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Senior Business Project Manager/ERP Implementation
  • 24-Aug-2026 to 07-Sep-2026 (UTC)
  • Trenton, NJ, USA
  • Full Time
  • Long Term Contract Length
  • 40 Weekly Hours

Description:

- The Senior Business Project Manager (ERP Implementation) serves as the New Jersey Department of Education’s (NJDOE) primary, dedicated department-level leader for the statewide transition from the legacy accounting system (NJCFS) to the modern Oracle Fusion platform (NJHIVE).

- Reporting directly to the Director of the Office of Budget and Accounting, this hybrid role requires a unique blend of strategic project management, meticulous business process analysis, and change management.

- The consultant will not configure the software; instead, they will audit, document, and prepare NJDOE’s internal processes, interfaces, reporting, and personnel to ensure a seamless operational cutover, running through full post-implementation stabilization.

 

Core Responsibilities

- Project Leadership & Governance: Serve as the central point of coordination between NJDOE leadership, OIT, OMB, vendors, and the centralized State NJHIVE team.

- Maintain risk registers, project schedules, issue logs, and executive readiness scorecards.

- Business Process & Data Mapping: Audit, optimize, and map NJDOE’s current fiscal workflows (appropriation management, encumbrances, federal grants, accounts payable/receivable) into a comprehensive Fiscal Operations Process Library.

- Ecosystem & Interface Assessment: Document all local systems, peripheral databases, and manual spreadsheets leveraging legacy data to identify technical gaps, SimpliGov workflow dependencies, and data conversion risks.

- Reporting & Analytics Overhaul: Inventory all mission-critical fiscal reports, identifying updates or redevelopments required to align with the new NJHIVE Chart of Accounts (COA).

- Change Management & Training: Design and execute a Department-wide Change Management and Communications Plan.

- Author user manuals, build the Future-State Fiscal Operations Manual, and administer role-specific training programs.

- Testing, Cutover, & Hypercare Support: Coordinate local staff participation in State-led testing phases.

- Manage deployment cutover protocols and provide dedicated hands-on stabilization support (Hypercare) through the first full fiscal year close post-go-live.

 

Minimum Qualifications& Requirements

- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, or a related field (Master’s degree or relevant executive experience preferred).

- Required Experience: Minimum of 8 to 10 years of progressive, hands-on experience managing complex business transformations, enterprise-level ERP financial implementations, detailed process mapping, and project delivery.

- Required Core Skills: Mastery of current/future-state process mapping (Visio/Lucidchart), stakeholder management, and cross-functional project management frameworks.

 

Fill the skill matrix below:

Skill

Required/Desired

Amount

Candidate's No. of years of experience

Cross-Functional PM / BA Hybrid Experience

Required

8

 

Business Process Mapping & Tools

Required

8

 

Change Management & Communication Planning

Required

8

 

Large-Scale ERP / Financial System Implementations (Atleast 2 implementations)

Required

6

 

LinkedIn Profile

Required

  

 

Public Sector / Government Finance Experience

Highly desired

5

 

Data Conversion & Report Auditing

Highly desired

5

 

Low-Code Workflow Automation Experience

Highly desired

3

 

PMP Certification

Highly desired

  

 

CBAP (Certified Business Analysis Professional), or Prosci Certified Change Manager Certification

Highly desired