About The Role

Client - Five Below

Project Manager - Digital/ECommerce

Location - 3-5 times/month on-site in Philadelphia, PA

Duration - 1+ year straight contract

Work Status - USC/GC

COMP - $100/hr C2C MAX

NOTES - Target Candidates Who Have

Managed multiple vendors and workstreams.

Created program plans from the ground up.

Built governance structures and communication frameworks.

Owned dependency management across technical teams.

Demonstrated strong stakeholder influence and executive communication skills.

Project Manager

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end planning and delivery of complex technology programs

Create and manage program roadmaps, timelines, dependencies, governance, risks, and communication plans.

Coordinate multiple IT teams, business stakeholders, and third-party vendors to ensure successful delivery.

Drive program planning activities, including scope review, dependency identification, milestone planning, and resource coordination.

Establish program governance, reporting cadences, and executive-level status communications.

Hold vendors and stakeholders accountable for deliverables, timelines, and commitments.

Identify risks, gaps, and implementation challenges early and develop mitigation strategies.

Oversee execution across multiple workstreams while ensuring alignment with business objectives.

Required Skills

7+ years in technical project or program management as job title on resume
Program Manager experience required
Ability to own and plan complex, enterprise-level programs from initiation through delivery.
Experience creating program structures, governance, dependencies, timelines, and communication cadences.
Ability to influence stakeholders, hold vendors accountable, and drive decision-making.
Strong organizational skills and the ability to operate in ambiguous environments.
Experience identifying risks and "gotchas" early in the planning process.
Comfortable working across multiple teams, vendors, and workstreams.
Experience working with cross-functional teams (product, Dev, engineering, store operations, etc)
End-to-end program planning
Program governance
Technical program artifacts
Management of complex, multi-vendor technology initiatives
Ownership of planning activities before work enters Jira
Create structure where none exists.
Navigate uncertainty.
Drive alignment across teams.
Dig into details and solve undefined problems.
Retail industry experience
Can drive technical discussions and align stakeholders across engineering teams
Hold vendors accountable and proactively track progress
Should understand multi-system environments and integrations
Ability to see how changes in one system impact others across the broader ecosystem
Experience working on large-scale, complex programs
Highly organized and detail‑oriented – keeps plans, logs, and decision records current; follows through relentlessly.

Key Responsibilities & Skills

End-to-End Program Planning
Multi-Vendor Program Management
Program Governance & Reporting
Dependency Management
Stakeholder Influence & Executive Communication
Risk Identification & Mitigation
Cross-Functional Team Coordination
Retail & E-commerce Industry Knowledge
Technical Program Artifacts Management
Detailed Documentation & Decision Tracking
Ambiguity Navigation & Problem Solving

Technical Skills

Jira (Program Planning)
Microsoft Project / Smartsheet
Confluence / SharePoint
Microsoft Excel / PowerPoint
Agile / Scrum Methodologies

Industry Experience

Retail
E-commerce
Digital
Technology
Multi-System Integration

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