Senior Project Manager, People & Culture
The Role:
The People & Culture team is seeking an outstanding senior project manager to join our team. We are looking for a detail-oriented self-starter who can work effectively in a highly collaborative global team setting. The senior project manager will manage projects that impact our business unit and span across the organization. You will be responsible for a portfolio of complex projects and operations tasks working closely with our global teams across People & Culture. This position is based in our Chicago office.
What You'll Do:
- Coordinate and manage project roadmaps by collaborating with stakeholders
- Understand business needs and dependencies, continuously identify areas of improvement
- Identify, track, and manage project risks and issues to conclusion, defining appropriate risk mitigation and contingency plans
- Ensure senior stakeholders are in alignment with our strategy through coordination of executive leadership updates and governance meetings
- Develop and report on KPIs related to projects
- Develop and maintain processes to drive global standardization and adoption of best practices for project activities
- Facilitate project retrospectives outlining key lessons learned, parking lot items and the action plan to handle them
What We're Looking For:
- Bachelor's Degree
- 5+ years strong project management and organizational skills
- Ability to create and maintain project plans as well as prioritize issues based on their relative risk
- A demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex projects concurrently in various stages
- Comfortable in dealing with ambiguity in a fast-paced, complex environment with the ability to keep the team focused on business objectives
- Effective in promoting a collaborative environment with global cross-functional teams
- Effective at creating and communicating project reports including status reports
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Morningstar's hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to work remotely and collaborate in-person each week. We've found that we're at our best when we're purposely together on a regular basis, at least three days each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you'll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.