**Job Description :** Consultant role -6 month contract Location - Princeton NJ Hybrid - 3 days in office 2 remote Pay Range: $75 - $100 an hour We are looking for a Project Manager (PM) who will be responsible for managing technology projects for Enterprise Applications including payroll, finance, and HR technologies. The PM plays a key role in the delivery of high-quality, on-time projects while ensuring that the business partner organization, technology owners, and the PMO are regularly and effectively communicated to and that there is transparency in the identification and handling of risk, issues and dependencies. This role requires someone who is a proven project management professional, is self-driven, has great attention to detail with excellent spoken and written English. The successful candidate will be able to cultivate relationships with team members within Global Technology as well as with our business unit partners. This person must possess an understanding of traditional project management tools such as ServiceNow SPM, Smartsheet, MS Project, etc., and should also be familiar with both traditional and agile techniques for delivering projects. The successful candidate will be competent working with both Microsoft and Google products, e.g., slides, sheets, word, excel, power point, etc. **Job Description** ● All facets of Project management of multiple projects, e.g., scope, risk, quality, communication management, etc. ● Meet regular status reporting requirements with quality and punctuality ● Create executive level presentations ● Work with team members to develop project plan(s) incorporating both technical, functional, operational, and business tasks along with detailed cutover activities ● Control project entry into and exit out of stage gates ● Act as a point of escalation for issues, proactively bringing about appropriate interventions when timelines may be jeopardized ● Coordinate cutover activities for pre and post go-live ● Track cutover and conversion deliverables resolving discrepancies or process issues relating to cutover ● Develop back-out and contingency plans ● Coordinate requirements for go-live ● Monitor relevant project data and progress ● Communicate with the leadership team including status, progress, issues, etc. **Requirements & Preferred Qualifications :** Strong understanding of the corporate applications landscape and experience working as a project manager with a focus on financial, payroll, and human resources processes. ● 10+ years of technical project management experience ● Experience managing ERP implementations and implementation and integration of SaaS solutions for Finance or HR ● Skilled in customer facing activities covering requirements gathering, data preparation, coordinating go-live / cut-overs and documentation preparation ● Prior technology implementation experience with large global, multinational organizations ● Comfortable in adapting working hours to align with demands of communication across multiple global time zones ● Ability to create and provide clear and transparent reporting for senior leadership ● Ability to problem solve creative solutions utilizing technology to alleviate manual processes ● Strategic individual with analytical and problem solving skills. Self-starter, able to operate with minimal direction. ● Ability to manage relationships and deliverables from associated stakeholders ● Strong influencing skills are needed and the ability to work with non-technical leaders and stakeholders across the organization ● Excellent customer service and communication skills, with an ability to understand and communicate complex functional and technical solutions to HR and end users. ● Ability to juggle multiple projects and initiatives at one time under pressure. ● Exhibit a high level of attention to detail, analytical acumen, intellectual curiosity, and creativity. ● Effectively manage confidential data, and professional work with colleagues in establishing and adhering to data governance standards. ● Effective written and verbal communicator ● PMP, SAFe or other relevant certifications are desirable ● Agile delivery experience a plus About News Corp News Corp is a global, diversified media and information services company focused on creating and distributing authoritative and engaging content to consumers throughout the world. The company comprises leading businesses across a range of media, including: news and information services, digital real estate services, book publishing, digital education, and sports programming and pay-tv distribution. Headquartered in New York, the activities of News Corp are conducted primarily in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. Job Category: We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate's experience, industry knowledge, location, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process. Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary, for bonus eligible roles, targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice. For benefits eligible roles, in addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce. News Corp is a global, diversified media and information services company focused on creating and distributing authoritative and engaging content to consumers throughout the world. The company comprises businesses across a range of media, including: news and information services, book publishing, digital real estate services, cable network programming in Australia, and pay-tv distribution in Australia. Headquartered in New York, the activities of News Corp are conducted primarily in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom.