Project Manager - Learning and Development Program

Local to Chicago – Contract – 8 months Do you excel working on projects across a variety of capabilities and functional areas, and work well in a collaborative and highly matrixed environment? Can you lead an end-to-end design, planning, and execution of an Early Career Development Program, partnering with HR, SMEs, and firm leadership to develop a curriculum across professional development, business acumen, and project delivery? Do you have experience with industry-standard project management methodologies and managing Agile projects that provide the best solutions for unique business issues and opportunities our clients face? The Skills You Bring You have demonstrated experience in planning and leading learning and development projects. You excel at establishing and facilitating ongoing project reviews of scope, resources, schedule, and budget. You can manage stakeholder engagement and expectations during the lifecycle of projects. You have designed program roadmaps and implementation plans, curriculum framework and session outlines, and project design (structure, milestones, evaluation criteria) You have exceptional project management skills in performing issues and risk management, tracking, prioritization, resolution facilitation, and reporting. You can create leadership presentations using PowerPoint. You can apply industry best practices for project management, coordinating multiple vendors and customers spanning a multi-national organizational structure. Centralized onboarding and development curriculum facilitated by regional experts. The Expertise You Have 5+ years of project management in a learning and development environment. Managing medium to high complexity projects. Ability to work effectively across stakeholders and build team cohesiveness results. Managing multiple parallel efforts and delivering quality deliverables on schedule. Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands. Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution. The Value you Deliver Building and maintaining successful relationships with clients, vendors, and internal partners. Working closely with IT and business teams delivering customer products. Must be authorized to work lawfully in the United States. #J-18808-Ljbffr Lake Shore Associates, Inc.