IFS Project Manager

Adastra Resource Group; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Benefits package

401(k) match

HSA/FSA

Paid holidays

Paid training

Certification sponsorship

Career growth

Job summary

Adastra Resource Group is seeking an experienced IFS ERP Technical Project Manager to own critical enterprise technology initiatives and drive the move from IFS Applications 10 toward IFS Cloud.

You will lead cross-functional teams across IT, operations, and leadership, manage vendors and consultants, and guide projects from planning through stabilization to ensure reliable ERP performance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years managing complex IT projects, with schedules, risks, resources, and vendors.
• Production ERP experience is required.
• IFS ERP experience preferred (supporting, implementing, upgrading, administering, or integrating IFS).
• Strong understanding of enterprise applications, infrastructure, data, integrations/APIs, and business systems.
• Experience managing third-party consultants, vendors, and technology partners.
• Ability to translate business requirements into actionable technical initiatives.
• Strong communication, organization, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to independently lead projects across technical teams, business stakeholders, and senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex IT and ERP projects from discovery through implementation and post-go-live support.
• Develop and manage project plans, timelines, budgets, priorities, risks, resources, and dependencies.
• Coordinate IT teams, business stakeholders, leadership, vendors, and consultants.
• Manage testing, documentation, change management, deployment, and project communication.
• Hold third-party vendors and consultants accountable for project deliverables.
• Lead process improvement, integration, application, infrastructure, cloud, reporting, and technology initiatives.
• Oversee ERP testing, releases, deployments, and post-implementation activities.
• Support planning for transition from IFS Applications 10 to IFS Cloud.

Skills

Project management

ERP systems

Stakeholder communication

Leadership

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS or related field

Tools

IFS software

Vendor management tools

Job description

IFS ERP Technical Project Manager

Direct Hire

We are partnering with a growing, multi-site organization seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager with strong IFS experience to take ownership of critical enterprise technology initiatives and play a key role in the future of its IFS environment.

The organization currently operates IFS Applications 10 and has committed to a future transition to IFS Cloud. This individual will work across IT, business operations, leadership, and external consulting partners to improve the current IFS environment, standardize processes across business units, and lead technical projects from planning through implementation and stabilization.

This is an opportunity for an experienced IFS professional to take meaningful ownership of both the current ERP landscape and its future transformation.

Key Responsibilities

Technical Project Management

• Lead complex IT and ERP projects from discovery through implementation and post-go-live support.
• Develop and manage project plans, timelines, budgets, priorities, risks, resources, and dependencies.
• Coordinate IT teams, business stakeholders, leadership, vendors, and consultants.
• Manage testing, documentation, change management, deployment, and project communication.
• Hold third-party vendors and consultants accountable for project deliverables.
• Lead process improvement, integration, application, infrastructure, cloud, reporting, and technology initiatives.

IFS ERP & Cloud

• Manage IFS enhancements, upgrades, integrations, migrations, and process-improvement projects.
• Partner with business users to gather requirements, identify process gaps, and improve utilization of IFS.
• Coordinate with internal IT resources, IFS specialists, database teams, vendors, and consultants.
• Oversee ERP testing, releases, deployments, and post-implementation activities.
• Help standardize how IFS is used across multiple business units.
• Support planning and readiness for the organization's transition from IFS Applications 10 to IFS Cloud.
• Participate in gap assessments, migration planning, RFP/RFQ development, vendor evaluation, and implementation-partner management.
• Understand how IFS interacts with surrounding applications, databases, APIs, infrastructure, and reporting systems.

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of experience managing complex IT projects, including schedules, risks, resources, budgets, and vendors.
• Production ERP experience is required.
• IFS ERP experience is strongly preferred, particularly supporting, implementing, upgrading, administering, or integrating IFS.
• Strong understanding of enterprise applications, infrastructure, data, integrations/APIs, and business systems.
• Experience managing third-party consultants, vendors, and technology partners.
• Ability to translate business requirements into actionable technical initiatives.
• Strong communication, organization, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to independently lead projects and work effectively across technical teams, business stakeholders, and senior leadership.

Ideal Background

The ideal candidate is a technical/functional Project Manager with meaningful IFS experience rather than a pure developer or individual module specialist.

Experience participating in an IFS implementation, reimplementation, major upgrade, Cloud migration, integration initiative, or enterprise-wide transformation would be particularly valuable.

• Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Business, Project Management, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• PMP, PMI-ACP, and/or ITIL certifications are preferred.
• Agile, Waterfall, and/or Scrum experience is preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive benefits package
• 401(k) match
• HSA/FSA
• Paid holidays and PTO
• Paid training
• Certification sponsorship
• Career growth and professional development opportunities

Additional Requirements

• Must meet applicable ITAR-related employment requirements.
• No active security clearance is required.
• Some travel between company facilities may be required.
• Permanent, direct-hire opportunity.