Project Manager: IV (Lead)

BCforward; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

BCforward is seeking an expert-level Project Management Specialist to lead an enterprise maintenance and asset management initiative in the IT organization. The role focuses on connecting operational process design with technology delivery, data, and change adoption while maintaining control of scope, schedule, budget, and risk.

The candidate will drive cross-functional collaboration across fleet operations, maintenance locations, and enterprise systems, ensuring disciplined IT delivery and

Qualifications

• 10+ years in professional services consulting and/or IT program or project management delivering large, complex technology initiatives.
• Experience managing scope, schedule, budget, resources, dependencies, risks, issues, change control, testing, training, and delivery.
• Experience coordinating teams across multiple business units and vendor partners.

Responsibilities

• Define objectives, scope, governance, outcomes, and measurable success criteria with business and technology leaders.
• Develop an integrated plan covering process design, requirements, configuration, integrations, data, testing, and deployment.
• Coordinate across fleet operations, maintenance locations, technicians, inventory, procurement, finance, applications, data, and security.
• Manage dependencies with enterprise, transportation, telematics, reporting, identity, and financial systems.
• Create stakeholder engagement, communications, training, adoption, and sustenance plans with Change Management.
• Oversee third-party delivery partners and ensure accountability for commitments and quality.
• Own project financials, forecasts, resource plans, procurement dependencies, and variance reporting.
• Identify and mitigate technical, data, adoption, and operational risks; produce dashboards and executive reports.
• Ensure adherence to enterprise delivery standards, governance, safety, security, and compliance.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Fleet management

Asset management

Field service tech

Process standardization

Data migration

Systems integration

Stakeholder engagement

Change management

Executive reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Engineering/PM/Business

Tools

Microsoft Project

Azure DevOps

Job description

Exciting opportunity within our Information Technology organization supporting enterprise transportation and fleet operations. We are seeking an expert-level Project Management Specialist to lead the implementation of an enterprise maintenance and asset management capability.

The initiative will establish more consistent maintenance processes and data, strengthen asset lifecycle visibility, and support preventive and predictive maintenance practices. This role requires an experienced implementation leader who can connect operational process design, enterprise technology delivery, data, integration, and change adoption while maintaining disciplined control of scope, schedule, budget, and risk.

Top 3 Qualities:

• Proven success leading enterprise maintenance, fleet, asset management, or field service technology implementation.
• Experience delivering multi-location process standardization, data migration, systems integration, training, and adoption.
• Ability to translate maintenance and fleet operating needs into disciplined IT delivery plans, decisions, and measurable outcomes.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with business and technology leaders to define project objectives, scope, governance, outcomes, and measurable success criteria.
• Develop and maintain an integrated plan covering process design, requirements, configuration, integrations, data, testing, training, deployment, stabilization, and transition to support.
• Partner with a CHS internal PM and coordinate work across fleet operations, maintenance locations, technicians, parts and inventory, procurement, finance, enterprise applications, data, architecture, infrastructure, and security teams.
• Manage dependencies with relevant enterprise, transportation, telematics, reporting, identity, and financial systems.
• Partner with change management and business leaders to develop stakeholder engagement, communications, role-based training, adoption, and sustainment plans.
• Manage third-party delivery partners and hold all workstreams accountable for commitments and quality.
• Own project financials, forecasts, resource plans, procurement dependencies, and variance reporting.
• Lead identification, tracking, escalation, and mitigation of technical, data, adoption, and operational risks.
• Produce clear delivery metrics, dashboards, decision materials, and executive status reports.
• Ensure adherence to established enterprise delivery standards, governance, and applicable safety, security, architecture, data, and compliance requirements.

Minimum Qualifications (Required):

• Proven track record leading at least two large-scale maintenance, fleet, asset management, field service, manufacturing, transportation, or supply chain technology implementations from initiation through deployment.
• 10+ years of experience in professional services consulting and/or IT program or project management delivering large, complex, multi-million-dollar technology initiatives.
• Proven experience managing scope, schedule, budget, resources, dependencies, risks, issues, change control, testing, training, and delivery from initiation through delivery.
• Experience operating in a matrixed, multi-business-unit enterprise environment and coordinating teams of 10 or more resources.
• Experience delivering enterprise-scale solutions across complex application and integration landscapes, including infrastructure, information security, data, and enterprise architecture considerations.
• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Project Management, Business, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Additional Qualifications (Desired):

• Experience with multi-location implementations or phased enterprise deployments and large-scale data conversion.
• PMI PMP certification.
• Certified ScrumMaster or comparable Agile certification.
• Experience managing delivery with third-party vendors, implementation partners, and system integrators.
• Experience leading strong-matrix teams composed of employees and contractors.
• Demonstrated ability to influence outcomes without direct authority in a decentralized organization.
• Experience with Microsoft Project, Azure DevOps, or similar delivery tools.

To Excel in This Role, You Should Possess:

• Clear, concise communication with technical teams, business stakeholders, and executive leadership.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach to decisions.
• A proactive mindset and the ability to anticipate milestones, risks, dependencies, and resource needs.
• Sound judgment, executive presence, and a consistent focus on accountability and measurable outcomes.