Project Manager

Project ManagerLocation: Chicago, ILDuration: 6 MonthsHybridEssential Functions:Work independently and self-manage tasks and time to balance and adapt to changing priorities.Interact with a variety of business and IT stakeholders including consistent interactions with Senior Staff/C-SuiteDevelops and executes against work breakdown structures (WBS) for each project.Develop and/or lead change management efforts across all phases of projects and initiatives.Drives result and provides transparency to results through the skillful use of timely, supporting data in project meetings and through other forms of verbal and written communications.Consistently creates and shares timelines/WBS at the right level and understand how to show high level or milestones to Senior Leaders on projects.Manage action items outside of meetings.Sets clear expectations with project resources around criticality and due dates.Executes assigned project efforts in accordance with the Firm's project management life cycle methodology, complying with security, risk, data and other Firm PMLC protocols.Actively utilizes Firm systems, including the Firm’s project portfolio management system to enter and maintain timeline/WBS, issues/risks, financials, and status message on a daily/standard basis to reflect current state as real time as possible.Influences project team and stakeholders to ensure projects are on time and on budget.Escalates known issues/risks to project success to manager as appropriate when at an impasse where time, cost or resources are affected.Required Skills:10+ years’ experience in software product delivery disciplines and activities (i.e., product management, business analysis, testing, and project management activities); including delivery adhering to Agile methodologies and the SDLC.8 years in project/program management at the detailed level, working with multiple interdependent teams.Highly organized.Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.Excellent written and verbal communication skills.Strategy and change management skills.Experience with waterfall, hybrid, and agile solution development methodologiesExperienced in creating and updating a detailed project plan.Understands multiple projects and how to integrate them into a business solution.Ability to articulate tech jargon and translate tech concepts to business sponsors.Preferred Skills & Technologies:Microsoft ProjectProficiency with Visio diagrams and decision treesExperience with project portfolio management software such as Eclipse or ServiceNowMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft OutlookMicrosoft Azure DevOps/VSTS/TFSJIRADocument Management System (DMS)