Project Manager (Contract)

Connect Centric; Akron (OH); Presencial; USD 120.000 - 160.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Connect Centric, LLC. seeks an experienced project leader to serve as the owner’s representative on technology implementations. You will partner with clients, vendors, and internal teams to drive plans, tracks, and decisions through go-live and stabilization.

The role demands coordinating multiple stakeholders, ensuring scope, schedule and budget adherence, and delivering measurable outcomes for client success. This is a contract-awarded program based in Akron, OH.

Formación

• 7+ years leading technology implementation projects.
• Experience as owner-side PM or owner's representative on vendor-led software implementations.
• Managed multi-department projects with external vendors.
• Led UAT, go-live and post-launch stabilization.
• Recovered at-risk or failing technology projects.
• Experience with associations or nonprofits.

Responsabilidades

• Serve as owner's representative during vendor-led implementations.
• Build and manage project plans, timelines, status reports, issue tracking, and risk and decision logs.
• Hold vendors and client staff accountable to scope, schedule, budget and deliverables.
• Coordinate client business teams, IT staff, vendors and other third parties.
• Identify risks early and run escalation and decision-making with client leadership.
• Define acceptance criteria, testing plans, training needs, go-live readiness and post-launch stabilization.

Conocimientos

Vendor management

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Go-live support

UAT testing

Cross-functional leadership

Educación

PMP certification

PMI-ACP certification

Herramientas

MS Project

JIRA/Confluence

Descripción del empleo

At Connect Centric, we are more than just consultants— we are partners committed to our clients' success. We take a hands‑on approach, working closely with our clients to transform strategies into measurable, real-world outcomes. As a strategy execution team, we take full ownership of every initiative from start to finish, ensuring that our clients see tangible results, not just ideas.

This position is contingent upon contract award. Award is anticipated in early 2027, with work beginning shortly after.

Responsibilities

• Serve as owner's representative during vendor‑led implementations
• Build and manage project plans, timelines, status reports, issue tracking, and risk and decision logs
• Hold vendors and client staff accountable to agreed scope, schedule, budget and deliverables
• Coordinate client business teams, IT staff, vendors and other third parties
• Identify risks early and run escalation and decision‑making with client leadership
• Define acceptance criteria, testing plans, training needs, go‑live readiness and post‑launch stabilization

Required Expertise

• 7+ years managing technology implementation projects
• Has served as owner‑side project manager or owner's representative on at least two vendor‑led software implementations
• Has managed projects involving multiple business departments and outside vendors at the same time
• Has led user acceptance testing, go‑live and post‑launch stabilization
• Has recovered at least one at‑risk or failing technology project
• Experience with associations, nonprofits or membership organizations

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP or PMI‑ACP certification
• Experience overseeing AMS, LMS or credentialing system implementations
• Change management experience