[Remote] Senior Project Manager – Manhattan Active WMS Deployment

🌍 Remote, USA 🎯 Full-time 🕐 Posted Recently

Job Description

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Dexian is a leading provider of staffing, IT, and workforce solutions with over 12,000 employees. As the Senior Project Manager – Manhattan Active WMS/OMS Deployment, you will manage end-to-end implementation delivery for assigned warehouse sites, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within scope while coordinating across various teams.

Lead end-to-end project execution for Manhattan Active WMS and OMS deployments at CEVA warehouse operations sites
Develop detailed project plans including milestones, dependencies, workstream activities, resource plans, and deployment readiness requirements
Ensure project delivery aligns with program governance standards and the broader Manhattan deployment roadmap
Coordinate execution across key workstreams including Operations, IT, Business Process Engineering, Testing, Training, Data Migration, and Integration teams
Facilitate daily and weekly project execution meetings, ensuring clear ownership of actions, deliverables, and issue resolution
Partner with site General Managers and operational leadership to drive engagement, accountability, and readiness activities
Serve as a key point of contact for internal and external stakeholders supporting the deployment
Coordinate with customer IT and operations teams to align integration timelines, testing expectations, and cutover requirements
Maintain strong communication and transparency through regular status reporting, steering updates, and escalation management
Manage project timelines and ensure execution remains on track by identifying risks early and driving mitigation plans
Own project RAID logs (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) and ensure issues are escalated appropriately
Proactively manage scope control and coordinate change requests through established governance processes
Coordinate all testing activities at the site level including SIT participation, UAT readiness, and operational validation
Ensure site teams are prepared for UAT execution, training completion, and readiness signoffs
Lead cutover planning and execution, ensuring detailed runbooks are developed and approved across stakeholders
Drive go-live readiness reviews and ensure all entry/exit criteria are met prior to deployment approval
Lead post-go-live hypercare execution, ensuring defects and operational disruptions are tracked, prioritized, and resolved quickly
Coordinate stabilization activities across Manhattan teams, IT support, operations leadership, and super users
Ensure successful transition to steady-state support and handoff to operational and IT sustainment teams
Capture lessons learned from each site deployment and partner with program leadership to improve playbooks, templates, and execution models
Drive repeatable, scalable deployment practices that reduce cycle time and improve quality across future deployment waves
Support program-level standardization efforts to strengthen operational adoption and long-term system performance

Bachelor's degree in business, Supply Chain, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field required
7+ years of project management experience delivering complex supply chain, warehouse, or enterprise IT implementations
Proven experience leading WMS and/or OMS deployments in a distribution, e-commerce, retail, or contract logistics environment
Strong knowledge of warehouse operations including receiving, putaway, replenishment, picking, packing, shipping, inventory control, and returns
Strong project planning and execution governance skills, including schedule management, dependency tracking, and milestone delivery
Familiarity with systems integration concepts including API, EDI, middleware, and customer connectivity requirements
Experience coordinating testing activities including SIT and UAT execution in partnership with business and IT teams
Strong proficiency in project tools such as MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, or equivalent platforms
Ability to manage multiple priorities and drive execution across technical and operational stakeholders
Strong leadership presence with the ability to drive accountability across cross-functional teams without direct authority
Highly structured and detail-oriented, with the ability to anticipate risks and drive mitigation before issues impact deployment timelines
Confident communicator able to present status, risks, and decisions to senior leadership and customer stakeholders
Comfortable operating in high-pressure environments during go-live and cutover periods
Collaborative mindset with strong ability to influence, align, and motivate teams across multiple functional groups
Strong preference for experience with Manhattan Associates solutions (Manhattan Active WMS and OMS highly preferred)
Experience managing multi-site rollouts or large-scale deployment programs is strongly preferred
Experience working in a 3PL environment and supporting customer-specific integrations and operational requirements is a plus

Dexian provides services for staffing, talent development, and consulting, with a focus on technology, finance, and project management. It was founded in 1994, and is headquartered in Mclean, Virginia, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://dexian.com.