Project ManagerBusiness Professional Senior

Job Title: Senior Project Manager Forge Third Party Integration - Hybrid
Duration (Contract): 16 Months
Client Location: Denver CO

Location Preference: Hybrid

Job Description:

As a Senior Project Manager Forge Third Party Integration you will support the integration of Forges third-party portfolio into enterprise vendor management risk and procurement processes. This is a time bound integration only role focused on coordinating complex cross functional workstreams conducting gap/variance analysis designing interim processes and tracking third party portfolio synergies ahead of full system and process integration. This role operates under the direction of a director level Integration Lead and does not include people management or steady state operational ownership. The ideal candidate is a seasoned PM with experience supporting post-acquisition integrations preferably involving third party portfolios supplier management or risk adjacent programs who thrives in ambiguous environments and brings strong structure discipline and executive level communication.

Key Responsibilities:

Integration Project Management:

• Support execution of the Forge third party integration program across multiple concurrent workstreams coordinating activities across:

• Vendor Management
• Third Party Risk Management
• Legal
• Procurement
• Information Security
• Finance and other risk and control partners

• Develop and maintain integrated project plans milestones dependencies risks and issues ensuring alignment to the overall integration roadmap and Director level direction.
• Track and manage interdependencies across workstreams escalating risks and decisions as needed.

Gap Variance & Interim State Coordination:

• Coordinate risk and process-based gap/variance analysis between Forges current state practices and enterprise requirements.
• Support the design and documentation of interim processes and oversight approaches to mitigate identified gaps prior to full integration.
• Track interim approaches approvals owners dependencies and sunset timing.

Third Party Portfolio & Synergy Tracking:

• • Coordinate analysis of Forges third-party portfolio to support:
• Identification of overlapping or duplicate suppliers
• Risk tiering and segmentation alignment
• Opportunities for rationalization or consolidation
  • Establish and maintain synergy tracking artifacts (e.g. supplier overlaps cost opportunities risk reduction indicators) tracking progress against targets established by leadership.
  • Support analysis and enablement only; execution authority remains with functional owners.

Stakeholder Communication & Executive Reporting:

• Prepare senior management ready integration reporting including:

• Status updates
• Key risks and mitigations
• Dependency and decision tracking
• Portfolio and synergy summaries

• Support preparation of materials for integration governance forums and senior leadership reviews.
• Facilitate working sessions and integration checkpoints to maintain alignment across stakeholders.

Systems Data & Documentation Coordination:

• • Coordinate activities related to vendor and risk data integration including inventory alignment and data readiness (hands on remediation performed by SMEs).
  • Support coordination of activities involving Ariba and related procurement/vendor data.
  • Maintain structured documentation using OneNote Excel and PM tools to ensure transparency and continuity.

Required Skills Experiences Education and Competencies:

• 8 years of experience as a Project Manager including support of complex cross functional integration initiatives.
• Strong experience managing multiple parallel workstreams as a senior individual contributor.
• Proven ability to conduct and coordinate gap/variance analysis and support interim operating model design.
• Experience working with or adjacent to:

• Vendor management
• Procurement
• Supplier or third-party portfolios
• Risk or compliance related programs

• Demonstrated ability to produce clear executive level integration reporting.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel OneNote and enterprise PM tools.

Preferred Experience:

• • Post acquisition or large-scale business integration experience.
  • Exposure to third party risk management concepts (depth of SME knowledge not required).
  • Familiarity with Ariba or similar procurement/vendor platforms.
  • Experience tracking integration synergies (cost efficiency risk reduction).
  • Financial services or other regulated industry experience (preferred not required).

The hourly range for roles of this nature are $50.00 to $80.00/hr. Rates are heavily dependent on skills experience location and industry.

cyberThink is an Equal Opportunity Employer.