Project Manager

Hybrid in Chicago, IL, US • Posted 4 hours ago • Updated 4 hours ago
Contract Independent
Contract W2
Hybrid
Depends on Experience
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Job Details

Skills

  • Project Manager
  • PMP
  • SDLC
  • Agile

Summary

Job Title: Project Manager
Location: Remote occasional travel to Springfield, IL
Preferred Candidate Location: Chicago, IL / Greater Chicagoland Area Job Type: Contract

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to support the Illinois Capital Development Board (CDB) on a contract basis. This is a backfill position responsible for managing projects from initiation through completion, coordinating cross-functional teams, tracking schedules and budgets, managing risks and issues, and ensuring successful delivery of project objectives.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience managing IT/technology projects, working with government or public-sector organizations, and communicating effectively with technical teams, business stakeholders, vendors, and leadership.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage projects through the full project lifecycle, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.

  • Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, deliverables, and dependencies.

  • Coordinate cross-functional teams, technical resources, business stakeholders, vendors, and leadership.

  • Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines, and success criteria.

  • Track project status, budgets, risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and action items.

  • Facilitate project meetings, working sessions, status meetings, and stakeholder discussions.

  • Prepare and distribute project status reports, dashboards, presentations, and executive updates.

  • Identify project risks and develop mitigation and contingency plans.

  • Manage issues and escalate critical risks or decisions to appropriate leadership.

  • Monitor project progress against approved schedules, budgets, and milestones.

  • Coordinate requirements, technical deliverables, testing, implementation, and deployment activities.

  • Work closely with Business Analysts, Developers, QA/Testers, Architects, Infrastructure teams, and business users.

  • Manage vendor and third-party activities when applicable.

  • Ensure project documentation is complete, accurate, and maintained throughout the project lifecycle.

  • Support change management and ensure scope changes are properly evaluated and documented.

  • Ensure projects follow established SDLC, governance, security, and organizational standards.

  • Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT), implementation planning, and production rollout activities.

  • Maintain project artifacts including project plans, RAID logs, meeting minutes, action items, decision logs, and status reports.

  • Communicate project status, accomplishments, risks, and upcoming milestones to leadership and stakeholders.

  • Ensure successful transition of completed projects into ongoing operations and support.

Required Skills & Experience

  • 5+ years of experience in Project Management, preferably managing IT or technology projects.

  • Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, including Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid methodologies.

  • Experience managing complex, cross-functional projects from initiation through implementation.

  • Strong project planning, scheduling, risk management, and issue-resolution skills.

  • Experience working with project plans, schedules, budgets, RAID logs, status reports, and project documentation.

  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

  • Experience working with technical teams and translating technical information for non-technical stakeholders.

  • Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira, Azure DevOps, Smartsheet, or similar platforms.

  • Strong understanding of SDLC and software development processes.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

  • Strong organizational and multitasking abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience working with State of Illinois, state government, public-sector, or other government clients.

  • PMP certification or equivalent project management experience.

  • Experience managing large-scale technology modernization or enterprise application projects.

  • Experience coordinating multiple vendors or implementation partners.

  • Experience with government project governance, compliance, and reporting requirements.

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.
  • Dice Id: 90958256
  • Position Id: 9070447
  • Posted 4 hours ago
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