Project Manager/Delivery Lead Kinaxis Maestro Demand Planning
CTG's long-standing client is seeking a Project Manager/Delivery Lead to lead an enterprise Kinaxis Maestro Demand Planning implementation within a manufacturing environment. Location: Charlotte, NC preferred; Corning, NY also preferred. Qualified remote candidates will be considered. Pay Rate: $80.00$84.00 per hour Work Hours: MondayFriday, 8:00 a.m.5:00 p.m. ET Travel: Minimum of one trip per month to Charlotte, NC Education: Bachelor's degree preferred Additional Schedule Requirements: Some weekend and after-hours work will be required during scheduled go-live events.
About the Role:
CTG is seeking an experienced Project Manager/Delivery Lead to drive delivery across business, IT, SAP ECC, implementation partner, and vendor teams using Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and iterative product-delivery practices. The successful candidate will be a strong project leader and servant leader who can enable collaboration, remove blockers, support decision-making, and drive accountability across cross-functional teams. This position requires extensive enterprise project leadership experience, knowledge of manufacturing demand planning, and experience working within SAP ECC environments. The Project Manager/Delivery Lead will oversee integration, data migration, testing, cutover, release delivery, and go-live readiness.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the end-to-end implementation and release delivery of Kinaxis Maestro Demand Planning.
- Serve as a servant leader by enabling collaboration, removing blockers, supporting decision-making, and driving accountability.
- Manage project plans, milestones, financials, risks, issues, dependencies, and governance.
- Lead Agile and Scrum ceremonies, backlog management, Kanban workflows, and sprint and release planning.
- Coordinate execution across business, IT, SAP ECC, implementation partner, and vendor teams.
- Manage status reporting, RAID activities, executive communications, and escalations.
- Support integration planning, data migration readiness, testing coordination, cutover execution, and go-live planning.
- Track project financials, delivery progress, dependencies, and key milestones.
- Communicate project status, risks, decisions, and escalations clearly to senior leadership.
- Ensure compliance with SOX, regulatory, and enterprise governance requirements.
Required Qualifications:
- Seven or more years of experience leading enterprise technology implementations as a Project Manager, Delivery Lead, or in a similar role.
- Strong enterprise project leadership experience, including: Communication and stakeholder management Problem and issue resolution Governance and status reporting Executive-level updates Financial tracking Vendor coordination
- Experience leading teams in Agile and Scrum environments, with strong knowledge of iterative and incremental product delivery.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience working from Kanban boards.
- Scrum Master certification or PMI-ACP certification.
- Experience with SAP ECC implementations and SAP ECC platform environments.
- Experience delivering solutions involving integration, data migration, testing, and cutover coordination.
- Knowledge of demand planning within a manufacturing environment.
- Knowledge of SOX and regulatory compliance within a structured enterprise-governance environment.
- Ability to work Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m.5:00 p.m. ET.
- Ability to travel to Charlotte, NC at least once per month.
- Availability for occasional weekend and after-hours work during scheduled go-live events.
Highly Desired Qualifications:
- PMP certification.
- Product Owner certification, such as CSPO or PSPO.
- First-hand experience implementing Kinaxis Maestro Demand Planning.
- Experience implementing complex SAP ECC solutions.
- Hands-on experience with Planview AgilePlace.
- Experience presenting to and influencing senior leadership.