Lead end-to-end project management for complex, multi-workstream engagements including scope, schedule, budget, risk, and issue management
Develop, maintain, and execute detailed MS Project plans with dependencies, resource loading, and elaborated tasks; apply hybrid Agile/Waterfall approaches appropriate to the engagement context
Drive clarity and alignment when project conditions are ambiguous, off-track, or politically complex, including developing recovery plans and realignment strategies
Facilitate project status reporting, executive briefings, and governance checkpoints
Deliver status updates and executive reporting in visually compelling formats that tell the right story for the right audience
Identify and proactively manage project risks and dependencies across interconnected workstreams before they become fire drills
Use AI tools to analyze project data across workstreams, identifying schedule risks, resource conflicts, dependency chains, and early-warning patterns that inform proactive decision-making
Use AI to rapidly produce executive-ready deliverables: status reports, risk assessments, decision briefs, and governance presentations at a quality and speed that traditional approaches can’t match
Apply AI to synthesize information from multiple sources: meeting notes, vendor updates, technical documentation, stakeholder feedback, into clear, consolidated views that drive alignment
Use AI to automate repetitive PM work: status aggregation, action item tracking, schedule variance analysis, and reporting workflows, freeing capacity for the strategic and political work that determines project outcomes
Continuously evaluate and adopt emerging AI tools that improve project delivery, and share innovations with the Liberum team to raise the collective capability
Support configuration, testing, and validation activities including UAT planning and execution. You understand the technical work well enough to spot problems, not just track timelines
Coordinate across vendor, state agency, and internal Liberum team members to ensure integrated delivery across all workstreams
Engage with system integrators and technical teams as a credible counterpart who understands the substance of what’s being built, not just the project mechanics
Manage relationships with executive sponsors, steering committees, and cross-functional stakeholders across state agency environments
Engage and build foundational relationships with customers, project sponsors, vendors, and external stakeholders
Proactively communicate project progress, risks, and value delivered to client stakeholders, ensuring visibility into team contributions throughout the engagement
Coach and mentor client-side staff to build internal PM capability that outlasts the engagement
Collaborate with OCM, training, and communications teams to ensure project management outputs support adoption and readiness activities
Identify opportunities to create additional client value throughout the engagement lifecycle
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent professional experience
8+ years of project management experience with demonstrated senior-level performance, not just years of service, but increasing scope, complexity, and accountability you can walk us through
Direct experience supporting or delivering at least one major ERP implementation (Workday, SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, or equivalent)
Demonstrated ability to manage complex, multi-stakeholder projects in highly regulated or politically sensitive environments, where decisions happen in hallways and governance structures don’t tell the full story
Experience facilitating executive-level stakeholder engagement, including steering committees and sponsor briefings
Experience conducting business interviews and leading client workshops at both operational and leadership levels
Active, daily use of AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, or equivalent) integrated into your project management workflow, not occasional experimentation, but a core part of how you deliver. You should be able to walk us through specific examples of how AI has improved your project outcomes, delivery speed, or analytical depth.
Demonstrated ability to use AI for project analysis, risk identification, status synthesis, deliverable creation, and reporting in a professional consulting context
Comfort prompting and directing AI tools effectively. You understand how to get high-quality, contextually appropriate outputs and you know when AI output needs human judgment applied
Intellectual curiosity and initiative around emerging AI capabilities. Proactively experiment with new tools and bring innovations to your team rather than waiting for someone else to figure it out
Strong writing skills: the ability to synthesize complex information into clear, concise deliverables for both technical audiences and executive stakeholders
Hybrid methodology fluency: ability to blend Agile and Waterfall approaches pragmatically based on what the project and client actually need
Proficiency in MS Project or equivalent scheduling tools, including dependency mapping and resource-loaded plans
Professional courage to deliver difficult findings and recommendations with data, grace, and actionable solutions
Proven ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and operate effectively within a remote or hybrid team environment
Exceptional client relationship management skills
PMP certification or equivalent project management credential preferred
Agile certification (CSM, SAFe, or equivalent)
Tech Stack
ERP
Oracle
PMP
Benefits
You’ll work alongside people who are as good at this as you are, a team where excellence is the baseline, not the exception
The work is real: complex, politically nuanced, enterprise-scale transformations that actually matter to the State of Washington
We’re building an AI-forward practice. You’ll be part of a team that’s redefining how project management consulting is done, not just doing it faster with the same old tools
Comprehensive benefits: full medical, dental, life, and short-term disability coverage, plus 401k with 4% match (no vesting period)
Generous PTO: 15 days (0–5 years) or 20 days (5+ years), plus 9 paid holidays and WA state sick leave accrual
Bonus Leave program for employees who go above and beyond