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# Program Manager - Non-IT

- **Company:** Axelon Services View all jobs
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States
- **Salary:** $132,000.0 - $160,000.0
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Data Analysis, Knowledge Management, Migration Manager, Data Analytics
- **Published:** July 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/job/us0f95ccdbb22b67e22e1997b347a04def/eaa

## About the Role

* Balance strategic thinking with a willingness to roll up sleeves and produce deliverables.
 * Significant experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives involving platform evaluation, system implementation, or both.
 * Demonstrated expertise in project management, agile delivery, platform or vendor evaluation, sandbox or user testing design and execution, testing and validation, change management, and communications.
 * Strong communication and synthesis skills, with experience creating executive-ready materials.
 * Comfort operating in ambiguity and helping teams move from exploration to decision.

Preferred Skills:

 * Experience in research, insights, knowledge management, analytics, or data-driven environments.
 * Familiarity with enterprise governance, stakeholder decision-making, and cross-team coordination.

## Description

* Seeking a temporary Platform Evaluation & Implementation Lead to support knowledge management system (Insights Hub) and strengthen its generative AI and platform capabilities.
 * This role spans two distinct but connected phases: pre-decision platform evaluation and post-decision planning and execution.

Responsibilities:

 * Pre-Decision Platform Evaluation & Sandbox Testing:

 * Support the definition and operationalization of success criteria and evaluative metrics.
 * Support collection, synthesization, and analysis of testing feedback and insights.
 * Prepare decision-ready summaries and recommendations for leadership and advisory stakeholders.
 * Planning & Program Management:

 * Partner with Research leadership to inform overall scope, sequencing, and decision framing for the Insights Hub initiative.
 * Deliver actionable project plans with milestones, dependencies, and deliverables.
 * Manage the integrated schedule from evaluation through execution, keeping the team on track and surfacing risks early.
 * Apply agile principles to adapt plans as new information, constraints, or opportunities emerge.
 * Implementation Readiness, Migration Planning, Testing & Validation (Post-Decision):

 * Support planning and coordination required to stand up a selected system or evolve the existing platform.
 * Partner with technical and business stakeholders to ensure the solution meets functional, governance, and operational requirements.
 * Translate evaluation findings into implementation priorities and sequencing.
 * Change Management & Communications:

 * Craft clear, audience-appropriate communications throughout both phases, including updates, guidance, and decision materials.
 * Provide change-management support to help stakeholders understand what's changing, why it matters, and how to engage with new systems or workflows.
 * Anticipate adoption challenges and proactively address them through communication, training, and process adjustments.


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