Ascension LLC is seeking an experienced Engagement Project Manager / PMO Lead to oversee and coordinate a high-visibility Oracle EBS Process Assessment and Future-State Design engagement supporting WSSC Water’s transition planning from on-premises Oracle EBS to a future ERP/HCM SaaS environment. This role serves as the operational backbone of the engagement and is responsible for maintaining schedule integrity, coordinating cross-functional workstreams, managing risks and dependencies, facilitating stakeholder communication, and ensuring deliverables progress through review and approval cycles efficiently.

The ideal candidate is an organized and proactive project management professional with demonstrated success leading enterprise application assessment or transformation initiatives involving ERP, HCM, financial systems, or business process modernization. This individual must excel in structured coordination, executive communication, issue resolution, and multi-stakeholder facilitation within fast-paced consulting environments.

This role is especially important to the success of the engagement because it serves as the primary coordination point between Ascension LLC, functional and technical SMEs, executive leadership, and WSSC stakeholders throughout all project phases identified in the Statement of Work, including project initiation, As-Is assessment, Cloud Fit-Gap analysis, To-Be process design, migration readiness planning, and final executive presentations.

Position Summary

The Engagement Project Manager / PMO Lead will lead day-to-day project coordination activities for a complex Oracle EBS business process assessment and future-state design engagement. The selected candidate will support governance activities, maintain the integrated project schedule, coordinate workshops and stakeholder sessions, manage project documentation, oversee risk and issue tracking, and ensure all deliverables are reviewed, version-controlled, and submitted in accordance with project timelines and quality standards.

The successful candidate will be a detail-oriented planner with exceptional organizational and communication skills and the demonstrated ability to coordinate multidisciplinary teams across functional, technical, and executive workstreams. The ideal individual must be self-directed, capable of operating in ambiguous or evolving environments, and comfortable managing multiple priorities simultaneously while maintaining professionalism and responsiveness.

The PMO Lead will support all project phases and collaborate closely with functional leads, business analysts, architects, QA personnel, and executive stakeholders to ensure the engagement remains aligned to WSSC expectations, contractual obligations, and project objectives. The role requires strong facilitation skills, executive-level communication capabilities, and familiarity with enterprise system modernization initiatives, especially ERP/HCM transformation or cloud migration planning efforts.

The PM role is exempt from ERP/HCM certification requirements under the solicitation.

Day-to-Day Activities

• Lead day-to-day project coordination activities across all workstreams supporting the Oracle EBS assessment engagement
• Develop, maintain, and continuously update the integrated project schedule and milestone tracking documentation
• Coordinate stakeholder meetings, workshops, interviews, and executive review sessions
• Facilitate weekly project status meetings and prepare detailed status reports, action logs, and meeting summaries
• Track project risks, issues, dependencies, assumptions, and mitigation strategies
• Monitor deliverable progress against project milestones and contractual timelines
• Coordinate review cycles and approval checkpoints for all project deliverables
• Maintain centralized project documentation repositories and version control procedures
• Collaborate with functional leads and technical SMEs to ensure alignment across modules and deliverables
• Support escalation management and facilitate issue resolution with internal and client stakeholders
• Prepare executive briefings, dashboards, and project performance summaries for leadership review
• Coordinate resource scheduling and support workload balancing across project team members
• Ensure project governance processes and communication protocols are followed consistently
• Assist with workshop preparation, stakeholder outreach, agenda development, and logistics coordination
• Support quality assurance activities related to deliverable completeness and documentation standards
• Monitor contractual deliverables and support compliance with WSSC reporting expectations
• Coordinate final presentation preparation and executive delivery activities