Agile Project Manager

Job Description
Job Description
Overview

We are seeking an Agile Project Manager for a 3-monthTemp-to-Perm contract role in Chicago IL.

Our client is currently modernizing their business through atargeted portfolio of technology initiatives. A critical pillar ofthis effort is an enterprise-wide project to scale their centralizeddata repository-the core 'source of truth' powering corporatereporting and insights. Walking into this role, you will drive scrumdelivery and bridge the gap between technical execution and businessintent. By orchestrating workflows across data engineering pods,business leads, and semantic layer leads, you will ensure theenterprise data foundation is scalable, governed, and ready forhigh-impact analytics.

Important Location Requirement: This role is open only toindividuals located in the Chicago, IL area. It operates on a hybridschedule, requiring you to be in the office Tuesday through Thursday.

What You Will Do

• Agile/Scrum Leadership: Facilitate daily stand-ups,end-of-day scrum check-ins, and manage structured 2-week sprintcycles across parallel technical and business-facing streams.
• Cross-Functional Orchestration: Act as the primaryconnective tissue between the Business Leads (defining datarequirements), Data Engineers (building the ingestionpipelines), and Semantic Layer Leads (structuring data forperformance and accessibility).
• Execution & Delivery: Shepherd the ingestion,pipelining, and modeling of new enterprise data sources (e.g.,integrating SAP, Salesforce) into the centralized cloud data foundation.
• Semantic & Data Scaling: Coordinate the deepening andoptimization of established data domains with a heavy focus ondata quality, standard definition mapping, metrics governance,and business-facing consumption layers.
• End-to-End Project Governance: Define, track, and managecomprehensive project schedules, critical path milestones, andkey performance indicators (KPIs) to ensure predictable delivery timelines.
• Scope & Resource Management: Monitor project scoperuthlessly to prevent scope creep, managing technical backlogrefinement and ensuring resources are optimally allocated acrosstechnical pods.
• Risk & Dependency Management: Proactively identifytechnical roadblocks, map cross-functional dependencies betweenengineering and semantic modeling, and deliver actionable,data-driven status updates to project leadership.
• Communication & Reporting: Serve as the central pointof contact for project status, translating technical velocityand delivery metrics into clear, structured progress reports forstakeholders and leadership.
• Culture Alignment: Drive a culture of immediateresolution-jumping into a huddle or sending a quick chat toresolve alignment issues dynamically rather than drawing outdecisions over long email threads.

Requirements

• Background: 5-7+ years of technical project management,Agile Delivery, or Scrum Master experience
• Cloud & Tools Core: Understanding of cloud dataplatforms (GCP, AWS, Azure etc), understanding of ERPs/CRMs (e.g.,SAP, Salesforce, D365), and expert proficiency in Agile tools(Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps, etc.).
• Leadership Experience: Must have proven situationleadership at the Director/Sr. Director level
• Certifications: Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), ProfessionalScrum Master (PSM), or Project Management Professional (PMP)credentials are a significant plus.

Benefits

The client offers: Comprehensive benefits package includeshealth, dental and vision insurance, 401(k) with match, employeeassistance programs, paid time off, paid sick time off, paidholidays, paid parental leave, and professional development opportunities