Top Senior Project Manager Jobs in Chicago, IL

Lead large-scale insurance and financial services transformation programs, establishing governance, managing plans, risks, dependencies, and communications. Engage senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams to deliver organizational change and business value. Develop executive-level presentations and strategic narratives that align leadership around transformation vision, progress, and outcomes. The role requires client-facing project management experience, strong change management and communication skills, and familiarity with complex regulated financial services environments.

Lead complex projects and programs within Capital One’s Global Payment Network. Responsibilities include defining requirements, managing Agile teams, developing project plans and roadmaps, tracking sprint metrics, documenting deliverables, mitigating risks, influencing stakeholders, and ensuring timely delivery. The role also involves strategic direction, cross-functional partnership, and coaching project team members.

Lead end-to-end delivery of enterprise supply chain visibility implementations, managing program plans, budgets ($150K–$1M+), cross-functional teams, ERP/TMS/WMS integrations, stakeholder communications, risk and change control, go-live and hypercare, and drive adoption and continuous improvement across concurrent implementations.

Lead moderate to large complex projects and programs: design and manage project plans, mitigate risk through documentation, influence cross-functional stakeholders, and coach a team to deliver outcomes on time and on budget.

Leads complex, enterprise-level projects from planning through implementation, aligning initiatives with organizational strategy and governance standards. Manages roadmaps, dependencies, risks, vendors, budgets, KPIs, and project performance. Communicates project status and business impact to executives and stakeholders, builds and coaches project teams, supports organizational change, and drives portfolio governance, retrospectives, and continuous improvement across the EPMO.

Lead and deliver strategic projects end-to-end: define scope, timelines and budgets; manage risks and stakeholders; plan, design, and execute project plans; streamline processes and maintain project documentation. Provide strategic/tactical partnership and clear communication to influence outcomes and ensure on-time delivery.

Plans and leads departmental IT projects from concept through implementation, managing teams of 6–20, budgets, schedules, scope, risks, quality, stakeholder expectations, and cross-functional integration. The role mentors project managers, facilitates meetings, oversees SDLC procedures, tracks project costs and productivity, and ensures deliverables meet business objectives, timelines, budgets, and customer satisfaction expectations.

Manages multiple workplace and corporate interior architecture projects from planning through completion. Responsibilities include resource allocation, project scope, fees, schedules, budgets, contracts, invoicing, quality reviews, client communication, consultant coordination, business development, and team leadership. The role also develops proposals, monitors profitability and project performance, supports hiring and mentoring, and ensures projects meet contractual, technical, and client objectives.

Manages large and complex projects from initiation through completion, overseeing scope, budget, schedules, staffing, vendors, risks, dependencies, deliverables, and stakeholder communications. Develops project plans, tracks performance and milestones, manages changes and mitigation strategies, and ensures contractual and customer requirements are met. Leads cross-functional teams, delegates responsibilities, resolves conflicts, and serves as the primary liaison between internal teams, leadership, customers, and external stakeholders.

Manages technical product, engineering, integration, and deployment projects for SaaS solutions. Responsibilities include defining scope, planning timelines and resources, coordinating cross-functional engineering and product teams, tracking milestones, mitigating risks, managing customer implementations, documenting technical processes, and ensuring on-time delivery. The role also facilitates communication among technical and non-technical stakeholders and drives continuous improvement through post-project evaluations.

Leads a project management team responsible for well-managed controls and L2 process oversight across customer service platforms. Owns end-to-end processes, risk controls, operational resilience, stakeholder alignment, process automation, audit improvements, and strategic delivery execution. Partners with Risk, Product, Technology, and Data teams to improve efficiency, compliance, and platform reliability while coaching team members and driving scalable process innovation.

Leads complex, cross-functional enterprise projects from initiation through closeout. Establishes project charters, plans, governance, schedules, and reporting; manages scope, risks, dependencies, resources, quality, and stakeholder communications. Partners with senior leaders and business and technology teams to facilitate decisions, remove roadblocks, drive adoption, and deliver measurable outcomes. The role emphasizes pragmatic governance, accountability, and execution across multiple workstreams.

Lead operational execution for the NPP Ops Chief of Staff team by translating frameworks into daily workflows, configuring collaboration tooling, maintaining knowledge repositories and playbooks, managing detailed project plans and milestones, and coordinating cross-functional partners to mitigate delivery risk and drive strategic alignment.

Lead daily operational execution and coordination for the Network Product & Platforms Ops Chief of Staff team. Track key results and schedules, maintain project documentation and processes, manage stakeholder communication, and proactively surface and resolve execution friction to ensure consistent delivery.

Own end-to-end delivery of technical IT projects from intake and procurement through deployment and closeout. Manage SaaS rollouts, system integrations, requirements, vendor milestones, security reviews, testing, go-live, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder communications. Maintain project plans and reporting in Jira and Confluence, enforce lifecycle handoffs, manage change control, and report portfolio health. Improve delivery processes through templates, automation, intake criteria, and standardized reporting while coordinating Procurement, Engineering, IT Security, vendors, and business stakeholders.

Leads digital projects from scope through delivery, managing budgets, timelines, risks, dependencies, resources, and client expectations. Serves as Scrum Master, facilitates Agile ceremonies, coordinates distributed teams, reports project status, and drives on-time, on-budget outcomes. Partners with clients, product owners, business development, and program leadership to define solutions and improve delivery processes. Coaches team members, supports new opportunities, and promotes information security and data privacy practices.

Lead cross-functional hardware and software product development projects from concept through completion. Responsibilities include planning, staffing, dependency management, risk mitigation, budget and schedule oversight, governance reporting, vendor and partner coordination, process compliance, and lessons learned. The role requires influencing teams without formal authority and improving new product development processes using approaches such as Critical Chain, Lean, and Agile.

Leads network-wide sales enablement and strategic projects from planning through deployment, adoption, and evaluation. Coordinates cross-functional teams, manages timelines, resources, risks, accountability processes, communications, and status reporting. Supports change management, removes roadblocks, drives continuous improvement, and partners with internal departments and external vendors to deliver sales initiatives.

Manage customer-facing software and AI/GenAI delivery projects from initiation through closure. Responsibilities include project planning, scheduling, RAID tracking, stakeholder communication, risk and dependency management, escalation handling, cross-functional coordination, and PMO process improvement. The role also supports AI project evaluation, data readiness, model performance monitoring, AI-specific risk tracking, prompt engineering awareness, cost considerations, and governance practices.

Lead complex, multi-track consulting programs for strategic oil, gas, and energy customers. Responsibilities include customer engagement, digital transformation planning, executive governance, resource coordination, partner contracting, delivery oversight, risk and financial management, metrics tracking, and cloud-consumption growth. The role also develops program plans, manages customer feedback, supports P&L accountability, and serves as a trusted industry advisor. Remote work is available, with 25–50% travel to customer sites.

Manage franchise rollout coordination across data readiness, planning, training, go-live, and hypercare. Maintain readiness checklists, dependencies, risks, issues, action items, documentation, and integrated plans. Coordinate franchise owners, program leadership, Data, Product, and technical teams; facilitate meetings, validate data, support training and communications, track post-launch issues, and escalate blockers. This remote role works EST hours, supports overlapping rollout waves, and may require limited periodic travel.

Manage end-to-end CMMC audit delivery for an enterprise customer, including planning, timelines, resources, risks, dependencies, evidence collection, stakeholder communication, and project closeout. Coordinate cybersecurity consultants and engineers, ensure SSPs, POA&Ms, artifacts, and control mappings meet audit requirements, and serve as the primary customer-facing project-management contact throughout the assessment lifecycle.

Leads curriculum development for a federal contract, overseeing training materials, e-learning content, project schedules, metrics, reporting, quality, staffing, and client relationships. Provides curriculum expertise, project management support, analytical evaluation, process improvement, and guidance on delivery standards. The role requires adult learning and instructional design experience, federal project experience, stakeholder management, and eligibility for a Public Trust clearance. It is remote with occasional travel for in-person meetings.

Leads day-to-day operations for large-scale federal transition assistance programs supporting military Service members and Veterans. Oversees dispersed teams, staffing, scheduling, service continuity, performance reporting, operational risks, stakeholder coordination, training, quality assurance, and process improvements across worldwide installations. Ensures contractual compliance, resolves issues, supports program execution, and maintains operational readiness. The role is remote with occasional travel for in-person meetings.

Leads federal contract operations supporting the VA’s veteran-support organization recognition program. Manages work plans, schedules, staffing, workloads, request reviews, quality assurance, reporting, risks, governance, stakeholder communications, and continuous improvement. Coordinates a multidisciplinary team, monitors performance and deadlines, prepares executive-ready status materials, and ensures accurate, traceable deliverables in a documentation-intensive environment.