Project Manager (Contract)

Connect Centric; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Connect Centric is seeking an experienced project manager to serve as the owner's representative on technology implementations for associations, nonprofits, and membership organizations. You will own vendor-led initiatives, define plans, and drive delivery from start to finish.

The role emphasizes cross-functional coordination, risk management, and go-live readiness, with a track record of recovering at-risk projects and ensuring outcomes meet scope, schedule, and budget.

Qualifications

• 7+ years managing technology implementation projects
• Owner-side project manager or owner's representative on at least two vendor-led software implementations
• Managed projects involving multiple business departments and outside vendors
• Led user acceptance testing, go-live and post-launch stabilization
• Recovered at least one at-risk or failing technology project
• Experience with associations, nonprofits or membership organizations

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

Job description

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