Program Manager

Prairie Consulting Services; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Prairie Consulting Services in Chicago is seeking a Senior Program Manager to support a CTO Tech Resiliency program for a leading financial institution. This contract role offers a hybrid work model with 3 days on-site. You will bring order to complex, high-risk infrastructure programs, operating across multiple workstreams in a matrixed environment to keep governance and delivery standards aligned. If you have PMO experience and a background in enterprise tech, this is a strong fit for you.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in program/project management (PMO experience is key)
• Strong infrastructure or enterprise tech program background
• Comfortable in Agile, Hybrid, and Waterfall environments
• Experience with Clarity, Jira, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow
• Strong communicator who can simplify complexity quickly
• Experience in financial services or regulated environments

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of a CTO Tech Resiliency program within the PMO framework
• Coordinate across multiple workstreams in a matrixed environment
• Ensure governance, risk, and delivery standards are followed without slowing momentum

Skills

PMO experience

Infrastructure background

Strong communicator

Agile

Hybrid environment

Tools

Clarity

Jira

Azure DevOps

ServiceNow

Job description

Senior Program Manager | Tech Resiliency (Contract | Hybrid - 3 days onsite)

I’m currently hiring a Senior Program Manager to support a high-visibility CTO Tech Resiliency program with a leading financial institution.

This is for someone who can:

• Bring order to complex, high-risk infrastructure programs
• Operate across multiple workstreams in a highly matrixed environment
• Keep programs aligned to governance, risk, and delivery standards without slowing momentum

You’ll sit inside a PMO supporting enterprise-scale resiliency initiatives - where clarity, structure, and execution actually matter.

What we’re looking for:

• 10+ years in program/project management (PMO experience is key)
• Strong infrastructure or enterprise tech program background
• Comfortable in Agile, Hybrid, and Waterfall environments
• Experience with tools like Clarity, Jira, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow
• Strong communicator who can simplify complexity fast
• worked in financial services or regulated environments.

If this sounds like your kind of challenge (or someone in your network comes to mind).