Overview
On Site
$65 - $72
Contract - Independent
Contract - W2
Contract - 12 Month(s)
Skills
User Experience
Waterfall
Microsoft Azure
Agile
Project Management
devops
figma
sketch
confluence
Job Details
Job Title - Project/Program Manager
Location - Peoria IL or Chicago, IL
Estimated Duration - 1 year with potential to go fulltime
Pay Rate - $68/hr W2 or $74/hr C2C / 1099
Remote Possibility - Role can be remote, however if there is an opportunity for this resource to go directly, they will need to go into office 5x days a week at Chicago or Peoria, IL.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor s degree or equivalent industry experience.
- 6+ years of successful experience as a Producer, UX Program Manager leading large projects through the full product development life cycle in a large, cross-functional in a user experience or design team.
- Experience with design tools (e.g., Figma, Sketch) and project management tools (e.g., Azure Dev Ops, Confluence, Aha!).
- Experience with resource planning and program delivery
- Experience working with project playbooks, building schedules, managing issues/risks, and establishing communication plans
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong knowledge of project management tools and methodologies (Agile to Waterfall)
- Deep understanding and knowledge of human-centered design process
- Experience managing UX programs and working with Design and Research
- Strong ability to effectively manage cross functional projects, dependencies and bottlenecks
- Experience escalating issues and anticipating and making hard trade-offs between business and customer need
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work effectively with tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- High attention to detail and proven ability to manage multiple, competing priorities simultaneously with minimal supervision
- Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
Additional Technical Skills
(Required)
- Program and Project Management Leading complex UX initiatives across teams.
- Cross-functional Collaboration Aligning stakeholders and driving clarity.
- Process Optimization Creating scalable, repeatable workflows and frameworks.
- Experience managing UX programs and Research integration
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