Information Technology Project Manager (Chicago)

This position does not offer visa sponsorship or subcontracting (C2C) arrangements. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. with no sponsorship and be willing to work on our W-2.

Job Title: Project Manager (IT)

Location: Chicago IL (Hybrid)

Duration: 10 Months with Possible Hire

Must Have Skills

DevOps, Infrastructure, JIRA, Project Management, SharePoint

Required Education

-Bachelors Degree

Required Certification:

-PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) or Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP)

Required Skills

-Level 3 — minimum of 7+ years' experience

-Experience leading infrastructure technology projects and leading teams to execute highly complex initiatives of significant scope, scale, and risk

-Program/project management expertise including working knowledge and application of Waterfall, Hybrid, and/or Agile methodologies

-Skillful in adopting corporate project management standards (incorporating PMI standards), IT controls, risk, and regulatory requirements

-Demonstrated ability leading multiple concurrent projects

-Results-oriented with a bias for action and execution

-Sound problem-solving and analytical skills

-Adept at navigating a matrixed environment; ability to influence, inform, and collaborate with all levels of the organization

-Strong communication skills to effectively share information, collaborate, and drive results

-Ability to easily process information from various sources and simplify the complex

-Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines

-Self-starter with ability to operate in a fast-paced environment and manage ambiguity

-Thrives in a team environment and works well with others

-General familiarity with infrastructure technology (Servers / Storage / Network / Database / Middleware)

-Familiarity with PPM Tools such as Clarity, and other tools including ServiceNow, Jira, Azure DevOps, etc.

-Solid working knowledge of MS Office Suite including MS Project, SharePoint, and Teams

Nice to Haves

-Experience in a large financial services firm or highly regulated industry

-Experience leading application development initiatives

-Network project experience

Job Responsibilities

-Project Leadership & Delivery

-Lead project team to successfully deliver project objectives and benefits, providing required oversight to ensure control of scope, schedule, resources, and cost

-Provide structured project management leadership by establishing governance, ensuring clear roles and responsibilities for all project team members, defining phases, and identifying deliverables/milestones

-Develop project plans, provide executional leadership, and track progress on project goals

-Identify and manage areas of risk and dependencies, including contingency planning and developing project health restoration plans

-Ensure adherence to NT project standards, IT controls, risk, and regulatory requirements

-Provide timely communications on project status and health including scope, schedule, resource, and/or budget, as well as articulate key risks/issues and associated impacts

-Manage stakeholder expectations and motivate project team

-Partner with stakeholders to plan for and manage project resources

-Facilitate discussions and working sessions across the various teams involved in the project

-Establish and execute against project communication plans

-Escalate in a timely manner to the appropriate party(ies) to address decisions needed, the removal of roadblocks and other obstacles or constraints