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Job Title: Project Manager – Non-It (Business Readiness & Transformation)
Location: Beaverton, Or (Onsite — Remote Not Permitted)
Duration: 1 Months Contract
ROLE SUMMARY
The Project Manager supports the execution of critical business readiness activities for transformation initiatives. Working closely with program leads, business stakeholders, change management, training, and technology teams, this role coordinates and drives day-to-day readiness activities to help ensure successful user adoption and deployment. Responsibilities include supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT), training preparation, communications, change management activities, readiness tracking, and go-live execution.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Execute business readiness activities aligned to program delivery plans, including:
○ UAT deliverables, tester onboarding, execution tracking, issue management, and readiness reporting
○ Communications, stakeholder engagement, and change management deliverables in partnership with change and business leads
○ Training preparation activities, including content reviews, scheduling, logistics, and deployment support
• Create and maintain project plans, status reports, readiness dashboards, meeting materials, trackers, and action logs.
• Drive completion of deliverables by coordinating follow-up actions, escalating blockers, and tracking progress across business and technology teams.
• Gather, consolidate, and synthesize feedback, readiness metrics, and testing results to support deployment decisions.
• Support pilot preparation, go-live readiness activities, cutover coordination, hypercare execution, and adoption monitoring.
• Identify and escalate readiness risks, issues, dependencies, or gaps that may impact deployment success.
• Provide hands-on execution support across project management, communications, training, change management, and readiness activities as program priorities evolve.
MUST-HAVE
• 10+ years of non-IT project management experience, with some context for technology/IT rollout
• Sits on the business side deploying a new tool — partners with technology teams, aware of the process, but brings the business lens
• Deployment of a software tool for apparel product creation, including User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Foundational PM experience — project plans, status reports, readiness dashboards, trackers, action logs
• Experience coordinating projects or program activities in a cross-functional environment
• Strong organizational, communication, and execution skills with exceptional attention to detail
• Experience supporting critical readiness activities such as User Acceptance Testing (UAT), training, communications, change management, or deployment readiness activities
• Proven ability to execute against aggressive timelines and deliver high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced, evolving environment
• Comfortable managing multiple deliverables, competing priorities, and shifting deadlines while maintaining momentum and accountability
• Demonstrated ability to proactively identify risks, remove obstacles, and drive follow-through across diverse stakeholder groups
• Proficiency in project tracking, reporting, and coordination tools
• Software: Airtable, PowerPoint
NICE-TO-HAVE
• Experience with technology and delivering solutions and tools at scale
• Change management
• AI for building out reports
• Previous industry experience preferred
EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTIONS
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Location: Beaverton, Or (Onsite — Remote Not Permitted)
Duration: 1 Months Contract
ROLE SUMMARY
The Project Manager supports the execution of critical business readiness activities for transformation initiatives. Working closely with program leads, business stakeholders, change management, training, and technology teams, this role coordinates and drives day-to-day readiness activities to help ensure successful user adoption and deployment. Responsibilities include supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT), training preparation, communications, change management activities, readiness tracking, and go-live execution.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Execute business readiness activities aligned to program delivery plans, including:
○ UAT deliverables, tester onboarding, execution tracking, issue management, and readiness reporting
○ Communications, stakeholder engagement, and change management deliverables in partnership with change and business leads
○ Training preparation activities, including content reviews, scheduling, logistics, and deployment support
• Create and maintain project plans, status reports, readiness dashboards, meeting materials, trackers, and action logs.
• Drive completion of deliverables by coordinating follow-up actions, escalating blockers, and tracking progress across business and technology teams.
• Gather, consolidate, and synthesize feedback, readiness metrics, and testing results to support deployment decisions.
• Support pilot preparation, go-live readiness activities, cutover coordination, hypercare execution, and adoption monitoring.
• Identify and escalate readiness risks, issues, dependencies, or gaps that may impact deployment success.
• Provide hands-on execution support across project management, communications, training, change management, and readiness activities as program priorities evolve.
MUST-HAVE
• 10+ years of non-IT project management experience, with some context for technology/IT rollout
• Sits on the business side deploying a new tool — partners with technology teams, aware of the process, but brings the business lens
• Deployment of a software tool for apparel product creation, including User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Foundational PM experience — project plans, status reports, readiness dashboards, trackers, action logs
• Experience coordinating projects or program activities in a cross-functional environment
• Strong organizational, communication, and execution skills with exceptional attention to detail
• Experience supporting critical readiness activities such as User Acceptance Testing (UAT), training, communications, change management, or deployment readiness activities
• Proven ability to execute against aggressive timelines and deliver high-quality outcomes in a fast-paced, evolving environment
• Comfortable managing multiple deliverables, competing priorities, and shifting deadlines while maintaining momentum and accountability
• Demonstrated ability to proactively identify risks, remove obstacles, and drive follow-through across diverse stakeholder groups
• Proficiency in project tracking, reporting, and coordination tools
• Software: Airtable, PowerPoint
NICE-TO-HAVE
• Experience with technology and delivering solutions and tools at scale
• Change management
• AI for building out reports
• Previous industry experience preferred
EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTIONS
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience