- Own the project plan, schedule, risks, issues, and dependencies across internal teams and the external development vendor.
- Partner with the vendor's Project Manager and hold the vendor accountable to the statement of work, including scope, milestones, deliverables, and quality.
- Identify potential delays, unrealistic timelines, and delivery risks; develop mitigation plans, negotiate realistic commitments, and escalate issues when needed.
- Manage scope and change control, evaluating the impact of proposed changes on timelines, resources, and deliverables.
- Coordinate working sessions, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and demonstrations with the Product Owner, subject-matter experts, and vendor team.
- Coordinate internal stakeholder availability and secure timely decisions, requirements, and approvals.
- Oversee enterprise system integrations, data migration, validation, and cutover planning with technical teams and external vendors.
- Lead user acceptance testing, including test planning, tester availability, defect resolution, and final sign-off.
- Plan deployment and go-live readiness, coordinating production environments, infrastructure dependencies, contingency plans, and transition timelines.
- Present project status updates to leadership and coordinate change management, documentation, and training.
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