Implementation Project Manager

Senior Implementation Project Manager – M&A Integration / Command Center Lead

Optomi, in partnership with a leading financial company,is seeking a highly experienced Senior Implementation Project Manager to lead enterprise-wide implementation activities supporting a complex M&A integration. This individual will serve as the central command center lead, orchestrating multiple implementation teams, managing cross-functional dependencies, and driving execution through critical implementation milestones.

This is a hands-on leadership role requiring ownership of the integrated master schedule, detailed implementation runbooks, issue resolution, and overall deployment coordination. The ideal candidate has successfully led large-scale enterprise integrations, acquisitions, or complex cutover events, with the ability to manage multiple work streams simultaneously in a high-pressure environment.

Location: Remote US

Type: W2 Contract with extensions

Required Qualifications

• Extensive experience as a Senior Project Manager, Technical Program Manager, Implementation Project Manager, or similar role leading large-scale enterprise implementations.
• Proven experience managing complex M&A integrations, acquisition integrations, enterprise cutovers, or large-scale technology deployments.
• Demonstrated ownership of an integrated master schedule spanning multiple teams and work streams.
• Hands-on experience leading command centers, control towers, war rooms, or centralized deployment coordination efforts.
• Experience managing detailed cutover plans, implementation runbooks, mock events, dress rehearsals, and go-live activities.
• Strong understanding of cross-functional dependencies and the ability to coordinate multiple project managers and implementation teams simultaneously.
• Exceptional organizational skills with the ability to manage large volumes of incoming updates, competing priorities, and rapidly changing timelines.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and executive reporting capabilities.
• Proven ability to drive accountability, resolve blockers, and maintain execution discipline in high-pressure environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and manage the integrated master schedule across multiple implementation teams, work streams, and enterprise applications.
• Lead the implementation command center / war room through mock events, dress rehearsals, and critical go-live weekends.
• Manage cross-functional dependencies, identifying schedule conflicts, risks, blockers, and potential impacts to implementation timelines.
• Coordinate multiple project managers and implementation leads to ensure alignment, accountability, and timely execution of deliverables.
• Develop, maintain, and coordinate detailed implementation runbooks, including minute-by-minute execution plans for critical events.
• Ensure individual workstream runbooks are aligned with the overall implementation strategy, schedule, and deployment plan.
• Drive issue resolution and escalation, maintaining visibility into bugs, risks, decisions, outstanding actions, and critical dependencies.
• Coordinate implementation activities across teams executing within compressed one-week or weekend deployment windows.
• Facilitate daily and potentially hourly status reporting to leadership during critical implementation periods.
• Provide centralized coordination and real-time communication across implementation teams during high-pressure execution events.
• Lead preparation and execution of approximately four critical implementation weekends, ensuring teams are prepared, aligned, and accountable.
• Maintain command center visibility into implementation readiness, milestone completion, and overall execution progress.