IT Project Manager (FTC)

Smiths Group • Knoxville, TN

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About The Position

Smiths Group is seeking an IT Project Manager for a 9-month fixed-term contract to lead and deliver the Flex-Tek Segregation of Duties (SoD) Controls Remediation Project. The role will help identify, assess, and remediate ERP access risks through effective governance, stakeholder engagement, and project management. It will coordinate business, Finance, Internal Controls, IT, ERP application owners, and external specialists to implement sustainable access-control frameworks and strengthen compliance and risk management across the division.

The Project Manager will oversee project governance, plans, budgets, resources, risks, issues, scope, change requests, quality, and reporting from initiation through implementation and closure. The role will assess ERP roles and access profiles against agreed SoD rules, facilitate remediation workshops, and develop a roadmap that addresses role redesign, access removal, approval workflows, privileged-access governance, compensating controls, testing, deployment, and transition to business-as-usual operations.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of project management experience.
• At least 3 years of experience operating as a Project Manager.
• Proven experience delivering ERP Security, Segregation of Duties (SoD), Identity & Access Management (IAM), Audit Remediation, or Internal Controls projects.
• Strong understanding of ERP role design, user access management, privileged access controls, Joiner/Mover/Leaver processes, user access reviews, and Segregation of Duties frameworks.
• Experience working with cross-functional global stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder management, facilitation, and influencing skills.
• Experience managing project scope, risks, issues, budgets, and timelines.
• Ability to constructively challenge business requirements and drive decision-making.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation communication skills.
• Experience leading internal and external project resources.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Finance, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• PMP, Prince2, or equivalent Project Management certification.

Nice To Haves

• SAP, Epicor, or other ERP implementation experience.
• Experience within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Knowledge of internal audit, compliance, or risk management frameworks.
• Experience managing offshore and third-party consulting teams.
• Exposure to SOX controls, governance, and enterprise security frameworks.
• Certifications relating to Information Security, Audit, or Risk Management.
• Agile Practitioner certification.
• ERP Security or Identity & Access Management qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain project governance, controls, plans, budgets, resource plans, risk logs, and issue logs throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead project activities from initiation through implementation and closure, managing scope, change requests, and quality requirements.
• Provide regular project status updates and executive reporting, including remediation metrics, risk severity ratings, and project readiness assessments.
• Coordinate internal and external resources to support successful project delivery.
• Lead the Flex-Tek Segregation of Duties (SoD) Controls Remediation Project and coordinate stakeholders across Business, Finance, Internal Controls, IT, ERP Application Support teams, and external vendors.
• Assess current ERP roles, user access profiles, privileged-access structures, and conflicting transaction combinations against agreed SoD rules.
• Facilitate workshops with process owners to evaluate conflicts, root causes, and remediation actions.
• Develop a detailed remediation roadmap covering role redesign, user access removal, approval workflow improvements, privileged-access governance, compensating controls, testing, deployment, and business-as-usual transition planning.
• Ensure alignment between business requirements, technology solutions, and internal control objectives.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Mid Level