Senior Project Manager to select an ERP and lead implementation

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Senior Project Manager to select an ERP and lead implementation

Job Type: Contract

Positions to fill: 1

Start Date: Jul 28, 2025

Job End Date: Mar 31, 2026

Pay Rate: Hourly: Negotiable

Job ID: 146291

Location: Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, Ottawa, Toronto, Victoria, Montreal, Winnipeg, Regina, Halifax, London

Senior Project Manager to select an ERP and lead implementation

Contract: ASAP to March 31st, 2026 plus 2x1 year extensions

Fully Remote

Must Haves:

Senior management leadership experience with back office large scale transformations delivering tangible benefits to organizations

Experience developing modernization strategies and target operating models

10+ years of senior project/program management experience

Proven leadership of ERP implementations (e.g., Oracle, Workday, SAP, MS Dynamics)

Experience in public sector, health care, or large-scale service organizations

Experience with Operating Model Strategy and Implementation

Exceptionalmunication and stakeholder engagement skills and change management skills

Proven experience in dealing with vendors including consulting firms

Ability to drive results and hold vendors and consulting firms accountable for deliverables

Ability to effectively run team meetings, document meeting minutes, and follow up on action items

Deployment readiness planning, tracking and reporting

Project Overview

This initiative aims to transform the organization's back-office functionsincluding Finance, HR, Payroll and Procurement and how they are used by all VON stakeholdersthrough an operating model and process modernization and the implementation of a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. The Executive Project Manager (EPM) will oversee the successful planning, execution, and delivery of the program. 3

Objective of the Engagement

To provide senior-level management, governance, and delivery management for the entire back-office transformation, ensuring on-time, on-budget, and in-scope delivery of the ERP implementation while supporting organizational readiness and business continuity.

Scope of Work

Governance and Leadership

- Establish and lead the program governance structure.

- Serve as the primary liaison between the Executive Co-leads and the project delivery teams.

- Define roles, responsibilities, decision rights, and escalation paths across workstreams.

Strategic Planning and Execution

- Develop the strategy for the new target operating model.

- Determine the resourcing for the project implementation team.

- Determine what readiness activities should be done in advance of implementation.

- Develop and maintain aprehensive integrated project plan with timelines, milestones, dependencies, and critical paths. This includes process changes and organizational changes.

- Align ERP implementation with organizational goals and change management strategies.

- Assist in the selection of ERP software and systems integrator.

Stakeholder Engagement

- Engage executive sponsors, business unit leaders, and functional leads to define business requirements.

- Communicate project vision, status, and risks to executive stakeholders.

- Facilitate cross-functional decision-making.

Project Delivery Oversight

- Oversee project delivery (design, configuration, testing, data migration, training, and deployment).

- Coordinate internal and external resources, including ERP vendors and consultants.

- Monitor performance metrics and project KPIs.

Risk and Issue Management

- Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks.

- Establish and manage issue logs, risk registers, and change control processes.

Change Management and Readiness

- Develop and implement change management strategy and plan

- Support organizational readiness assessments, training programs, andmunication planning.

Budget and Resource Management

- Oversee and track project budget, expenditures, and resource utilization.

- Rmend corrective actions as needed to keep the project within financial targets.

Deliverables

- Project Charter and Governance Plan

- Integrated Project Plan (with dependencies and milestones)

- Risk and Issue s

- Status Reports (bi-weekly and monthly)

- Executive Steering Committee Presentations

- Go-live Readiness Assessment

- Post-implementation Revie