PMO Project Leader — Agile/Waterfall Delivery

ACAMS; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ACAMS in Chicago seeks a Project Manager who will coordinate project management activities under the PMO, document objectives, and support governance across Agile/Waterfall projects. The role emphasizes process mapping, requirements articulation, and document management using MS Teams, Smartsheet, SharePoint, and related tools.

The ideal candidate brings 7+ years of PM experience, strong communication, and organizational skills, with PMP preferred.

Qualifications

• At least 7 years of relevant experience in project management or related roles.
• Bachelor's degree in business administration / industrial engineering / MIS.
• PMP certification in process / obtained preferred
• Critical and analytical skills to identify, analyze and navigate through uncertainty
• Ability to translate unstructured information into articulated and organized requirements
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational skills and able to meet deadlines in a timely manner
• Expert knowledge in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, MS teams, Smartsheet, SharePoint
• Highly proficient and comfortable with technology
• Self Driven and intuitive to control, manage and coordinate throughout every project’s lifecycle with minor supervision
• Highly proficient and comfortable understanding and analyzing business processes and requirements

Responsibilities

• Identify, Articulate and Document project objectives, budgets and schedules with the senior PMO oversight
• Suggest and proactively indicate areas of improvement, and opportunities for coordination activities
• Support project owner/team identify roles and responsibilities for all tasks and resources to ensure the project is delivered according to plan
• Monitor and document project progress to ensure on-time and on-budget delivery
• Maintaining Project Plans, RAID and other Project Managing artifacts updated as assigned by the PMO
• Operate in Agile/Waterfall Hybrid approach. Including Stage Gating
• Assist PMO manager with clerical/Admin tasks as requested including but not limited to: Schedule meetings with SLT/ELT, documenting and following up on minutes and action plan
• Fulfill role of BA/ Process mapping, and documentation as needed and as part of scoping project requirements
• Documenting and structuring Business and Functional requirement documentation as guided by the PMO
• Help Administrating all project artifacts residing in MS teams, Smartsheet’s, and SharePoint
• Enforce and help maintain processes and governance of practices established by the PMO Office

Skills

Communication

Project coordination

Analytical thinking

Organizational awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in business administration / industrial engineering / MIS

Tools

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Visio

MS Teams

Smartsheet

SharePoint

Job description

ACAMS in Chicago seeks a Project Manager who will coordinate project management activities under the PMO, document objectives, and support governance across Agile/Waterfall projects. The role emphasizes process mapping, requirements articulation, and document management using MS Teams, Smartsheet, SharePoint, and related tools.

The ideal candidate brings 7+ years of PM experience, strong communication, and organizational skills, with PMP preferred.