Project Manager - Atlanta, GA
Cortland · Atlanta, GA · 1 mo ago
On-siteProject ManagementFull-time
Role Overview
You will lead the successful delivery of enterprise-wide system implementations and transformation initiatives, including ERP, CRM, P2P, and FMS. You will be responsible for end-to-end project execution—ensuring alignment across business and IT stakeholders, managing vendors, and driving delivery excellence across scope, schedule, budget, and quality.
Project Management and Delivery
- Lead end-to-end delivery of enterprise system implementations (ERP, CRM, FMS, S2P) and related transformation initiatives
- Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines, and resource plans aligned to business priorities
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, RAID logs, and governance artifacts
- Ensure successful delivery within scope, timeline, and budget through proactive planning and execution
- Identify and proactively manage risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies (RAID), driving timely resolution and escalation of critical concerns
- Oversee integration and data migration activities, including planning, dependency management, execution, and coordination across systems and vendors
- Maintain highly organized and up-to-date project artifacts, including plans, RAID logs, status reports, and financial trackers to ensure full visibility and control over project execution
- Establish and enforce governance frameworks, standards, and best practices while tracking milestones and proactively managing deviations
- Manage project financials including budgeting, forecasting, and cost control, ensuring alignment with delivery goals
- Ensure quality assurance across all phases—design, build, testing, and deployment
- Manage scope changes through formal change control processes to protect delivery commitments
Stakeholder & Vendor Management
- Act as the primary point of contact for business stakeholders, IT leadership, and project teams
- Build strong relationships across Business and Technology teams to ensure alignment and collaboration
- Cook up internal and external resources effectively to drive delivery outcomes
- Provide clear and consistent project reporting, including status updates, risks, issues, and financials
- Facilitate governance forums including steering committees and executive reviews
- Manage system integrators, consultants, and third-party vendors across all project phases, ensuring deliverables align with contractual commitments and expectations
- Monitor vendor performance and proactively escalate concerns as needed
Business Readiness & Implementation
- Partner with business teams to support process design, solution validation, and deployment planning
- Oversee User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and ensure business sign-off readiness
- Collaborate with change management teams to drive user adoption, training, and communication
- Ensure go-live readiness and post-implementation stabilization support
Qualifications
- Partner with business teams to support process design, solution validation, and deployment planning
- Oversee User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and ensure business sign-off readiness
- Collaborate with change management teams to drive user adoption, training, and communication
- Ensure go-live readiness and post-implementation stabilization support
- Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Business, or related field
- 3+ years of experience in IT Project or Program Management
- Proven experience delivering enterprise system implementations such as ERP, CRM, P2P, and FMS.
- Strong experience managing large-scale transformation programs and cross-functional teams
- Experience working with and managing system integrators and third-party vendors
- Exposure to integration and data migration planning and execution as part of enterprise system implementations
- Highly organized with strong attention to detail, ensuring accuracy and consistency across all project artifacts and deliverables
- Exposure to Agile or hybrid delivery models in complex delivery environments
- Familiarity with project and collaboration tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps, MS Project, or similar
- PMP or equivalent certification preferred
- Experience with enterprise platforms (SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Salesforce, or similar) is preferred
- Experience with middleware/integration platforms (e.g., Boomi, MuleSoft, or similar) is preferred