What this person does
Runs delivery against a firm fixed price, deliverable-based state contract with 15 percent retention held until final acceptance. Manages deliverable acceptance, schedule, risk, change control and agency governance toward a May 15, 2027 production go-live inside a narrow cutover window.
Must have
• Three or more years managing software implementations for public sector clients, state or local government preferred
• Firm fixed price, deliverable-based contracts: writing deliverable acceptance criteria and driving formal sign-off
• Managed a Dynamics 365, CRM or ERP implementation end to end through go-live
• Change control on a government contract: change requests, scope baselining and impact assessment
• Risk and issue management with a client steering committee
• Coordinating client user acceptance testing, training and cutover
• Comfortable running a distributed remote team across US time zones
Nice to have
• Licensing, permitting or regulatory agency projects
• Experience with retention-based payment structures and what it takes to release retention
• Oregon state agency experience
• Deliverable-based progress and earned value reporting
Certifications to look for
• PMP, preferred
• PMI-ACP, CSM or SAFe
• PL-200 or PL-600 is a plus for credibility with the technical team
• ITIL is not relevant for this role
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