Project Non-Technical Project Program Management Intermediate

Job Title: Project - Non-Technical Project/Program Management - Intermediate
Location: Austin, Texas 78724
Duration: 12-month contract
Pay range: $60.00 - $68.14/hr. on W2
Shift timings: M F 8 AM - 5 PM
Job ID: # (phone number removed)

Description:
Experience: 5 + years
Must have:

• Project management experience, EDI onboarding experience
• Candidates with Logistics and Transportation experience are preferred.

Key Responsibilities
Carrier Integration Delivery (EDI / API) and Electronic Document Exchange

• Lead onboarding for common transportation messages, such as:
  • Load tender (e.g., 204 / 300 / API tender)
  • Shipment status and key data elements (214 / 240 / 315)
  • Appointment scheduling (when applicable)
  • Freight invoice (110 / 210 / 310)
  • Other EDI and API messages as needed
• Ensure data mapping aligns withBlue Yonder TMS structuresand operational workflows.
• Lead electronic document exchange integration (transmit, receive, and store documents in Centralized Document Repository)
• Plan and coordinate unit testing, end to end testing, and operational validation with carriers.
• Proactively escalate risks and delays with impact-based recommendations.

Logistics & Operations Alignment

• Partner closely with transportation planners, execution teams, and freight pay/audit to confirm integrations solve real operational problems.
• Ensure carriers are onboarded in a way that supports:
  • Timely tendering and acceptance
  • Accurate shipment visibility
  • Reduced manual work and exceptions
  • Clean billing and dispute reduction
• Develop and executecutover strategiesthat minimize disruption to daily shipping.

Governance, Standards & Continuous Improvement

• Work with Logistics Analytics team to develop and track onboarding metrics such as carrier compliance, cycle time, go live success rate, and post go live defects.
• Identify opportunities to standardize carrier integrations and reduce custom work.
• Support future TMS enhancements, carrier expansions, or regional rollouts.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ yearsof experience in transportation, supply chain systems, or logistics technology.
• Direct experience working oncarrier EDI and API integrations.
• Strong understanding of common transportation data flows and message types.
• Proven ability to manage cross functional teams and external partners without direct authority.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on knowledge oftransportation operations, including how planners and execution teams use TMS inputs and outputs.
• Experience working with or implementingBlue Yonder TMS(preferred).
• Experience onboardingdozens of carriersacross multiple modes, domestically and internationally.
• Experience supporting TMS implementations, upgrades, or large transportation transformations.
• Experience with electronic document transmission to and receipt from Logistics providers.

Core Skills & Competencies

• Execution focus:drive work to closurenot just meetings and status decks.
• Operational credibility:demonstrate trust with stakeholders with proven knowledge and experience.
• Structured thinking:bring order to messy carrier onboarding reality.
• Clear communication:translate between IT, carriers, and business without noise.
• Risk based decision making:know when good enough to go live is better than perfect.
• Project Management Skills:develop and manage project plan; report out status and escalate as required to keep project on track.

Tools & Technologies (Typical)

• EDI / API
• Blue Yonder TMS
• Excel / Smartsheet
• Collaboration tools (Teams, SharePoint, Confluence)

Regards,
Ananya Nagaraj
Technical Recruiter
Cell: (phone number removed),
Email: (url removed),
Artech Information Systems LLC
360 Mt. Kemble Avenue., Suite 2000
Morristown, NJ 07960
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