Senior IT Project Manager
The Role: We’re looking for a highly motivated, energetic, and collaborative project leader with a strong attention to details while understanding the overall goals in order to drive projects to completion. The ideal candidate is a good partner with project stakeholders, a good communicator, and a fast learner especially when it comes to understanding Morningstar’s product offerings and network infrastructure. S/he thrives on challenges, exhibits good problem solving skills, and has an ownership mindset. The position is based in our Chicago office.
Responsibilities:
- Manage projects from definition to implementation.
- Apply a consistent project management framework around projects.
- Ability to prioritize project work based on goals and objectives.
- Manage a diverse group of people from network infrastructure to product teams, and lead these teams to meet project goals.
- Ability to analyze details and moving parts and determine what’s truly important to reach project goals and objectives.
- Lead projects via consultation, collaboration, problem-solving, decision making, and effective communication.
- For effective communication, track and communicate project status, issues, and risks to stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle, and drive appropriate escalations.
- At end of a project, work with the support team to operationalize projects.
Requirements:
- A bachelor’s degree with five years of solid project management experience that’s focused on network infrastructure and/or software product development.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- A process mindset and strong teamwork skills.
- PMP and ITIL certifications are preferred.
- Software development experience is a plus.
- Knowledge of network infrastructure is a plus.
- Knowledge of Excel, MS Project, or other project management tools.
Morningstar is an equal opportunity employer.