Project Manager
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Provides project management support serving as a key team member to internal teams, business and clients.
Develops project plans, delivery schedules, and drives complex projects to meet key milestones.
Drives accountability among stakeholders and removes obstacles to smooth project processes and ensures delivery on time.
Delivers IT solutions by researching, planning, communicating, and coordinating across the IT team and other departments.
Partners with operations and strategic account management (SAM) in client communications and meetings, provides client updates related to program roadmap / IT pipeline, standing client meetings, support SAMs with EBRs, and supports operations director / SAM with IT escalations.
Works closely with business owners to ensure technologies developed support or solve the business needs.
Mentors and guides junior project managers by leveraging diverse experience.
Defines requirements in collaboration with all stakeholders and manages to convert them into viable project plans.
Secures necessary internal and external resources for execution of projects and oversees User Acceptance Testing (UAT) for all major projects.
Manages the schedule, cost, and overall implementation of our projects for our diverse clients.
Manages creation and modification of project proposals with necessary timelines, funding and other resources.
Ensures compliance with current regulations and internal procedures that affect the activities and people involved.
Works closely with technologists to ensure that business priorities, goals and objectives are clear.
Supports management in ensuring efficient performance of associates including internal development and cross-training, individual performance appraisal and management, activity scheduling and performance metric development, management and reporting.
Ensures the development teams are practicing the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility.
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Project Manager Iii • Chicago, IL, US