Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Carrera Agency is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead Business Readiness, Testing, and Cutover activities for third-party vendors supporting an ERP and Financial Systems transformation. This role is responsible for ensuring alignment and preparedness of business stakeholders, vendors, and teams for System Integration Testing, User Acceptance Testing, and deployment.
Responsibilities
- Drive business readiness for SIT and UAT, ensuring testing prerequisites are completed
- Partner with the consulting team to validate business readiness and coordinate with internal technical teams
- Ensure business SMEs, testers, vendors, and stakeholders are prepared and engaged throughout testing
- Lead regional readiness reviews and resolve readiness gaps before testing begins
- Coordinate business participation during SIT and lead business-side execution for UAT
- Monitor testing progress, participation, and execution quality across global teams
- Coordinate business defect triage, prioritization, validation, and resolution with technical teams and vendors
- Confirm testing exit criteria, business validation, data integrity, and operational readiness
- Support business readiness for cutover, deployment, and transition to operations
- Coordinate activities across Business Readiness, Technical Teams, Consulting Partner, and Third-Party Vendors
- Track dependencies, identify risks, and escalate issues impacting deployment and go-live
- Serve as the primary liaison between business teams, IT, vendors, consulting partners, and Program Leadership
- Coordinate global execution, drive stakeholder alignment, and support Day 1 operational readiness
- Track business readiness, testing progress, risks, issues, dependencies (RAID), and overall project status
- Provide structured reporting, governance updates, and executive-level communications
- Identify risks early and drive corrective actions to support successful project delivery
Skills
- 8–12+ years of Project Management experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives
- Experience supporting large-scale ERP or enterprise transformation programs
- Strong background managing business readiness, testing (SIT/UAT), cutover, and deployment activities
- Experience coordinating global stakeholders, third-party vendors, and cross-functional teams
- Excellent communication, organizational, risk management, and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to influence without direct authority and thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
Benefits
- W2 option plus benefits
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