Top Program and Project Management Jobs in Chicago, IL

Manages large, complex programs across multiple projects and teams, overseeing governance, budgets, risks, resources, suppliers, communications, and stakeholder relationships. Leads cross-functional teams, coordinates project interdependencies, develops business cases and financial measures, and drives process improvements. Evaluates AI, automation, and digital technologies to improve productivity and decision-making. The role requires extensive project management experience, strategic planning, organizational change management, and executive-level communication.

Leads the Global Technology portfolio management function, establishing governance, intake, prioritization, investment decision-making, and portfolio execution processes. Partners with executives, finance, business stakeholders, architects, and delivery teams to align technology investments with strategy, capacity, risk, and value objectives. Oversees portfolio health, dependencies, reporting, dashboards, benefits realization, and continuous improvement while managing direct reports and escalating significant risks and resource constraints.

Coordinate sample-based compliance projects through submission, testing, review, and closure. Track and document samples and project records, communicate with clients and internal teams, resolve nonconformances with Engineering and Laboratory partners, and support process improvements and reporting. Manage assigned workload with supervision while developing product-category knowledge and ensuring timely project movement and accurate project records.

Lead and deliver strategic global operations programs across labs, field, quality and enterprise initiatives. Develop scalable project management processes, manage execution, budgets, risks and stakeholders, coach project managers, perform business and financial analysis, and drive change management and strategic communications with executive and regional stakeholders.

Leads transformational Commercial Excellence projects, including process transformation and large-scale IT deliveries. Responsibilities include project planning, execution, governance, budgeting, risk and issue management, stakeholder communication, resource coordination, financial analysis, change management, and team leadership. The role supports the Chief Commercial Officer and partners with senior leaders, business units, Finance, and technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Manage and administer Global Market Access certification programs, coordinate assessments/audits and corrective actions, maintain certification records and metrics, ensure compliance with accreditation and regulatory requirements, collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, and lead process improvements to enhance certification operations.