PMO Project Manager

1 Alpha Consulting • Middletown, PA

21h • $135 • Remote

About The Position

1 Alpha Consulting LLC is hiring a PMO Project Manager for Wave 2, a complex, enterprise-wide SAP S/4HANA enhancement initiative involving a Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission core business application and interconnected systems, processes, and stakeholders. The PMO Project Manager will lead and coordinate concurrent workstreams and manage technical and business dependencies, risks, vendors, resources, schedules, budgets, and stakeholder communications. The role provides project governance and keeps initiatives aligned with the Commission’s strategic priorities, operational needs, and project management standards.

The position is primarily remote, with required onsite work in Middletown, Pennsylvania, for one week per month as scheduled, plus additional onsite attendance as needed for meetings, work sessions, implementations, or system support. The candidate must attend a full-day onsite orientation and personally pick up assigned equipment; equipment will not be shipped, and travel expenses for that visit will not be reimbursed. The candidate must be able to report to a Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission work location within three hours in an emergency. Additional travel may be required. The role may be engaged at up to $125 per hour W-2 or $135 per hour as a 1099 independent contractor.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of project or project management experience supporting projects of varying sizes and subject areas.
• Demonstrated experience managing project integration, scope, schedules, communications, vendors, and risk planning.
• Experience managing high-profile subject-matter vendors across on-premises and cloud environments.
• Project Manager experience supporting Enterprise Business Solutions, specifically SAP or ERP projects.
• Experience managing multi-year projects.
• Expert-level knowledge and extensive experience creating and maintaining integrated project plans using Microsoft Project and/or Microsoft Project Online.
• Strong leadership, conflict-management, and negotiation skills.
• Excellent written, oral, presentation, organization, and stakeholder-communication skills.
• Ability to manage concurrent workstreams and complex technical and business dependencies.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Ability to work remotely while meeting required onsite attendance expectations.
• Ability to report to a Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission work location within three hours in an emergency.
• Ability to complete required Pennsylvania and national criminal background checks.

Nice To Haves

• Experience managing enterprise-wide SAP S/4HANA enhancement or implementation projects.
• Experience working within a complex, cloud-based, multi-tiered SAP environment.
• Experience coordinating projects with System Integrators and System Integrator Project Managers.
• Experience supporting SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Datasphere, SAP Business Data Cloud, or SAP Service and Asset Manager.
• Experience coordinating SAP integrations with SAP SuccessFactors, ServiceNow, Microsoft Dynamics 365, Qlik Sense, OnBase, or other business applications.
• Experience establishing formal project governance frameworks and escalation processes.
• Experience with resource forecasting and project capacity planning.
• Experience managing project costs, deliverables, milestones, risks, dependencies, and critical-path schedules.
• Experience working with technology teams, business owners, project sponsors, vendors, clients, and executive leadership.
• Experience following established PMO playbooks, templates, procedures, and project management methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate internal and external resources on multiple IT projects of varying sizes and complexity.
• Develop and maintain project artifacts using established standards, procedures, templates, and methodologies.
• Build and maintain integrated project plans and schedules covering task-level details, deliverables, milestones, cross-functional dependencies, and critical-path activities.
• Estimate and maintain project cost plans throughout project phases.
• Plan and schedule resources and forecast resource requirements to support capacity planning.
• Provide visibility into resource needs so corrective action can be taken proactively.
• Establish project governance, including roles, responsibilities, escalation paths, and decision-making processes.
• Coordinate with business owners and analysts to define and refine project scope.
• Manage the full project lifecycle: initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and controlling, and closing.
• Identify, assess, communicate, and mitigate project risks and dependencies.
• Monitor deliverables, milestones, schedules, costs, and required approvals.
• Conduct lessons-learned sessions and document recommendations for improvement.
• Build productive relationships with technology staff, business owners, project sponsors, vendors, and stakeholders.
• Coordinate activities with System Integrator Project Managers and related projects in the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission technology environment.
• Manage project documentation, artifacts, approvals, and signoffs.
• Follow the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission PMO Playbook and associated project management standards.
• Perform additional tasks as assigned.
• Attend scheduled onsite work in Middletown one week per month, additional onsite activities as required, and a full-day onsite orientation; personally pick up assigned equipment.
• Be available to report to a Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission work location within three hours in an emergency and undertake additional project-related travel as needed.
• Comply with applicable onboarding, confidentiality, background-check, security, technology, and equipment requirements.

Benefits

• Professional development and growth opportunities
• Supportive, collaborative work environment
• Meaningful work with positive results for organizations, clients, and communities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed