Lead operational projects from initiation through implementation: define scope, plan, manage budgets, risks, vendors, communications, and handoffs. Create RFPs/RFIs/SOWs, facilitate meetings, ensure PMO and policy compliance, and maintain stakeholder relationships to achieve project milestones.
The Project Manager will be responsible for leading operational projects from initiation through implementation (establishing project scope, deliverables, goals, estimating, planning, analysis, success criteria, and implementation). Develops and maintains strong working relationships with internal and external partners to achieve project milestones.
Essential Functions
- Establish project requirements, priorities, and deadlines.
- Ensure projects are completed in accordance with all PMO, risk, architecture, policy and other relevant guidelines.
- Establishes strong partnerships and engagement with resources across one or more projects (staff, equipment, vendors, and consultants).
- Create and develop RFPs, RFIs, SOWs for projects.
- Manage budget for assigned projects, monitors project progress and adjusts resources and priorities accordingly.
- Responsible for project execution including ongoing management of risks/issues/change control, communication, and reporting.
- Ensure project completion is signed off on and effectively hand off to Operations team.
- Develop and maintain strong working relationships within EPMO department and 3rd party vendors or service providers to enhance results.
- Leverage client service focus approach to maintain relationships with internal and external partners.
- Lead and facilitate regularly occurring meetings.
- Coordinate communications and rollout planning.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration or relevant field required
- Minimum 3 years of experience managing projects service providers or vendors
- PMP certification
Other Skills and Abilities Qualifications:
- Excellent customer service skills with both internal and external customers.
- Capable of working with frequent interruptions and changing priorities.
- Effective communication skills, written, verbal and interpersonal.
- Proficient time management, organizational skills and ability to meet established deadlines.
- Strong understanding of agile process and ability to actively practice agile methods.
- Ability to lead and manage multiple projects at once.
- Ability to facilitate and lead meetings and presentations.
Compensation and Benefits:
- Compensation based on position, education and experience. Bi-weekly paid.
- Base salary range: $90-110k
- This position is eligible for our Support Central bonus program which is based on annual achievement of company performance.
Health and Wellness Benefits:
- Employees are eligible for a variety of health and welfare benefits based on their Full-time or Part-time status on their date of hire, which include medical, dental, vision, healthcare & dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs), life insurance, disability, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, pre-paid legal, pet insurance and identity theft protection.
- Employees are eligible to participate in our 401(k) retirement plan after 30 days of employment. Participating employees are also eligible to receive a company provided match on their elective deferrals once they reach 1 year of employment with the company.
Employee perks/discounts:
- Education assistance including tuition reimbursement
- Childcare discount available to all employees
- Corporate partner Discounts
- This position is eligible for paid time off. All Corporate employees are enrolled in our Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) plan. This plan allows for flexibility and discretion between employees and managers in taking time off - with no set accrual for vacation or sick time. Employees can use Flexible PTO for any reason and is compliant with the Colorado Healthy Families Work Act.
- Applications accepted through 7/10/2026.
Learning Care Group Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
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