IT Project Manager - Infrastructure, Security and Business Systems

IT Project Manager - Infrastructure, Security and Business Systems
Chicago, IL

Summary
The Project Manager will manage various IT projects in the areas of IT Infrastructure, IT Security and/or Accounting/Finance & HR software, ensuring delivery of high quality projects within time and budget according to a pre-defined, consistent process. Must organize work and communicate with a variety with system architects and business owners from various areas The position requires good project management, program management, communication, organizational, and leadership skills.

What you'll be doing

• Work with other Project Managers, IT team members, stakeholders and other departments to ensure successful project delivery from project inception through closure.
• Create various project documents, including project charters, project plans, status reports, project risk assessments and project gating presentations. Work with project team to ensure relevant project documentation is created.
• Provide project gating presentations to the IT Directors during the various stage gates of their assigned projects.
• Report on the project pipeline, budget run, risks, issues and mitigation plans for assigned projects.
• Resolve resource, timing or other conflicts between projects.
• Contribute to the project management best practices and standards within IT.
• Other duties as required.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience with IT Project Management
• 2+ years managing IT infrastructure projects related to IT Infrastructure (on-prem and/or cloud, networking, hosting, disaster recovery and/or cybersecurity

Preferred

• Bachelor's Degree
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Experience with software business systems, ideally in accounting/finance or HR