Project Manager - Business Implementation (Remote, Contract)

About this role

Stafford Gray is seeking a Project Manager for a remote contract engagement supporting Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). This role will work on the business side of a data-related implementation, coordinating business stakeholders with the technical team and/or vendor to keep the project organized and moving forward.

The focus is practical project management: planning, scheduling, communication, follow-through, and implementation readiness. Data project experience is helpful, but hands-on data engineering or development is not required.

Responsibilities • Develop and maintain the project plan, schedule, milestones, and action items. • Coordinate business stakeholders, technical resources, and vendors; clarify ownership and follow up on deliverables. • Facilitate project meetings, document decisions, and communicate status, risks, issues, and dependencies. • Track scope and changes, escalate blockers, and support timely decisions. • Coordinate user acceptance testing (UAT), issue tracking, and business sign-off. • Help organize training, stakeholder communications, and implementation readiness. • Coordinate cutover activities and the transition to ongoing support.

Requirements • Experience managing business or system implementation projects and coordinating cross-functional teams. • Strong organization, scheduling, documentation, and follow-through skills. • Clear written and verbal communication, including concise status reporting and meeting facilitation. • Ability to manage action items, risks, issues, dependencies, and competing priorities. • Comfort working with business stakeholders and technical teams or external vendors in a remote environment. • Experience coordinating UAT, training, or go-live activities.

Preferred • Exposure to data-related implementations, reporting, data migration, or similar business initiatives. • Experience supporting a nonprofit or professional services organization.