Project Manager

Smart IMS Inc; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Smart IMS Inc. seeks a Project Manager to lead a large-scale enterprise system replacement from governance through deployment. The role demands strategic planning, risk management, and effective stakeholder alignment across multiple business groups in a hybrid Denver setting.

You will manage vendor activities, data migration, and change management, delivering executive reports and ensuring compliance with regulations and standards. A 13-month contract reflects the program's scale and complexity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field (PM, IS, Public Admin, Business Admin, Criminal Justice, or related).
• 10+ years of progressive project management experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience managing large-scale enterprise system implementations with multiple stakeholders and vendors.
• Proven experience with multi-year schedules, budgets, and strategic initiatives.
• Strong governance, risk, scope management, and executive reporting skills.
• Experience leading enterprise system replacement projects with data migration.
• Proven vendor relationships, procurement activities, and contract deliverables.
• Experience driving organizational change management and stakeholder engagement.
• Excellent leadership, communication, negotiation, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage complex projects across cross-functional teams with compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Lead the full project lifecycle from requirements gathering to procurement, design, development, testing, deployment, and system transition.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, budgets, scope baselines, and benefits realization plans.
• Establish project governance frameworks and support executive decision-making processes.
• Manage vendor selection, contract oversight, project deliverables, and performance accountability.
• Coordinate data migration, system integration, implementation, and statewide rollout activities.
• Ensure system requirements align with policies, regulations, standards, and objectives.
• Engage stakeholders across business, operational, legal, and technology teams for alignment.
• Lead organizational change management, communications, training, and user adoption initiatives.
• Identify, assess, track, and mitigate risks, issues, dependencies, and escalations.
• Deliver regular status updates, performance metrics, and executive-level reporting.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Governance

Risk management

Executive reporting

Change management

Communication

Budget management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Project Management / related field

Job description

Job Title: Project Manager

Duration (Contract): 13 Months

Client Location: Denver, CO 80203

Location Preference: Hybrid

Job Description:
As a Project Manager, you will lead a large-scale enterprise system replacement initiative, overseeing project governance, stakeholder alignment, vendor management, compliance requirements, and organizational change management. This role requires strong leadership, strategic planning, and execution capabilities to successfully deliver a complex technology transformation program across multiple business and operational groups.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the full project lifecycle, including requirements gathering, procurement, design, development, testing, deployment, and system transition activities.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, budgets, scope baselines, and benefits realization plans.
• Establish project governance frameworks and support executive decision-making processes.
• Manage vendor selection, contract oversight, project deliverables, and performance accountability.
• Coordinate data migration, system integration, implementation, and statewide rollout activities.
• Ensure system requirements align with applicable policies, regulations, standards, and operational objectives.
• Engage stakeholders across business, operational, legal, and technology teams to maintain project alignment.
• Lead organizational change management, communications, training, and user adoption initiatives.
• Identify, assess, track, and mitigate project risks, issues, dependencies, and escalation needs.
• Deliver regular project status updates, performance metrics, and executive-level reporting.

Required Skills, Experiences, Education, and Competencies:

• Bachelor's degree in Project Management, Information Systems, Public Administration, Business Administration, Criminal Justice, or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive project management experience leading complex technology initiatives.
• Minimum 5 years of experience managing large-scale enterprise system implementations involving multiple stakeholders and vendors.
• Proven experience managing multi-year project schedules, budgets, and strategic initiatives.
• Strong expertise in project governance, risk management, scope management, and executive reporting.
• Experience leading enterprise system replacement projects involving data migration and system modernization.
• Demonstrated success managing vendor relationships, procurement activities, and contract deliverables.
• Experience driving organizational change management, training programs, and stakeholder engagement initiatives.
• Excellent leadership, communication, negotiation, conflict resolution, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to manage complex projects across cross-functional teams while balancing business, technical, operational, and compliance requirements.

The hourly range for roles of this nature are $50.00 to $80.00/hr. Rates are heavily dependent on skills, experience, location, and industry.

cyberThink is an Equal Opportunity Employer.