Senior IT Project Manager – Application Transition / M&A (Remote-US)

OMG Technology•New Jersey City, NJ

3d•Remote

About The Position

We are seeking a Senior IT Project Manager to provide IT leadership and coordination across a portfolio of business application initiatives supporting a large acquisition carve-out. The role works across business and IT teams to establish project plans, drive milestones, manage risks and dependencies, coordinate stakeholders, identify gaps, and ensure applications are ready for transition and operational support. The successful candidate operates at both the project or portfolio level and the detailed application level, working independently to identify issues and drive actions through completion. This is a contract position for a US-based remote worker. The engagement is expected to last 12 or more months, with a high possibility of extension. The role supports a client in the pharmaceutical industry and includes IT activities related to M&A, acquisitions, divestitures, and carve-outs. It also coordinates knowledge transfer and data requests among business stakeholders, IT teams, application owners, and external parties. The position may involve vendor and third-party engagement, solution discussions, SOW development, and procurement coordination when applicable.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience as an IT Project Manager, IT Program Manager, Technical Project Manager, or in a similar role.
Proven experience leading or coordinating complex enterprise IT projects and application initiatives.
Strong project management skills, including planning, scheduling, risk management, dependency management, issue resolution, and status reporting.
Experience managing multiple concurrent projects, applications, or workstreams.
Ability to work with both business and technical stakeholders.
Excellent communication, facilitation, organization, and problem-solving skills.
Experience with enterprise application implementations, transitions, migrations, integrations, or operational readiness.
Ability to work independently, identify gaps, drive accountability, and escalate issues when necessary.
Strong understanding of the IT application lifecycle and transition process.
Strong M&A experience, particularly supporting acquisitions, divestitures, carve-outs, or application separation or integration.
Experience with enterprise application transition or separation during an acquisition.
Experience coordinating vendors, consultants, SOWs, and procurement activities.
Experience coordinating knowledge transfer and data requests.

Nice To Haves

Experience in Life Sciences, Pharma, Healthcare, or other regulated environments.
Background in application delivery, business systems analysis, technology transformation, or application management.

Responsibilities

Lead and coordinate complex IT projects and application transition initiatives across multiple concurrent workstreams.
Serve as the primary IT point of accountability for assigned applications and projects.
Develop and maintain project plans, milestones, deliverables, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and action items.
Partner with business leaders, application owners, IT teams, vendors, and third-party consultants to drive successful project execution.
Assess application readiness and identify gaps across requirements, infrastructure, security, integrations, testing, cutover, documentation, and operational support.
Coordinate IT activities for business-led initiatives and ensure appropriate ownership and accountability.
Identify project risks, dependencies, resource constraints, and unresolved issues, and proactively drive them toward resolution.
Provide portfolio-level visibility and concise status reporting to leadership.
Facilitate meetings, drive decisions, track action items, and ensure timely follow-up across stakeholders.
Translate business needs and requirements into actionable project plans and technology activities.
Review application-level dependencies, integrations, data, processes, and support requirements as needed.
Coordinate application transition, implementation, migration, separation, or integration activities.
Support vendor and third-party engagement, including solution discussions, SOW development, and procurement coordination when applicable.
Support IT activities related to M&A, acquisitions, divestitures, and carve-out initiatives.
Coordinate application transition or separation activities resulting from acquisitions or organizational changes.
Identify application ownership, dependencies, integrations, data requirements, infrastructure needs, and operational impacts.
Track transition milestones, risks, decisions, and dependencies across business and IT teams.
Help ensure applications are transitioned, documented, supported, and operationally ready.
Coordinate knowledge transfer activities between business stakeholders, IT teams, application owners, and external parties.
Facilitate discovery discussions about application usage, business processes, users, data, integrations, dependencies, and support models.
Identify knowledge and documentation gaps and coordinate appropriate knowledge transfer sessions.
Coordinate and track data requests from business and IT stakeholders.
Ensure data requests are clearly defined, submitted through established processes, and tracked through completion.
Follow up on outstanding actions, questions, dependencies, and approvals.