SIS Implemenation Project Consultant

Position Details

Title: SIS Project Coordinator (Consultant)

Reports to: Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Location: West Palm Beach, FL (onsite) or remote/virtual

Engagement: Full-time consulting assignment (40 hours/week) for 6-9 months, with potential to convert to a permanent position based on business need and performance.

Compensation: Market rate; based on qualifications, resume, and earning history.

Contract type: 1099 (independent contractor)

Time zone: Eastern Time (EDT) business hours

This role is as much about people and communication as it is about systems. You’ll be the connective tissue between vendors, leadership and end users - keeping work streams aligned, informed, and moving forward.

• Lead recurring project meetings and working sessions; publish agendas, notes, decisions, and action items.
• Provide clear weekly status updates to leadership and stakeholders (progress, risks, decisions needed, and next steps).
• Track risks, issues, and dependencies across teams; expedite appropriate escalation and timely resolution.
• Support change management and adoption by coordinating communications, training plans, and readiness activities.
• Coordinate tenant provisioning and environment setup (production and as needed sandbox).
• Support system configuration and workflow alignment with College stakeholders.
• Coordinate data migration support (templates, validation, imports, and reconciliation).
• Coordinate integration and testing (where applicable).
• Plan and support end-user training sessions across departments (live sessions).
• Support go-live planning and execution.
• Coordinate post-go-live stabilization (four weeks) with weekly check-ins.
• Align internal engineering/technical support resources during deployment.

For SIS implementations, the project typically includes approximately 200 structured tasks across 17 milestones, spanning discovery, configuration, data validation, training, and launch readiness.

• Student Information System (SIS):
  Anthology moving to New SIS platform
• Learning Management System (LMS):
  Moodle moving to Brightspace
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP):
  Great Plains moving to Microsoft Business Central

• ERP/SIS migration experience: demonstrated success transitioning institutions from legacy systems (e.g., Anthology) to modern cloud-based environments.
• Ability to collaborate with academic and administrative teams (registrar, student services, finance/financial aid) to align workflows, testing, and training.
• Vendor management: proven ability to manage SaaS vendor relationships, scope, timelines, and deliverables.
• Exceptional communication and people-management skills: able to facilitate meetings, align cross-functional stakeholders, manage expectations, and drive adoption through change.

• Higher education operations knowledge, including Title IV compliance, financial aid system integrations, and registrar workflows.

• PMP
• ITIL
• Microsoft Certified:
  Dynamics 365 Business Central
• CISA