IT Project Manager

IT Project Manager

The IT Project Manager will work within the Application Program Management Team, collaborating with other project teams to build software solutions that integrate common services across the application portfolio and other enterprise systems used by customers and dealers. This role is critical to ensuring successful integration of applications with various digital platform capabilities built on modern technologies, applying industry-leading architecture patterns and security best practices to support application adoption and success.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the accountable owner for successful project completion — on time, within budget, and error-free.
• Manage the planning and execution of project team members across the full project lifecycle, from concept through prototype, pilot, implementation, and follow-up.
• Own the project charter, communications plan, metrics, reporting, and overall project plan and budget.
• Develop and maintain project schedules using professional project management tools and techniques, including tracking charts, checklists, and scheduling software, delegating appropriately across the team.
• Lead change management efforts and drive timely decision-making, maintaining schedules that reflect detailed change information such as affected components, functions, timelines, and cost.
• Partner with individual contributors across multiple functional disciplines and with customers to establish and manage completion dates.
• Monitor project progress, proactively discuss issues with affected teams, and ensure appropriate personnel are informed of problems and remediation steps.
• Recommend solutions and alternatives based on the nature and complexity of issues that arise.
• Guide teams through the creation of project charters, including aligning scope, ways of working, and overall project structure.

Team Collaboration & Scope

• Partner with engineering and technical product owners on each project.
• Manage multiple, multifunctional teams spanning business and engineering disciplines.
• Carry a workload of one large project or two to three concurrent projects, with annual volume ranging from 8–10 projects depending on Agile sprint frequency.
• Operate within a challenging to very challenging complexity environment.

Work Environment

• This is a hybrid role requiring three days per week onsite at the candidate's choice of our Peoria, IL or Chicago, IL office.