Project Manager

TEK Systems; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision

401(k)/Roth

Insurance (Basic/Supplemental Life &AD

Short and long-term disability

Health & Dependent Care Spending

Transportation benefits

Employee Assistance Program

Tuition Assistance

PTO / Paid Family Leave

Job summary

TEKsystems is seeking a Project Manager to join One North, a TEKsystems client, based near Chicago with a light hybrid onsite/remote model. You will own day-to-day project activity, scope work, and drive cross-disciplinary engagements spanning digital strategy, design, and development to meet client needs and portfolio health.

The role is permanent, located in Chicago, IL, offering $80,000–$120,000 per year, with comprehensive benefits and incentives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or relevant experience required.
• 3 or more years of professional project management experience.
• Experience creating project schedules, managing both fixed fee & time & materials projects, and project reporting.
• Ability to communicate effectively in a client-facing role, across junior and senior client leadership/stakeholders.
• Experience in a client services organization or digital agency leading projects across multiple disciplines.
• Self-starter, ability to work independently and with confidence.
• Solid track record of successfully developing multi-faceted projects from start to finish, on time, and managing to a budget.
• Experience resourcing team members across project lifecycle.
• High emotional intelligence with the ability to demonstrate client empathy, while balancing the needs of our business and our team.
• Detail-oriented self-starter with strong planning and organizational skills.
• Excellent communication skills, particularly in conjunction with workflow steps, internal and external processes, and client facing presentations.
• Effective negotiation and conflict management/risk mitigation skills.
• Experience in project estimation.
• Accountability and flexibility, with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to work well under pressure.
• Experience or exposure to delivery of technology implementation projects.
• Experience working with both waterfall and agile methodology.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary day-to-day project contact for both client and internal teams.
• Assist in scoping and estimating work collaboratively as part of a cross-functional team to drive the approach and sale of projects for new and existing clients.
• Experience independently managing and reporting (weekly) on both fixed fee and time & materials project budgets against both revenue and profitability (GP%) targets.
• Conduct project revenue forecasting, help identify growth opportunities, ensure execution of project legal documents, and help drive client profitability.
• Manage cross-functional work streams across multiple projects and clients, focusing on upstream design and strategy work with the potential to take digital ideas through build and implementation.
• Ensure the use of best practices and apply lessons learned from previous engagements.
• Help produce project lifecycle documentation, including project schedules, status reports, and all other documentation defining individual project requirements.
• Monitor the quality of all aspects of all projects: scope, risk, schedule, budget, delivery, and all associated client communication.
• Contribute to and help manage internal process improvement initiatives, especially those involving tools and knowledge management standardization and solutions. Collaborate within the organization to develop guidelines and processes that advance the agency’s Project Management discipline.
• Proactively identify issues and risks; know when to elevate issues and when to work through them on your own.
• Pursue opportunities to both lead by example and foster the talents of high-performing team members.

Skills

Project management experience

Project schedules & reporting

Client-facing communication

Client services / digital agency

Independent / self-starter

Budget management

Cross-functional coordination

EI & empathy

Planning & organizational skills

Workflow & presentations

Negotiation & risk management

Project estimation

Fast-paced environment

Delivery of technology projects

Waterfall & Agile

Education

Bachelor's degree or relevant experience

Job description

One North is a digital experience agency that combines curiosity, scale, and agility to shape the future. As part of TEKsystems, a leading provider of business and technology services, we offer boutique solutions to solve complex problems. Our multidisciplinary teams of strategists, designers, and technologists excel in research and discovery, experience strategy, design, experience management, and technology implementation. Whether clients are establishing a vision for an experience or optimizing an existing one, we help businesses understand their audiences, design experiences, maximize technology, and bring their digital ideas to life. The world’s most successful companies rely on us to forge the future through electrifying work that sparks innovation and drives results.

Here’s what the opportunity supported through our TEKsystems Global Services (TGS) Talent Acquisition Team requires:

Position Overview

The Project Manager is responsible for owning, managing, and executing the day-to-day activities on client projects. These activities may include managing the day-to-day aspects of a project, planning and executing future projects, and focusing on client satisfaction initiatives. This position is very client-facing.

The Project Manager partners with the team to ensure that One North’s engagements meet all requirements, exceed our client expectations, and are of the highest quality. This individual must lead from experience in structuring multiple engagements with parallel work streams spanning digital strategy, brand development, brand strategy, creative, design, user experience, and web development that ladders up to both client satisfaction and portfolio health.

This role will ideally be based remotely near Chicago for a light hybrid onsite/remote work model at our downtown Chicago office.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary day-to-day project contact for both client and internal teams.
• Assist in scoping and estimating work collaboratively as part of a cross-functional team to drive the approach and sale of projects for new and existing clients.
• Experience independently managing and reporting (weekly) on both fixed fee and time & materials project budgets against both revenue and profitability (GP%) targets.
• Conduct project revenue forecasting, help identify growth opportunities, ensure execution of project legal documents, and help drive client profitability.
• Manage cross-functional work streams across multiple projects and clients, focusing on upstream design and strategy work with the potential to take digital ideas through build and implementation.
• Ensure the use of best practices and apply lessons learned from previous engagements.
• Help produce project lifecycle documentation, including project schedules, status reports, and all other documentation defining individual project requirements.
• Monitor the quality of all aspects of all projects: scope, risk, schedule, budget, delivery, and all associated client communication.
• Contribute to and help manage internal process improvement initiatives, especially those involving tools and knowledge management standardization and solutions. Collaborate within the organization to develop guidelines and processes that advance the agency’s Project Management discipline.
• Proactively identify issues and risks; know when to elevate issues and when to work through them on your own.
• Pursue opportunities to both lead by example and foster the talents of high-performing team members.

Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or relevant experience required
• 3 or more years of professional project management experience
• Experience creating project schedules, managing both fixed fee & time & materials projects, and project reporting
• Ability to communicate effectively in a client-facing role, across junior and senior client leadership/stakeholders
• Experience in a client services organization or digital agency leading projects across multiple disciplines
• Self-starter, ability to work independently and with confidence
• Solid track record of successfully developing multi-faceted projects from start to finish, on time, and managing to a budget
• Experience resourcing team members across project lifecycle
• High emotional intelligence with the ability to demonstrate client empathy, while balancing the needs of our business and our team
• Detail-oriented self-starter with strong planning and organizational skills
• Excellent communication skills, particularly in conjunction with workflow steps, internal and external processes, and client facing presentations
• Effective negotiation and conflict management/risk mitigation skills
• Experience in project estimation
• Accountability and flexibility, with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment while managing multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Experience or exposure to delivery of technology implementation projects
• Experience working with both waterfall and agile methodology

Job Type & Location

This is a Permanent position based out of Chicago, IL.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $80000.00 - $120000.00/yr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

We reserve the right to pay above or below the posted wage based on factors unrelated to sex, race, or any other protected classification. Additional earnings may be available through incentive programs like annual bonuses, profit sharing, etc. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan or program terms.

• Medical, dental & vision
• 401(k)/Roth
• Insurance (Basic/Supplemental Life & AD&D)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health & Dependent Care Spending Accounts (HSA & DCFSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Assistance
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Paid Family Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Chicago,IL.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Sep 14, 2026.

About TEKsystems

We're partners in transformation. We help clients activate ideas and solutions to take advantage of a new world of opportunity. We are a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 clients, including 80% of the Fortune 500, across North America, Europe and Asia. As an industry leader in Full-Stack Technology Services, Talent Services, and real-world application, we work with progressive leaders to drive change. That's the power of true partnership. TEKsystems is an Allegis Group company.

About TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services

We’re a leading provider of business and technology services. We accelerate business transformation for our customers. Our expertise in strategy, design, execution and operations unlocks business value through a range of solutions. We’re a team of 80,000 strong, working with over 6,000 customers, including 80% of the Fortune 500 across North America, Europe and Asia, who partner with us for our scale, full-stack capabilities and speed. We’re strategic thinkers, hands-on collaborators, helping customers capitalize on change and master the momentum of technology. We’re building tomorrow by delivering business outcomes and making positive impacts in our global communities. TEKsystems and TEKsystems Global Services are Allegis Group companies. Learn more at TEKsystems.com.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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