IT Project Manager

Marmon Holdings, Inc.; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

401k Matching

Job summary

Marmon Group LLC in Chicago is seeking an IT Project Manager to lead planning, coordination, execution, and delivery of technology initiatives across Marmon’s businesses.

The role serves as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, IT teams, vendors, security, infrastructure, applications, data, and support teams to ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with business objectives. This is a hybrid role with strong collaboration across functions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in a related field.
• 3–7 years of project management, program management, or related IT experience.
• Experience leading cross‑functional technology projects with stakeholders, IT teams, vendors, and support.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple IT projects from initiation through deployment and post‑implementation support.
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, milestones, budgets, and status reports.
• Facilitate project meetings, reviews, steering committees, and communications.
• Coordinate work across applications, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data, vendors, and business stakeholders.
• Manage risks, issues, dependencies, scope changes, and escalations.
• Coordinate testing activities, including UAT, defect tracking, and deployment planning.
• Ensure adherence to IT governance, security, compliance, documentation, and delivery standards.

Skills

Project management excellence

Stakeholder leadership

Business analysis

Risk & issue management

Communication & reporting

Delivery focus

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

PMP, CAPM, Scrum Master, or related project management certification preferred

Job description

The Marmon Group LLC

As a part of the global industrial organization Marmon Holdings—which is backed by Berkshire Hathaway—you’ll be doing things that matter, leading at every level, and winning a better way. We’re committed to making a positive impact on the world, providing you with diverse learning and working opportunities, and fostering a culture where everyone’s empowered to be their best.

Marmon’s Corporate IT team is now seeking an IT Project Manager to lead the planning, coordination, execution, and successful delivery of technology initiatives across Marmon’s businesses.

This role serves as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, IT teams, vendors, security, infrastructure, applications, data, and support teams to ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with business objectives. The ideal candidate is an organized, results-driven project leader who can manage priorities, coordinate cross-functional teams, reduce delivery risk, and drive projects from initiation through completion.

What You’ll Lead:

• Project Planning & Delivery: Lead technology initiatives through initiation, planning, execution, testing, deployment, stabilization, and closure.
• Stakeholder Management: Partner with business leaders, subject matter experts, vendors, and IT teams to gather requirements, align priorities, communicate status, and manage expectations.
• Project Governance & Reporting: Maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and leadership reporting.
• Change Management & Adoption: Coordinate communication, training, user acceptance testing, deployment readiness, and transition-to-support activities.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve project delivery practices, tools, templates, and repeatable processes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead multiple IT projects from initiation through deployment and post-implementation support
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, milestones, budgets, resource needs, status reports, and executive updates
• Facilitate project meetings, stakeholder reviews, steering committee discussions, decision tracking, and project communications
• Coordinate work across applications, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data, vendors, support teams, and business stakeholders
• Manage risks, issues, dependencies, scope changes, escalations, and mitigation plans
• Support requirements gathering and ensure business needs are documented, validated, prioritized, and translated into actionable delivery plans
• Coordinate testing activities, including user acceptance testing, defect tracking, production readiness, and deployment planning
• Manage third-party vendors and technology partners involved in project delivery.
• Ensure adherence to IT governance, security, compliance, documentation, and delivery standards
• Drive communication, training, transition-to-support, and adoption activities to help ensure successful outcomes

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What You’ll Bring to the Role:

• Project Management Excellence: Ability to plan, organize, coordinate, and deliver complex technology projects while managing competing priorities
• Stakeholder Leadership: Ability to build relationships, facilitate alignment, manage expectations, and communicate clearly with business and technical audiences
• Business Analysis Skills: Ability to understand business processes, gather requirements, identify gaps, and translate needs into project scope and deliverables
• Risk & Issue Management: Ability to identify risks, remove blockers, resolve issues, escalate appropriately, and keep teams focused on outcomes
• Communication & Reporting: Strong written communication, meeting facilitation, presentation, decision documentation, and executive status reporting skills
• Delivery Focus: Strong ownership, follow-through, attention to detail, and commitment to delivering measurable business value

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 3–7 years of project management, program management, business analysis, technology delivery, or related IT experience
• Experience leading cross-functional technology projects involving business stakeholders, IT teams, vendors, and support partners
• Experience with Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid project delivery methodologies.
• PMP, CAPM, Scrum Master, or related project management certification is preferred
• Experience with enterprise applications, infrastructure, cybersecurity, ERP, cloud platforms, collaboration tools, or digital transformation initiatives is desirable

What Success in This Role Looks Like:

• Projects have clear scope, timelines, owners, risks, decisions, and communication plans
• Business and IT stakeholders are aligned and informed throughout delivery
• Risks and issues are surfaced early, managed proactively, and escalated appropriately
• Deployments are coordinated, tested, documented, and transitioned smoothly to support
• Project delivery practices become more consistent, transparent, and repeatable over time

Pay Range:

80,000.00 - 120,000.00

We offer a comprehensive benefits package that may include medical, dental, vision, 401k matching, and more!

Following receipt of a conditional offer of employment, candidates will be required to complete additional job-related screening processes as permitted or required by applicable law.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all applicants will be considered for employment without attention to their membership in any protected class. If you require any reasonable accommodation to complete your application or any part of the recruiting process, please email your request to [e-mail], and please be sure to include the title and the location of the position for which you are applying.