Part-Time PPM Leader: Vendor Selection & Implementation

The PMO Squad; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Part time

Job summary

The PMO Squad is seeking an experienced project manager to guide a national accounting and advisory client through replacing its enterprise PPM platform. You will lead vendor selection, drive implementation planning, and coordinate with IT and change management teams from November 2026 through March 2027.

The role averages about 10 hours per week, with peaks to 15–20 hours during critical weeks. Responsibilities include refining requirements, evaluating vendors, building a detailed rollout plan,

Qualifications

• 7+ years of project management experience.
• Led at least one enterprise PPM tool implementation end to end.
• Experience in a PMO leadership role, such as PMO manager, lead, or director.
• Experience running a structured software evaluation: requirements gathering, vendor demos, and weighted scoring.
• Experience coordinating system integrations and data migration with IT teams.
• Track record driving user adoption and change management for a new enterprise tool.
• Available roughly 10 hours per week (up to 15-20 in peak weeks) from November 1, 2026 through March 2027.

Responsibilities

• Lead the PPM vendor selection process: refine requirements with the portfolio team, facilitate demos and scoring, and drive to a recommendation by December 2026.
• Serve as an objective, vendor-neutral advisor, keeping the evaluation grounded in the firm's requirements.
• Build and manage the implementation plan, schedule, risks/issues log, and status reporting from kickoff through go-live.
• Coordinate with the selected vendor's implementation team and actively manage resource-availability risk against the timeline.
• Partner with IT to plan the replacement of data pipelines and system integrations tied to the current platform.
• Plan and oversee data migration from the legacy tool, including validation and cutover.
• Lead internal change management and training for product line managers, PMO staff, project managers, and IT.
• Run a separate workstream for a client-facing user group with a high-touch, white-glove approach.
• Keep stakeholders, from PMO leadership to individual project managers, informed with clear, timely updates.

Skills

PMO leadership

PPM implementation

Vendor evaluation

Change management

Data migration

Stakeholder management

Vendor-neutral advisory

Tools

Microsoft 365

Job description

The PMO Squad is seeking an experienced project manager to guide a national accounting and advisory client through replacing its enterprise PPM platform. You will lead vendor selection, drive implementation planning, and coordinate with IT and change management teams from November 2026 through March 2027.

The role averages about 10 hours per week, with peaks to 15–20 hours during critical weeks. Responsibilities include refining requirements, evaluating vendors, building a detailed rollout plan,