Implementation Project Manager

ACL Digital is seeking an Implementation Project Manager to lead enterprise-scale grants management system implementations. The role requires strong collaboration skills and advanced project management capabilities across various functions, ensuring alignment between business and IT stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Proven ability to co‑lead implementation efforts in partnership with IT and key business leads
• Strong collaboration skills with IT project managers, business analysts, system integrators, and other key business stakeholders, including coordination across U.S. and ex-U.S. teams
• Advanced cross‑functional project management capability across Corporate Social Responsibility programming (e.g., Grants, Sponsorships, Foundation, FOCUS, Medical Affairs giving, IT, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Procurement, etc.)
• Direct vendor‑facing experience including ability to collaborate with business stakeholders and IT project managers on requirements translation, solution design validation, configuration oversight, issue escalation, and milestone governance
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to translate technical concepts into business‑ready language
• Demonstrated experience in pharmaceutical or healthcare philanthropy programs, both U.S. and ex‑U.S
• Own the integrated business project plan including milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, and decision points across CSR, IT, Finance, and vendors
• Operate within the Legal, Compliance, & Corporate Responsibility (LCCR) project management governance standards, including status reporting, RAID tracking (risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies), escalations, and participation in steering forums
• Serve as a primary coordination point between business readiness activities and IT delivery timelines
• Validate business requirements definition, ensuring alignment on scope, assumptions and success criteria with all involved stakeholders
• Partner with IT business analysts and system integrators to ensure accurate translation of business requirements into system design, configuration, and integrations
• Maintain requirements traceability across design, build, testing, and go-live to ensure business outcomes are met within specified timelines
• Facilitate business review and sign-off of requirements, solution designs, and key configuration decisions

Requirements:

• 10+ years of related experience
• Min Bachelor's Degree; Masters preferred
• Demonstrated experience leading or supporting enterprise‑scale grants management system implementations within complex, highly regulated organizations
• Proven ability to co‑lead implementation efforts in partnership with IT and key business leads
• Strong collaboration skills with IT project managers, business analysts, system integrators, and other key business stakeholders, including coordination across U.S. and ex-U.S. teams
• Advanced cross‑functional project management capability across Corporate Social Responsibility programming (e.g., Grants, Sponsorships, Foundation, FOCUS, Medical Affairs giving, IT, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Procurement, etc.)
• Direct vendor‑facing experience including ability to collaborate with business stakeholders and IT project managers on requirements translation, solution design validation, configuration oversight, issue escalation, and milestone governance
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to translate technical concepts into business‑ready language
• Demonstrated experience in pharmaceutical or healthcare philanthropy programs, both U.S. and ex‑U.S
• Own the integrated business project plan including milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, and decision points across CSR, IT, Finance, and vendors
• Operate within the Legal, Compliance, & Corporate Responsibility (LCCR) project management governance standards, including status reporting, RAID tracking (risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies), escalations, and participation in steering forums
• Serve as a primary coordination point between business readiness activities and IT delivery timelines
• Validate business requirements definition, ensuring alignment on scope, assumptions and success criteria with all involved stakeholders
• Partner with IT business analysts and system integrators to ensure accurate translation of business requirements into system design, configuration, and integrations
• Maintain requirements traceability across design, build, testing, and go-live to ensure business outcomes are met within specified timelines
• Facilitate business review and sign-off of requirements, solution designs, and key configuration decisions