Project Manager IV – Implementation Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Lead cross-functional and inter-organizational ERP projects, including software implementations, upgrades, and modernization initiatives.

• Establish project tasks and timelines, coordinate across departments, manage budgets, and guarantee timely delivery.

• Supervise external implementors regarding contractual scope, deliverables, schedules, methodologies, and statements of work.

• Validate project plans, RAID logs, cutover planning, requirements tracking, testing, training, and knowledge-transfer activities.

• Oversee discovery, design, configuration, testing, and knowledge-transfer efforts.

• Coordinate with Technical, DMI, BMS, and IDMS teams.

• Maintain comprehensive project schedules, scope matrices, RAID logs, action logs, resource plans, and rolling two-to-six-week forecasts.

• Assess critical-path impacts and coordinate necessary corrective actions.

• Identify, track, mitigate, and escalate project risks and issues.

• Facilitate decision-making forums, project meetings, Steering Committee updates, milestone-readiness reviews, and governance reporting.

• Act as the primary communication liaison among implementors, business stakeholders, technical teams, and leadership.

• Maintain communications regarding project status, dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, milestones, and outcomes.

• Define acceptance criteria and coordinate activities related to deliverable review, inspection, validation, and acceptance.

• Support change management, lessons learned, documentation, knowledge transfer, handoff, and formal project closure.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and 8 or more years of management experience, or a comparable combination of education, training, and experience.

• Must successfully pass a pre-employment background check.

• Must successfully pass a pre-employment drug screening.

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy access authorization (HSPD-12 PIV credential).

• A successful federal background investigation is required for the HSPD-12 PIV credential.

• REAL ID ACT compliant documentation is required at the time of hire.

• No records that would prevent access to Department of Energy sites.

• Current Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is preferred.

• Experience with project management and implementation of Peoplesoft (ERP) software and OpenText product suite is preferred.

• Familiarity with Software/IT life cycles (SDLC), including Waterfall and Agile methodologies is preferred.

• A minimum of 3 years of experience working in an Agile development environment is preferred.

• Experience with Microsoft Azure DevOps and/or Jira, Asana, or Trello is preferred.

• Ability to travel by vehicle or aircraft and operate a motor vehicle safely.

• Adequate fine motor skills for computer use and prolonged keyboarding.

• Capability to kneel, bend, twist, reach, push, pull, carry, and lift objects as specified.

• Must comply with federal regulations regarding controlled substances.

• Must be able to work under tight deadlines with minimal or no management oversight.

🏝️ Benefits

• Paid holidays.

• Paid time off.

• 401k with employer match.

• Dental insurance.

• Vision insurance.

• Health insurance plans through the Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) program.

• Life benefits.

• Disability benefits.

• Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities.