Immediate need for a talented Transition Program Manager. This is a 06-12+months contract opportunity with long-term potential and is located in John Creeks, GA (Onsite). Please review the job description below and contact me ASAP if you are interested.
Job ID:26-29118
Pay Range: $65 - $70/hour. Employee benefits include, but are not limited to, health insurance (medical, dental, vision), 401(k) plan, and paid sick leave (depending on work location).
Key Responsibilities:
- Transition Program Leadership
- Work with Transition Director to setup framework for program and lead Joint Transition Planning sessions (planned for mid-October).
- Drive completion of transition milestones, deliverables, tollgates, and readiness activities.
- Track and monitor overall program progress against agreed timelines and transition objectives.
- Identify, escalate, and help resolve risks, issues, dependencies, and blockers impacting program success.
- Governance & Communications
- Lead daily transition stand-up meetings and drive timely resolution of action items and impediments.
- Consolidate inputs from teams, vendors, and transition leads into a comprehensive Weekly Status Report (WSR).
- Distribute executive-ready program communications.
- Participate in weekly transition governance meetings and provide accurate reporting of progress, milestones, risks, and decisions.
- Participate in weekly Vice President governance meetings as required and in coordination with the Transition Director lead if the Transition Director is unavailable
- Document key decisions, actions, escalations, and executive directives.
- Stakeholder & Vendor Management
- Serve as the primary day-to-day coordination point between Client stakeholders, vendors, and transition participants.
- Proactively follow up with workstream leads and vendors to ensure commitments are delivered on schedule.
- Drive accountability for action items, knowledge transfer activities, readiness assessments, and transition deliverables.
- Escalate unresolved issues through appropriate governance channels.
- Reporting & Controls
- Maintain the program status reports.
- Other deliverables will be managed by vendor Transition Leads.
- May be additional responsibilities depending on program needs
- Develop executive dashboards highlighting milestone achievement, risks, resource readiness, and transition progress.
- Client has a template for this that can be modified as needed.
- Support preparation of executive steering committee materials and leadership presentations.
- Program Support
- Partner closely with the Transition Director to coordinate overall program strategy and execution.
- Support transition planning, onboarding activities, operational readiness reviews, and stabilization efforts.
- Assist in preparing leadership updates and executive communications.
- Drive continuous improvement of transition processes, governance practices, and reporting standards.
Key Requirements and Technology Experience:
- Key Skills; Technology Transition / Transformation Program Management
- Vendor & Stakeholder Management
- Transition Governance & Execution.
- Executive Reporting & Communication.
- Risk, Issue & Dependency Management.
- 7+ years of program management, project management, transition management, or PMO experience.
- Proven experience leading large-scale technology, managed services, outsourcing, or vendor transition initiatives.
- Strong experience managing cross-functional teams and third-party vendors.
- Demonstrated experience coordinating executive governance forums and stakeholder communications.
- Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Teams, Outlook, SharePoint).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Experience with technology outsourcing transitions, managed services migrations, or operating model transformations.
- Experience working with large system integrators and technology vendors.
Our client is a leading Retail Industry, and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. If you are interested in this position, please apply online for immediate consideration.
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