Role OverviewEstablish and maintain project governance, drive integrated planning and tracking, and enable cross-functional coordination across business, technology, QA, and consulting teams.
What You Will Do
Manage project plans, milestones, dependencies, deliverables, and critical-path activities; prepare weekly and monthly program status reports, dashboards, executive summaries, and steering committee materials.
Why It Might Be a Fit
Proven experience as a Project Manager or in a PMO/governance role, strong expertise in project governance, integrated planning and tracking, and critical-path management.
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Project Manager or in a PMO/governance role
- Strong expertise in project governance, integrated planning and tracking, and critical-path management
- Demonstrated ability to prepare executive-level status reports, dashboards, and steering committee materials
- Hands-on experience with RAID log management, risk identification, and issue escalation and resolution
- Solid cross-functional coordination skills, with the ability to align business, technology, QA, and consulting teams
- Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools, including Smartsheet, Jira, Confluence, and ServiceNow ticketing systems
- Excellent documentation, organization, and knowledge management skills, with attention to auditability and transparency
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to drive meetings, decisions, and action items to closure
- Ability to work effectively in a part-time (approximately 20 hours per week) remote capacity across Eastern and Central time zones
- Willingness to travel occasionally to Chicago for quarterly governance sessions or key project milestones such as UAT
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
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