OCM Project Manager

Akkodis; United States; Remote; USD 58,000 - 79,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Voluntary benefits

EAP program

Commuter benefits

401K plan

Paid leave

Job summary

Akkodis is seeking an experienced OCM Project Manager to support a large-scale ERP and business transformation within a global manufacturing environment. This role coordinates organizational change, project activities, communications, stakeholder engagement, presentations, training alignment, and rollout across multiple workstreams.

Remote contract with potential extension. Requirements include ERP or large-scale enterprise implementations experience, strong PM and relationship-building skills,

Qualifications

• Experience supporting large-scale ERP or enterprise system implementations and rollouts.
• Strong project management and stakeholder-management skills.
• Excellent relationship-building and communication abilities.
• Experience within manufacturing or a complex operational environment is preferred.
• Familiarity with structured change-management methodologies (ADKAR/Prosci) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate project activities across multiple transformation workstreams (plans, schedules, meetings, deliverables, risks).
• Support organizational change and employee engagement activities to drive adoption of new systems and processes.
• Coordinate high-volume communications and presentations (emails, PowerPoint, toolkits, roadshows).
• Build relationships with business, manufacturing, IT, training, communications, and leadership stakeholders.
• Track updates and incorporate into project plans and communications.
• Support structured change-management activities using established playbooks.
• Maintain trackers, schedules, distributions, and presentation materials using Excel/PowerPoint and other tools.

Skills

ERP experience

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Relationship building

Change management

ADKAR/Prosci familiarity

Education

PMP certification

Tools

Planview

Excel

PowerPoint

Generative AI tools

Job description

We are seeking an experienced OCM Project Manager to support a large-scale ERP and business transformation within a global manufacturing environment. This person will help coordinate organizational change, project activities, communications, stakeholder engagement, presentations, training alignment, and enterprise rollout activities across multiple workstreams. We’re looking for someone with experience supporting ERP or large-scale enterprise system implementations, strong project management and relationship-building skills, and the ability to successfully guide employees and stakeholders through significant technology and process change.

This is a minimum 6-month contract opportunity with potential for long-term extension that is 100% remote. Contractors will be required to use their own laptop.

Compensation: $42.00 - $57.00 per hour, W2; The rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.

Why You'll Love This Opportunity

• Support a highly visible enterprise transformation impacting technology, business processes, manufacturing operations, and employees across the organization.
• Combine project management, communications, and change management, helping coordinate projects while keeping employees informed, engaged, and prepared for change.
• Work across a wide range of stakeholders, partnering with manufacturing, business, IT, training, communications, and leadership teams.
• Make an impact on a long-term transformation while working 100% remotely.

Job Responsibilities for the OCM Project Manager

• Manage and coordinate project activities across multiple transformation workstreams, including plans, schedules, meetings, deliverables, dependencies, risks, action items, and follow-up.
• Support organizational change and employee engagement activities, helping ensure employees understand what is changing, why it is changing, and what they need to successfully adopt new systems and processes.
• Coordinate high-volume communications and presentations, including emails, PowerPoint presentations, toolkits, roadshows, leadership communications, and large employee engagement activities.
• Build strong relationships across the organization, working closely with business, manufacturing, IT, training, communications, and leadership stakeholders.
• Partner with Corporate Communications and content teams to coordinate, review, adjust, and organize messaging for different audiences and employee populations.
• Coordinate meetings and stakeholder engagement, including scheduling, meeting notes, decisions, action items, and ongoing follow-up.
• Track project and workstream updates from meetings, emails, training teams, presentations, and other sources and incorporate them into project plans and communications.
• Support structured change-management activities using established OCM playbooks and methodologies, including communication, stakeholder engagement, training, readiness, and adoption.
• Maintain project trackers, communication schedules, distribution lists, project documentation, and presentation materials using Excel, PowerPoint, and other project tools.

Job Qualifications for the OCM Project Manager

• Experience supporting large-scale ERP or enterprise system implementations and rollouts, ideally involving interconnected systems, multiple workstreams, and significant business process change.
• Strong project management experience, with the ability to independently manage plans, schedules, deliverables, meetings, risks, dependencies, stakeholders, and competing priorities.
• Excellent relationship-building and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to develop trust, navigate different personalities, influence stakeholders, and help bring employees through organizational change.
• Strong communications and OCM experience, including presentations, employee communications, stakeholder engagement, roadshows, toolkits, training alignment, and change adoption.
• Experience within manufacturing or another complex operational environment is strongly preferred.
• Strong PowerPoint and Excel skills with experience developing presentations, maintaining trackers, and organizing complex project information.
• Familiarity with structured change-management methodologies such as ADKAR or Prosci is preferred.
• PMP or similar project management certification is a plus.
• Experience with Planview is a plus but not required.
• Experience using generative AI tools to support communications or content development is beneficial.

Employment Type

Contract, minimum 6 months with potential for long-term extension

Location

100% Remote; contractor must use their own laptop

Compensation

$42.00 - $57.00 per hour, W2; The rate may be negotiable based on experience, education, geographic location, and other factors.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled

Benefit offerings available for our associates include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, short-term disability, additional voluntary benefits, an EAP program, commuter benefits, and a 401K plan. Our benefit offerings provide employees the flexibility to choose the type of coverage that meets their individual needs. In addition, our associates may be eligible for paid leave including Paid Sick Leave or any other paid leave required by Federal, State, or local law, as well as Holiday pay where applicable. Disclaimer: These benefit offerings do not apply to client-recruited jobs and jobs that are direct hires to a client.

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