SR PROJECT MANAGER - with ANAPLAN

Job Title: Program / Project Manager (Senior) ANAPLAN and FINANCIAL SYSTEMS

Overview

Seeking a strong Senior Project Manager capable of operating at the program level to lead multiple initiatives across financial and operational platforms, End to End. The role will support projects involving financial systems such as SAP, treasury, accounts payable, and inventory. Responsibilities will also include overseeing modernization initiatives such as AI-enabled video surveillance in retail stores and migration of legal contracts into a new platform for compliance review. Many initiatives will involve AI-related capabilities and modernization efforts.

ANAPLAN project work is required.

Employment Type

Contract role with potential to convert to full-time (FTE) in the future.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and manage large platform modernization and transformational initiatives, AND PROJECTS INVOLVING ANAPLAN

Oversee projects involving financial systems including SAP, treasury, accounts payable, and inventory.

Manage modernization of systems leveraging AI.

Coordinate migration of legal contracts into a new tool for compliance review.

Develop detailed project plans, roadmaps, and executive presentations.

Provide regular project status updates, including risks and issues, to senior leadership.

Manage project budgets including resource hours/costs, SOWs, infrastructure, and cloud expenses.

Facilitate discussions between technical teams and business stakeholders.

Manage projects using Agile and Hybrid methodologies including Waterfall, Agile, and Kanban.

Required Experience

Managing projects involving financial systems such as SAP, treasury, accounts payable, and inventory end to end.

Experience managing large platform modernization or transformational projects or programs.

Strong project and program management experience across enterprise environments.

Ability to manage both technical and business discussions.

Experience developing executive-level reporting and presentations.

Understanding of the Criticality of communication with business owners, stakeholders

Understanding about working in environments that blend Agile with more traditional, milestone-driven delivery.

Understanding of how to handle structured timelines, while still driving progress and reducing risk.

Large company experience

Managing and delivering Applications projects (not infrastructure)

Financial systems and applications

Preferred Experience

Healthcare and/or insurance domain experience.

Tools

JIRA (must have)

Clarity (resource allocation, timesheets, reporting, budget variance management)

Project Management Approach

Agile

Hybrid delivery models including Waterfall, Agile, and Kanban.