Job Title: Transition Manager (Contract)
Location: Beaverton, Or (Onsite/Hybrid)
Duration: 4 Months
About The Team
The Procurement organization is delivering a portfolio of technology and process changes affecting how employees across the business buy goods and services, engage external workers, and follow Procurement processes.
Who Are We Looking For?
A Transition Manager to lead the people side of that change readiness, training, adoption, and communications.
What Will You Work On?
" Build and execute transition and readiness plans, including stakeholder analysis, impact assessments, and adoption measures
" Identify affected user groups, define what changes for each, and prepare them ahead of go-live
" Develop training content, job aids, and enablement materials in a consistent, reusable format
" Build executive-ready presentations and status materials for leadership
" Write clear, audience-appropriate communications for employee, stakeholder, and leadership audiences
" Track readiness, escalate risks early, and keep project leads informed of adoption gaps
" Build an annual training model that keeps teams current on tools and process changes
" Develop supporting training materials, stand up a training cadence, and coach team owners through delivery
" Take on transition management for new projects as they arise
" Produce and publish a monthly newsletter; drive content development for an internal website
Who Will You Work With?
Procurement leadership, cross-functional project teams, senior stakeholders, and suppliers.
MUST-HAVE
" Minimum 8 years of transition management, change management, or organizational readiness experience on enterprise programs
" Proven record preparing large user populations for system or process change, including global or multi-region rollouts
" Strong communication skills writing, editing, and audience-specific messaging required
" Excellent PowerPoint skills and a design background polished, visually clear materials for executive audiences
" Experience building training content and enablement programs from scratch
" Ability to work independently, set structure where none exists, and move quickly with limited direction
" Comfortable partnering with senior stakeholders, suppliers, and cross-functional project teams
NICE-TO-HAVE
" Experience with SAP programs (no deep technical knowledge required, familiarity is good)
" Experience with global rollouts across multiple regions and time zones
Education / Experience Substitutions
" Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience
" Change management certification such as Prosci or ADKAR is recommended