Dealing with people is not always that straight forward, especially not when work related. Sounds that management want's you to continue the project so thats good. Now I do hope for you, they'll not replace this program manager with another one giving you the direct control of the project. Other side of that coin is that you'll likely have to deal with management. Do you wonder why this guy's contract is not renewed? Did management not see the value in this role anymore? Or did they not want to continue with this guy, because of him?