Top Tech Jobs & Startup Jobs in Chicago, IL

Freelance Insights Manager delivering social listening, audience research, and data analysis across client accounts. Define research briefs, apply measurement frameworks, analyze digital and social data, create data visualizations and reports, provide actionable recommendations, support junior staff, manage multiple projects, and keep insight practices current with emerging tools and techniques.

Coordinate and track client IT projects from initiation to close, manage schedules, staffing, budgets, and documentation, serve as primary client contact, resolve issues, liaise with vendors and procurement, ensure accurate time/billing, and conduct post-project reviews.

Support day-to-day nonprofit accounting including preparing and submitting government grant vouchers, full-cycle accounts receivable, month-end close assistance, maintaining balance sheet schedules, tracking contract submissions/payments, supporting budgeting and program expense accounting, and assisting the Controller with AP and related duties.

Leads Pernod Ricard USA’s national convenience-channel strategy across major accounts including 7-Eleven, Casey’s, Circle K, and Maverik. Owns customer plans from opportunity identification through sell-in, distributor alignment, state activation, execution tracking, and performance review. Develops customer strategies, category selling stories, pricing and promotion plans, innovation commercialization, and state-level playbooks. Builds executive relationships, coordinates cross-functional teams, manages distributor alignment, and uses data, scorecards, and operating rhythms to drive profitable distribution, velocity, share, and sales growth.

Design and prototype media intelligence solutions using Samba data and external sources. Partner with sales and product to translate customer needs into analytic and product concepts, apply statistical and predictive methods, build interactive dashboards and AI-enabled workflows, validate with customers, and prepare scalable templates for measurement, targeting, planning, and optimization.

Develop and maintain automated test scripts and frameworks for a client-facing application. Execute automated sanity tests after deployments, detect/report defects, create test reports and documentation, and support Agile or iterative waterfall project work. Work extensively with multiple automation and in-house tools to enhance UI testing and test automation processes.

Provide middle-office trade support using GMI back-office software. Reconcile and support exchange-traded derivatives (Futures & Options), perform strong Excel analytics, create PowerPoint presentations and Visio process flow charts, and work in a high-volume, deadline-driven environment while communicating and partnering with stakeholders.

Hands-on ERP-focused role supporting supply chain systems: implement and customize ERP (AX a plus), design/develop/test application components, provide administration, user support, training, and technical team support. Develop and maintain SQL Server queries, stored procedures, SSRS/SSIS reports and integrations, document processes, prepare test plans, and ensure data security and compliance.

Lead Urban Alliance's Chicago region: grow employer and funder partnerships, secure revenue and grants, oversee program delivery and budgets, supervise and develop staff, represent the organization publicly, track pipelines in Salesforce, and advance racial equity in youth workforce development.

Provide end-to-end recruitment services: develop hiring strategies, screen and source candidates, coordinate interviews, manage offers and start details, report to leadership, liaise with clients and PSL agencies, and perform market research on employment and salary trends.