Senior Consultant, Project Management

222 W Adams St, 11th Floor
Chicago, Illinois, 60606
United States

Senior Consultant, Project Manager
We are seeking an experienced Senior Consultant for our growing Operations Excellence practice. Our consultants work in a variety of capacities helping organizations plan for and execute one or more transformational initiatives. As a growing practice, we also offer our consultants opportunities to participate in practice development and support sales and marketing efforts. A critical component to successful business and IT transformations is effective program leadership, ensuring alignment with strategy and increasing project success rates, and improving business ROI.

Successful candidates will manage and/or participate in the following types of engagements for our clients:
* Program management across multiple work streams in business and technology initiatives
* Project and/or program health assessments with recommendations for recovery and course correction
* Project and program governance, processes, procedures, and best practice planning and execution

Required Skills
* Project and Program management – Encompassing initiation, planning, execution and benefits realization
- Develops and balances project and program management deliverables for successful execution
- Works with executive team to ensure alignment with transformation goals and objectives – including benefit realization, organization alignment (Target Operating Model), processes and skills
- Actively participates and coordinates program-level interactions with sponsors to ensure proper implementation of programs and projects
- Identifies and implements program management best practices
- Acts as liaison to internal and external constituencies, vendors, sponsors, etc.
- Leads business decisions regarding methods, techniques, and procedures for program design and completion
- Manages resources, budgets, and deliverables
- Proactively identifies and manages issues and risks
* Experience with and a strong understanding of Agile and Waterfall principles and methodologies
* Effective oversight and control of the program structure and processes (e.g., , resource/workload management)
* A proven track record within industry (consulting experience a plus) that demonstrates abilities to work closely with executives (technical and operational) and line personnel
* Strong skills in project/program management and PMO tools such as MS Project, Planview, Clarity
* Strong communication and leadership skills
* Ability to coach and mentor Project Managers and team members on project methodology and tools
* Keep current on professional best practices through professional literature and training workshops.
* Strong Business Analysis skills a plus
* PMP certification a plus
* Ability to travel 50-70%

Required Experience
* 3-4 years of proven experience in various aspects of project/program management (e.g., project/program management, portfolio management, planning/governance, business analysis/process and application development)
* Clear understanding and experience in project and portfolio governance approaches (including but not limited to PMI, waterfall, iterative, Agile, Scrum, and OPM3)
* Experience with project /program/portfolio intake/alignment and funding models
* Demonstrated ability to negotiate, persuade, influence others and manage conflict

West Monroe Partners is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer -
We believe in treating each employee and applicant for employment fairly and with dignity. We base our employment decisions on merit, experience, and potential, without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, religion, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic prohibited by federal, state or local law.