Principal Implementation Quality Consultant - 100% Remote

Genesis10 is currently seeking a Principal Implementation Quality Consultant - Remote position with a Leading Pharmacy Benefit Manager located in Minnesota. This is a 18+ month contract opportunity.

Compensation: Up to $70.00 per hour, W2, based on qualifications

Position Overview:
The Principal Implementation Quality Consultant is responsible for leading quality strategy, implementation readiness, testing governance, risk management, and delivery confidence for complex client implementations and enterprise initiatives. This role serves as a senior quality consultant, implementation leader, and trusted advisor who partners with implementation teams, business stakeholders, technology organizations, operational teams, external clients, and vendor partners to ensure successful implementation outcomes. The ideal candidate combines deep quality engineering expertise with strong implementation leadership, facilitation, consulting, stakeholder management, and communication skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead quality strategy and implementation readiness planning for large, complex implementations and strategic initiatives
• Serve as the primary quality leader throughout the implementation lifecycle
• Develop quality plans, testing strategies, readiness assessments, governance approaches, and implementation recommendations
• Define and drive quality strategies that support successful implementation outcomes across products and business areas
• Facilitate discussions involving executives, clients, implementation teams, operational teams, technology teams, vendor partners, and business leaders
• Prepare and deliver executive-level readiness, quality, risk, and implementation health reporting
• Identify implementation, conversion, testing, integration, operational, and delivery risks early in the implementation lifecycle
• Serve as a thought leader for implementation quality practices across the enterprise
• Lead all testing activities for a major new client implementation

Primary Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of experience in quality engineering, software testing, implementation delivery, consulting, program leadership, or related disciplines
• 5+ years leading large-scale implementations, enterprise initiatives, or client-facing delivery programs
• Experience developing testing strategies, quality plans, implementation readiness assessments, and governance frameworks
• Experience facilitating discussions and decision-making among executive leaders, clients, business partners, and delivery teams
• Demonstrated success influencing outcomes and building alignment without direct reporting authority
• Experience identifying and managing risks, dependencies, and competing priorities across large programs
• Strong written, verbal, presentation, and executive communication skills
• Strong meeting facilitation, workshop leadership, and stakeholder alignment skills
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, rapidly changing environments
• Must be eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship

Desired Skills:

• Experience leading healthcare, PBM, payer, government, or other regulated-industry implementations
• Knowledge of healthcare compliance requirements including HIPAA
• Experience with test automation, test data management, performance testing, and enterprise quality capabilities
• Experience developing executive dashboards, implementation scorecards, and readiness reporting
• Experience in implementation consulting, professional services, client delivery, or program leadership
• Certification in quality engineering, software testing, project management, or agile delivery

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!

Ranked a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S. by Staffing Industry Analysts for six consecutive years, Genesis10 puts thousands of consultants and employees to work across the United States every year in contract, contract-for-hire, and permanent placement roles. With more than 300 active clients, Genesis10 provides access to many of the Fortune 100 firms and a variety of mid-market organizations across the full spectrum of industry verticals.

For contract roles, Genesis10 offers the benefits listed below. If this is a perm-placement opportunity, our recruiter can talk you through the unique benefits offered for that particular client. Benefits of Working with Genesis10:

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many of our consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team (more than 7 years of experience, on average)
• Behavioral Health Platform
• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Health Savings Account
• Voluntary Hospital Indemnity (Critical Illness & Accident)
• Voluntary Term Life Insurance
• 401K
• Sick Pay (for applicable states/municipalities)
• Commuter Benefits (Dallas, NYC, SF, and Illinois)

For multiple years running, Genesis10 has been recognized as a Top Staffing Firm in the U.S., as a Best Company for Work-Life Balance, as a Best Company for Career Growth, for Diversity, and for Leadership, amongst others. To learn more and to view all of our available career opportunities, please visit us at our website.

Genesis10 is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.