Transition Manager

What success looks like in this role:

Transition Leadership & Governance

• Leads large, complex transition programs from contract signature through operational stabilization.

• Provides governance, risk management, and executive-level reporting throughout the transition lifecycle.

• Drives cross-functional alignment across Operations, Solutions, Finance, HR, Technology, Procurement, and Client stakeholders.

• Serves as an escalation point for transition risks, issues, and dependencies.

Deal Onboarding

• Consults with bid and account management teams to review project proposals, contracts, solution designs, and other key project documentation.

• Based on review, determines transition goals, timelines, funding limitations, staffing requirements, and resource allocation plans.

• Develops and implements communication and change management plans to support the full transition lifecycle and initial steady-state operations.

• Partners with stakeholders to ensure contractual commitments are translated into executable implementation plans.

Solution Handover / Validation

• Validates that proposed staffing models, sourcing strategies, and skill requirements align with contractual, financial, and operational requirements.

• Validates that all non-people resources are aligned with contractual, financial, and solution requirements and works closely with Procurement and other stakeholders to ensure appropriate plans are in place.

• Reviews solution assumptions, implementation plans, and operational readiness requirements to support successful execution.

• Validates the adequacy and accuracy of solution assumptions, including solution components, pricing, costing, and delivery requirements.

• Identifies implementation gaps, risks, and dependencies and ensures development of appropriate mitigation strategies.

• Partners with Operations and Solution teams to ensure delivery models are scalable, sustainable, and aligned with client expectations.

Financial Structuring

• Ensures project accounting structures and budgets are established in accordance with project requirements.

• Ensures client billing processes and procedures are implemented and operational prior to go-live.

• Monitors transition-related financial performance and supports alignment between implementation activities and commercial commitments.

Stakeholder Management & Continuous Improvement

• Builds strong working relationships with internal and client stakeholders throughout the transition lifecycle.

• Facilitates decision-making across multiple functional teams to ensure successful delivery outcomes.

• Provides regular status reporting, risk updates, and implementation progress to leadership and key stakeholders.

• Captures lessons learned and drives continuous improvement initiatives to enhance future transition effectiveness.

You will be successful in this role if you have:

• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Experience leading complex transition, implementation, transformation, or program management initiatives in a global or matrixed environment.

• Demonstrated success managing cross-functional workstreams, stakeholders, and operational readiness activities.

• Strong project/program management, risk management, and stakeholder management skills.

• Ability to influence and collaborate effectively across multiple business functions and levels of leadership.

• Experience within BPO, customer experience, outsourcing, shared services, consulting, or related industries preferred.

• Fluency in English and Spanish (written and verbal) required.

• Portuguese proficiency preferred.

• PMP, PRINCE2, Lean Six Sigma, or equivalent certification is a plus.

• Master's degree preferred.

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