Job Title : Project / Program Manager IT 5
Request #73006-1
Location : Chicago or Peoria IL office preferred, open to Dallas office as well.
Hybrid Role; 3days a week in office
Education & Experience Required :
- The position requires a 4 year college or university degree, plus 10+ years exp
- Master's degree in relevant field (ie Engineering, business, etc) plus 8+ years exp
- Desired :
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
- PMP certification
- SAFe certification
- Change Management Certification
Technical Skills
(Required)
8 years' experience in managing a project from inception / beginning. Must have someone who can lead the team to alignment.Leading end to end program management / cross functional matrix organization.8+ years of direct project management experience working with software engineering teams in an Agile Software Development methodology, Business partners and product managers.Proven experience with project management concepts including project charters, scheduling and planning projects and successful completion - needs to have the ability to walk teams through the creation of project charters, including aligning team to determine the scope, ways of working etc.3+ years exp with Azure DevOps (formerly VSTS) and ConfluenceAdvanced knowledge of Excel, MS PowerPoint, and MS ProjectExperience in large organizational change managementExperience in strategic thinking, alignment and direction.(Desired)
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)PMP certificationSAFe certificationChange Management CertificationSix Sigma Black Belt CertificationSome Scrum Master exp in addition to the required project management exp.Experience having worked with large enterprise level organizations.Experience with Ecommerce applications / projects.2+ year exp with Power BI ( nice to have)Soft Skills
(Required)
Excellent interpersonal skills are required in order to deal with sensitive issues, develop others, or influence others inside and outside the department to take specific actions. Should have strong project management skills, team leadership skills, excellent communication skills, ability to multitask effectively, strong analytical and organizational skills. Strong communication and presentation skillsDisqualifiers / Red Flags :
Not looking for a Scrum Master - need Project / Program managers that have managed multi-functional teams.Previous tenures of consistently less than a yearEducation MUST have year degree was completed ( i.e., Bachelors of Computer Science at Harvard University- Graduated May 2000 )If candidate is NOT local to one of the 3 offices, but open to relocate on their own dime and be their day 1 in office, please make sure that is clear on resume or I will DQ.