This is a 12-month contract that is remote, working primarily eastern time.
The Program Manager will oversee day-to-day program coordination, delivery execution, and stakeholder alignment for a high-visibility modernization program. This role will partner closely with executive leadership, technology teams, implementation vendors, and business stakeholders to drive program milestones, ensure implementation readiness, and support a successful platform launch and transition to operations.
This position requires a strategic leader with experience managing complex IT modernization programs, coordinating cross-functional teams, mitigating risks, and ensuring alignment between technical delivery and operational goals.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, Public Administration, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience managing large-scale IT modernization, digital transformation, or enterprise system implementation programs
- Proven experience leading complex government or highly regulated technology initiatives.
- Experience managing multi-vendor environments and cross-functional stakeholder groups.
- Strong knowledge of Agile, hybrid, or iterative software delivery methodologies
- Experience coordinating system development, testing, data migration, implementation readiness, and go-live activities.
- Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, and risk mitigation skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting unemployment insurance, workforce systems, benefits administration, or public sector modernization programs
- Familiarity with federal compliance and implementation readiness processes.
- Experience with cloud-based platforms or enterprise-scale digital transformation programs.
- Project or program management certifications such as PMP, PMI-ACP, or PgMP
Core Competencies
- Enterprise Program & Portfolio Management
- Large-Scale IT Modernization
- Vendor & Stakeholder Management
- Risk, Issue & Dependency Management
- Executive Communication & Governance
- Implementation & Go-Live Readiness
- Cross-Functional Leadership
- Organizational Change Management
