projects or program activities in cross-functional environment.
• Strong organizational, communication, and execution skills with attention to detail.
• Experience supporting critical readiness activities like UAT, training, communications, or deployment readiness.
• Ability to meet aggressive timelines and deliver high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced environment.
• Capable of managing multiple deliverables, priorities, and shifting deadlines with accountability.
• Proactive in identifying risks, removing obstacles, and driving follow-through.

Responsibilities

• Execute business readiness activities aligned to program delivery plans, including UAT deliverables and readiness reporting.
• Coordinate communications, stakeholder engagement, and change management deliverables with leads.
• Support training preparation activities, including content reviews and scheduling.
• Create and maintain project plans, status reports, dashboards, materials, trackers, and logs.
• Drive completion by coordinating follow-up actions and escalating blockers.
• Gather feedback, readiness metrics, and testing results to support deployment decisions.
• Support pilot preparation, go-live readiness, cutover coordination, and adoption monitoring.
• Identify and escalate readiness risks, issues, dependencies, or gaps.

Job description

Nike, Inc. in Beaverton, Oregon seeks a Project Manager for a 1.5 months contract to support business readiness activities for transformation initiatives.

You will work with program leads, stakeholders, change management, training, and technology teams to coordinate UAT, training prep, communications, and readiness tracking. Responsibilities include maintaining project plans, dashboards, trackers, and action logs; driving deliverable progress; and ensuring successful user adoption and deployment