Manager - Project Management & Business Transformation

About the role

At CompassX, we are seeking a Senior Project Management Consultant with extensive experience in managing complex technology implementation programs. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in enterprise technology programs such as ERP rollouts, data platform implementations, digital transformation programs, or similar.

Responsibilities

• Own Program Delivery: Lead end-to-end delivery of complex technology implementation programs - scope, schedule, budget, risk, and stakeholder alignment across the full lifecycle.
• Drive Cross-Functional Coordination: Keep delivery teams - engineers, architects, designers, business stakeholders - aligned, unblocked, and moving.
• Manage Senior Stakeholders: Build and maintain trusted relationships with client leadership. Communicate program status clearly, navigate organizational dynamics, and earn standing to push back when needed.
• Build and Run the PMO: Stand up project infrastructure: governance cadences, RAID logs, status reporting, decision logs, and change control processes that actually get used.
• Flex Into Adjacent Needs: Depending on the engagement, contribute beyond pure PM work - business analysis, requirements facilitation, change management planning, or vendor coordination.
• Leverage AI for Delivery: Use AI tools to improve program reporting, risk synthesis, meeting follow-up, and stakeholder communications - and help clients build AI-enabled delivery practices.

Requirements

Technology Implementation Experience: 5-10 years managing enterprise technology programs - ERP rollouts, data platform implementations, digital transformation programs, or similar.

Consulting Background: Experience in a consulting or professional services context. You know how to onboard quickly, establish credibility, and operate without a lot of hand-holding.

Delivery Rigor: Strong command of program and project management fundamentals - planning, risk management, change control, escalation handling.

PMP or equivalent experience welcomed.

Stakeholder Presence: Comfortable presenting to senior client leadership and operating in complex organizational environments. You build trust without needing a title to do it.

Secondary Skill: A complementary capability that strengthens your delivery work: business analysis, process design, change management, data literacy, or technical fluency in the platforms you manage.

AI-Forward Mindset: You use AI tools in your workflow and are curious about how they improve delivery velocity and program outcomes.

Qualifications

Local Presence: Based in LA or Orange County, with the ability to be on-site at client locations in the SoCal area if required.

Benefits

• Competitive salary with performance-based bonus
• PTO, holidays, and sabbatical program
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Retailment plan with company match from day one
• Learning and professional development support
• Small-firm culture with direct access to leadership

Schedule

Full-time position

Pay

Competitive salary with performance-based bonus

Benefits

• PTO, holidays, and sabbatical program
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Retailment plan with company match from day one
• Learning and professional development support
• Small-firm culture with direct access to leadership

Company Culture

We believe in creating a small-firm culture where our consultants can truly find their own path. As part of a smaller firm, they see the impact of their work, have an identity, and know their voice matters. They value the freedom to take the reins of their careers, shape their client work, and maintain a direct line to leadership.

Equal Opportunity Employer

CompassX is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.