Technical Project Manager
Jobot Consulting · Columbia, MD · 1 mo ago
On-siteProject Management$55–$75/hrContract
Job Details
Amazing opportunity for an experienced ERP Systems expert to join an industry leading manufacturing company!
Abit about us: Our client is a growing organization that works collaboratively with clients in the construction, government, manufacturing and more!
What You'll Do
- Lead the planning and execution of ERP and enterprise systems projects from initiation through implementation.
- Manage ERP-related migrations, integrations, upgrades, enhancements, and modernization initiatives.
- Develop project plans, timelines, milestones, resource requirements, and deliverables.
- Cookordinate cross-functional teams across IT, Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Procurement, Operations, and other business functions.
- Serve as the primary project liaison between internal stakeholders, technical teams, solution providers, consultants, and third-party vendors.
- Translate business objectives into clear project requirements, deliverables, and implementation plans.
- Manage project scope, budgets, schedules, dependencies, risks, and issues.
- Identify project risks and proactively develop mitigation strategies to keep initiatives on track.
- Cookordinate ERP integrations with other business applications, systems, and data sources.
- Work with technical teams to understand system dependencies, interfaces, data flows, and integration requirements.
- Support ERP migration activities, including data migration, testing, validation, cutover planning, and post-go-live stabilization.
- Cookerate project meetings, status reviews, working sessions, and executive updates.
- Establish clear communication and reporting processes to keep stakeholders informed of project progress.
- Cookordinate user acceptance testing (UAT), issue resolution, and implementation readiness.
- Help establish project governance, documentation standards, and repeatable implementation processes.
- Work with business and technical stakeholders to identify opportunities to improve system performance, processes, and overall ERP utilization.
- Support the development of future-state systems strategies and technology roadmaps.
Key Areas of Focus
- ERP Management & Transformation
- ERP upgrades and enhancements
- ERP migrations and implementations
- System optimization
- Future-state ERP planning
- Business process transformation
- Systems Integration
- ERP-to-ERP and ERP-to-third-party integrations
- Application interfaces and data flows
- Integration requirements and project coordination
- Vendor and technical partner management
- Project Leadership
- Scope, schedule, budget, and resource management
- Risk and issue management
- Stakeholder communication
- Testing and implementation coordination
- Post-go-live support and stabilization
What You'll Bring
- 7+ years of experience managing technical projects, ERP projects, enterprise applications, or related technology initiatives.
- Demonstrated experience managing ERP implementations, migrations, integrations, upgrades, or major enhancement projects.
- Strong understanding of ERP environments and how they support core business functions.
- Experience working with manufacturing, supply chain, finance, inventory, procurement, or operations systems is highly preferred.
- Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities, stakeholders, and competing deadlines.
- Experience working with both internal technical teams and external implementation partners or vendors.
- Strong understanding of system integrations, data flows, interfaces, and technical dependencies.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving abilities.
- Experience with Infor XA is strongly preferred, but candidates with experience managing other major ERP platforms will be considered.
- Experience with ERP platforms such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Epicor, QAD, JD Edwards, Infor, or similar systems is valuable.