IT Project Manager/iCIMS Implementation Consultant (Contract)- 100% Remote

About the Role

Trident is embarking on a major modernization effort by implementing the iCIMS Talent Cloud platform, replacing a 15‑year‑old legacy ATS. We are seeking an experienced iCIMS Implementation Consultant to guide our teams through a 24‑week implementation process. This role will be critical in shaping workflows, ensuring compliance, optimizing recruiting processes, and driving alignment across multiple stakeholders.

As the organization enters unfamiliar territory with a new system, we need a strategic partner who can challenge assumptions, offer best‑practice recommendations, and help us design a future‑ready recruiting ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities

Implementation Leadership

• Support the full iCIMS implementation timeline, ensuring milestones, decisions, and deliverables stay on track.
• Serve as a unifying voice across departments, helping the team navigate a new technical environment.
• Identify risks early and proactively surface solutions.
• Collaborate closely with the internal Project Manager, Operations Lead, and an existing ATS SME.

Process Design & Optimization

• Lead workshops to map current hiring workflows and design optimized future‑state processes.
• Evaluate and improve recruiting workflows to enhance speed, compliance, and candidate experience.
• Offer thought leadership and challenge current processes constructively.
• Translate HR concepts into technical system requirements and vice‑versa.

Compliance & AI Governance

• Ensure workflows support strong compliance requirements across multiple roles and hiring types.
• Advise on AI‑related compliance considerations within iCIMS and recruiting practices.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Facilitate decision‑making across cross‑functional teams.
• Ask probing questions to uncover needs (“Walk me through your current process for X,” “Have you considered Y?”).
• Adjust pacing of the project (speed up, slow down) to keep alignment and clarity.

Qualifications

Required

• Proven experience implementing or configuring iCIMS or similar enterprise ATS platforms.
• Strong understanding of recruiting operations, workflows, and HR terminology.
• Experience managing complex, multi‑workstream projects.
• Excellent facilitation, communication, and workshop‑leading skills.
• Ability to identify pitfalls, foresee roadblocks, and offer strategic recommendations.
• Highly organized with strong follow‑through and attention to detail.
• Ability to translate between technical system language and HR/business language.