Top Entry Level Project Manager Jobs in Chicago, IL

Own complex, multi-month deployments across health systems from planning through go-live. Manage timelines, dependencies, risks, stakeholder alignment, integrations, and change management while advising nursing, operations, finance, IT, and executive leaders. Develop repeatable deployment playbooks, improve launch processes, and partner with GTM, Customer Success, Product, Design, and Engineering to drive adoption, expansion, and customer outcomes.

Supports customer projects involving pallet racking and storage systems. Conducts on-site conformity inspections, collects measurements and technical information, performs load capacity calculations, prepares technical reports and recommendations, and communicates with customers and internal stakeholders. The role requires frequent travel throughout the United States, independent assignment management, and collaboration with engineering professionals while developing technical expertise.

Own end-to-end delivery of a portfolio of customer projects, serving as the primary contact from scoping through close. Manage schedules, scope, quality, risks, issues, changes, deliverables, and stakeholder coordination. Lead delivery teams, maintain customer and partner relationships, and apply AI-enabled tools and quality assurance practices to improve project workflows.

Leads client AI data delivery projects from implementation through adoption. Owns timelines, data quality, unit economics, stakeholder transparency, risk resolution, team coordination, communications, planning, retrospectives, and process improvements. Manages virtual cross-functional teams involving engineers, supply managers, clients, and other departments. Projects include supervised fine-tuning data generation, LLM evaluation, and red-teaming initiatives.

Leads multiple enterprise customer-facing EHR implementation projects, serving as the primary client liaison. Responsibilities include defining scope, timelines, budgets, resources, and deliverables; coordinating stakeholders and implementation teams; managing risks, issues, dependencies, and communications; reporting project progress; supporting customer adoption and transition to ongoing support; and improving project management practices. The role requires strong leadership, communication, analytical, prioritization, and problem-solving abilities, with software implementation experience preferred.

Owns end-to-end delivery of a digital Salesforce-related project from discovery through deployment and transition to support. Responsibilities include establishing plans, scope, governance, milestones, dependencies, and success measures; coordinating product, architecture, engineering, testing, data migration, integration, release, training, and support activities; managing risks, issues, changes, reporting, stakeholder communication, and delivery readiness.

Supports client project planning and execution by gathering requirements, tracking deliverables, monitoring schedules and budgets, preparing status updates, maintaining documentation, coordinating client and internal communications, and recording milestones and action items. Works alongside an experienced Project Manager to develop project management skills and contribute to successful client outcomes.

Plans, executes, and completes clinical trial technology projects while managing budgets, timelines, resources, risks, quality, documentation, and client communications. Leads software development lifecycle activities, system releases, change control, escalations, incident reporting, vendor coordination, and project status reporting. Drives process improvements and collaborates with internal and client teams to ensure successful delivery and customer satisfaction.

Leads simple customer implementation projects under close supervision, supporting project plans, schedules, task tracking, documentation, status reporting, governance, risk escalation, and customer communication. The role also assists project managers and the PMO with administrative activities while learning OSV’s delivery methodology, platforms, and tools.

Drives execution across the Medication Contracting portfolio by developing integrated project plans, coordinating stakeholders and dependencies, tracking risks and decisions, leading stand-ups, managing governance reporting, improving CRM and portfolio processes, and supporting change management. The role also leads selected workstreams and process-improvement initiatives while partnering with health plans, contracting teams, business analysts, and executive stakeholders.

Manages directed-content research projects for the Energy and Industrials sectors. Defines research scope, project angles, and expert-vetting questions; reviews expert profiles; monitors scheduling, compliance, rates, and project output; balances analyst workloads; and coaches analysts on sourcing quality. Partners with research leaders, client contributors, and contributor-relations teams to align expert insights with client needs, supports analyst hiring and onboarding, and maintains sector knowledge resources.

Manages software development projects from planning through delivery, coordinating Product, internal teams, and external partners. Responsibilities include resource scheduling, roadmap ticket management, stakeholder status reporting, team ceremonies, production issue resolution, and continuous process improvement. The role requires Scrum team management, business requirements definition, software development experience, UI/UX collaboration, strong communication, and EU-time-zone availability in a remote-first environment.

Supports planning and execution of small and mid-size network infrastructure projects. Coordinates internal teams and external customers, tracks project progress, resolves issues, and manages documentation including project plans, risk assessments, communications plans, mitigations, close-out materials, and lessons learned. Works with experienced project managers on customer interactions and delivery of Nokia products and services while identifying improvements and developing project management capabilities.

Manages project delivery, schedules, deliverables, risks, issues, capacity, and project-control KPIs for digital marketing engagements. Partners with Client Managers and internal project teams to ensure efficient execution, maintain financial control, follow or improve processes, and support scoping, profitability, and growth initiatives. Escalates issues appropriately while developing project management expertise.

Manage governance and PMO processes for a large-scale healthcare transformation program. Responsibilities include integrated planning, milestone and dependency tracking, RAID management, status reporting, steering committee materials, cross-functional coordination, meeting facilitation, risk escalation, documentation, and delivery oversight across business, technology, QA, and consulting workstreams. This is a part-time remote contract through February 2027, with occasional travel to Chicago.

Manages client-facing projects from planning through production and shipment. Owns schedules, milestones, approvals, deliverables, documentation, risk escalation, invoicing, and cross-functional coordination across sales, design, engineering, production, logistics, and clients. Ensures accurate orders, compliant execution, on-time delivery, shipment accuracy, and client satisfaction while supporting efficient, high-quality project delivery.

Owns delivery of the Heritage technical platform roadmap, coordinating engineering dependencies, releases, production support, risk management, Agile ceremonies, technical documentation, go-live, and hypercare. The role translates technical details and delivery metrics into clear leadership reporting while investigating issues through code, SQL, logs, and monitoring.

Project Manager role with compensation of $118,000 annually. The posting provides no specific responsibilities, qualifications, technology requirements, travel expectations, or security clearance details.

Manages cross-functional projects connecting Product, Engineering, Customer Success, Operations, and veterinary customers. Advises on clinic workflows, coordinates strategic initiatives and product launches, manages external partnerships, tracks timelines and dependencies, maintains documentation, and represents the customer perspective. Requires veterinary clinic operations experience, project coordination skills, strong communication, organization, and stakeholder management. The role is fully remote within the USA and supports software products for veterinary organizations.

Manage customer onboarding and professional services projects spanning fulfillment, WMS, OMS, software-only launches, and supply chain implementations. Coordinate Commercial, Implementation, Integration, Operations, and customer teams from contract signature through hypercare. Balance scope, timelines, budgets, resources, risks, and business outcomes while tracking KPIs. Lead technology deployments, process improvements, legacy migrations, requirements development, training, testing, launches, and post-deployment feedback. Travel up to 50% for customer-critical milestones.

Manage end-to-end low-voltage, CCTV, access control, networking, and wireless deployment projects. Develop bills of materials and technical scopes from client specifications, floor plans, and site assessments. Support pre-sale discovery, quotes, proposals, and post-sale implementation. Coordinate field technicians, vendors, clients, and internal teams across multi-site deployments while ensuring quality, timely delivery, and client satisfaction.

Lead end-to-end CCTV deployment projects, including system design, camera layouts, network integration, quoting, estimating, BOM creation, execution, troubleshooting, and client support. Manage timelines, resources, stakeholders, technicians, and vendors using project management software. The role requires strong CCTV and networking expertise, clear client communication, fluent English, independent work, and a professional remote workspace with reliable high-speed internet.

Coordinate cross-functional teams through A/B testing experiments from ideation through analysis. Maintain testing roadmaps, identify risks, remove blockers, communicate plans and results to clients, and keep internal teams aligned and motivated. The company provides training, so prior project management or experimentation experience is not required.

Owns end-to-end delivery of technical IT projects across data, analytics, BI, web development, and data platform domains. Translates business needs into scope, priorities, and solutions while managing budgets, timelines, risks, dependencies, and technical constraints. Partners with clients and technical teams, leads Agile or hybrid ceremonies, supports backlog prioritization and acceptance criteria, resolves blockers, and ensures effective documentation and knowledge transfer.

Coordinate production workflows for self-paced online learning courses across content, rights, marketing, platform teams, vendors, and partners. Manage Jira boards, timelines, task tracking, content handoffs, meetings, documentation, vendor onboarding, and status reporting. Identify workflow blockers, recommend process improvements, and support automation initiatives to maintain operational continuity throughout the pilot program.