Senior IT Project Leader — Hybrid, Cross-Functional Delivery

LKQ Corp.; Nashville (TN); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Paid Time Off

401k with Generous Company Match

Company Paid Life Insurance

Long-Term Disability

Short-Term Disability

Employee Assistance Program

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Discounts

Job summary

LKQ Corp. in Nashville, TN is seeking a Sr Project Manager IT to lead cross-functional technology initiatives from conception through delivery.

You will define delivery plans, manage scope, schedule, budget, dependencies, and risks while guiding multiple teams and vendors to deliver measurable business outcomes. This role requires strong communication and the ability to present project health and decisions to executives, business stakeholders, and technical teams, ensuring alignment across IT

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of related project management experience, including experience leading cross-functional technology projects.
• Project management certifications such as PMP, PMI-ACP, Scrum Master preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex IT projects and programs from initiation through delivery, ensuring objectives, scope, timelines, budget, risks and outcomes are managed and communicated.
• Develop and maintain project plans, status reporting, risk/issue logs, action items tracker, communications plans, dependency tracking, budget forecasts, and decision records.
• Create materials and communicate project health, risks, tradeoffs, decisions, and business impact for executives, stakeholders, and technical teams.
• Build trusted relationships across business and technology groups, promote transparency, and drive collaborative problem-solving.
• Facilitate productive meetings and executive updates to drive alignment and timely decisions.
• Lead or coordinate work of team members, vendors, analysts, or project managers to support technology projects or programs.
• Demonstrate strong problem-solving and judgment in escalating risks, framing options, and recommending next steps.
• Assume other duties as assigned.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Problem solving

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

PMP

PMI-ACP

Scrum Master

Jira

Confluence

Microsoft Project

SharePoint

PowerPoint

Teams

OneNote

Visio

Job description

LKQ Corp. in Nashville, TN is seeking a Sr Project Manager IT to lead cross-functional technology initiatives from conception through delivery.

You will define delivery plans, manage scope, schedule, budget, dependencies, and risks while guiding multiple teams and vendors to deliver measurable business outcomes. This role requires strong communication and the ability to present project health and decisions to executives, business stakeholders, and technical teams, ensuring alignment across IT