Lead ATS Implementation Consultant (1099 Contract)

About the Role

A national healthcare organization delivering value-based in-home care across more than 30 states is replacing its hiring process. As the senior delivery authority, you will assess and implement Workable Premier as the applicant tracking and candidate relationship platform for Hueman People Solutions, which runs their recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) program.

The role involves complex requirements: licensed clinical roles credentialed across state boards, high-volume patient engagement roles, and corporate/specialist positions—all within an RPO model requiring secure, dual-access account and permissions architecture for Hueman recruiters and client hiring managers.

Responsibilities

• Assessment: Conduct discovery, evaluate Workable in a sandbox environment, and produce a fit-and-gap report rating every requirement with supporting evidence.
• Design: Develop a solution blueprint resolving gaps through configuration, add-ons, or integrations, covering RPO account structure, permissions model, nurture design, reporting architecture, and integration inventory. Include a three-year total cost of ownership analysis.
• Governance: Review and approve configuration, integration, and reporting builds against your blueprint; adjudicate design questions as they arise.
• Delivery: Own the integrated project plan across three workstreams, provide weekly milestone and risk reporting, and coordinate UAT through defect closure and sign-off.
• Adoption: Create role-based training for Hueman recruiters and client hiring managers, develop enablement materials, design an adoption plan, and provide senior escalation support through cutover and hypercare.
• Present the design gate readout to client leadership alongside the executive sponsor.

Requirements

• Eight or more years implementing or advising on applicant tracking and talent acquisition technology, including at least three full lifecycle implementations from requirements through go-live.
• Hands-on configuration experience in Workable or a comparable mid-market to enterprise ATS (e.g., Greenhouse, Lever, iCIMS, SmartRecruiters, Jobvite) with the ability to become productive in Workable quickly.
• Experience designing ATS architecture for a staffing, RPO, or agency delivery model, including multi-account or multi-client permissions and reporting structures.
• Working knowledge of ATS-to-HCM integration patterns, particularly requisition sync and new hire data transmission into core HCMs like UKG, Workday, or ADP.
• Proven ability to produce and present client-facing assessment deliverables, gap analyses, solution designs, and executive-level readouts.
• Training design and delivery experience for software rollouts, including materials development and live/virtual facilitation.
• An established business entity or sole proprietorship able to invoice, with general liability and professional liability coverage (or willingness to obtain it before engagement begins).

Nice to Have

• Healthcare or clinical hiring experience, including multi-state licensure and HIPAA-aware workflow design.
• Familiarity with Workable Premier, including AI sourcing, referral, and video interview modules.
• Experience with high-volume or continuous-requisition hiring programs.
• SHRM-SCP, SPHR, or equivalent certifications.

Who This is For

This role is ideal for someone who has personally implemented an ATS from requirements through go-live at least three times, with hands-on experience in the admin console. You should have designed for an agency, staffing, or RPO model where one system serves multiple accounts and be comfortable being the most senior technical voice in client conversations.

This role may not be a fit if your experience is primarily in:

• Core HCM or payroll configuration (e.g., Workday, UKG Pro, ADP, SAP SuccessFactors).
• Sales or service CRM (e.g., Salesforce, Microsoft Dynamics 365).
• Recruiting delivery (e.g., sourcing, screening, or managing recruiters).
• Software engineering without talent acquisition domain experience.
• Implementation of other software classes (e.g., ERP, clinical/laboratory systems, field service, RPA).
• Sponsoring or buying an ATS rather than implementing one.

Engagement Terms

Structure: Independent contractor (1099), deliverables-based statement of work.

Effort: Approximately 210 hours total, weighted toward Weeks 1–6 and Weeks 14–16.

Term: Approximately 18 weeks from Phase 1 kickoff, with a defined end date at hypercare completion.

Location: Remote, United States. Occasional client-site travel may be requested and is reimbursed separately.

Timeline: Project kickoff late August/early September.

You determine the means, methods, sequence, and schedule of the work, subject to deliverables, acceptance criteria, and milestone dates in the SOW. You supply your own equipment and workspace, except where the client provisions system access. Payment is against invoices per the SOW; a W-9 is required before first payment, and a 1099-NEC will be issued. You are responsible for all applicable taxes, including self-employment tax.

This engagement has a defined end date and does not create an expectation of continued or renewed work. You are free to serve other clients during the term, subject to confidentiality and conflict provisions. A confidentiality agreement and business associate agreement are required before system access due to proximity to protected health information. All work product is delivered as work made for hire to Hueman People Solutions.

Pay

$115–140 per hour.