ServiceNow Implementation Project Manager
Location: Tallahassee, FL (Onsite)
Duration: 10+ Months - Possible extensions available
Pay Rate: $65–$70/hr on W2 | $75-80/hr on C2C
Role Overview
We are seeking a highly experienced ServiceNow Implementation Project Manager to lead a large-scale, enterprise ServiceNow implementation for a state government department. The ideal candidate will bring deep ServiceNow platform expertise, strong enterprise IT project management experience, and a proven track record of delivering complex, multi-workstream technology projects in a public sector environment.
This is an onsite, contract role based in Tallahassee, FL.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the enterprise ServiceNow implementation from planning through go-live and post-implementation stabilization.
- Develop and maintain integrated project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and resource plans.
- Coordinate activities across business and technical teams, including internal stakeholders, ServiceNow, vendors, and implementation partners.
- Facilitate project meetings, steering committees, and executive status reporting.
- Manage project scope, risks, issues, assumptions, decisions, and change control processes.
- Support governance activities and executive decision-making, including dashboards and performance reporting.
- Coordinate testing, training, deployment, and go-live readiness activities.
- Monitor project performance and recommend corrective actions to keep the program on track.
- Ensure all deliverables meet quality expectations, business objectives, and departmental standards.
- Perform other related duties as required.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of enterprise information technology project management experience.
- 5+ years managing ServiceNow implementation or platform expansion projects.
- Proven experience managing complex, multi-workstream technology projects.
- Strong experience coordinating cross-functional technical and business teams.
- Demonstrated expertise managing project schedules, milestones, risks, issues, scope, communications, and executive reporting.
- Experience coordinating third-party vendors and implementation partners.
- Hands-on experience using Agile, Hybrid, or iterative project delivery methodologies.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and facilitation skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business Administration, Project Management, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience).
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience implementing multiple ServiceNow products or modules (e.g., ITSM, CSM, HRSD, SPM, etc.).
- Experience supporting enterprise digital transformation initiatives.
- Background developing executive dashboards, governance processes, and project reporting.
- Experience leading organizational change management and user adoption activities.
- Prior experience working within a public sector or government environment.
- PMP certification.
- ServiceNow certification(s).
- Agile/Scrum certification (e.g., CSM, SAFe, PMI‑ACP).
Technical & Domain Skills
- ServiceNow platform (implementation, upgrades, integrations, module expansions)
- Project & program management tools (e.g., MS Project, Jira, ServiceNow PPM/SPM)
- Agile, Hybrid, and traditional waterfall methodologies
- Risk, issue, and dependency management
- Executive communication and governance reportingVendor and partner management
- Public sector/government IT project experience (strongly preferred)