Senior IT Project Manager

Lensa; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 145,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in technology services is seeking a Project Manager for a contract role in Chicago. This position emphasizes managing complex projects and requires extensive project management experience. The successful candidate will work closely with IT and business teams to drive project success and will lead a variety of initiatives to improve technology integration.

Benefits

Medical, dental & vision

401(k) Retirement Plan

Life Insurance options

Short and long-term disability

Transportation benefits

Qualifications

• 8+ years of enterprise Project Management experience.
• Experience managing complex, multi-million dollar projects.
• Strong financial and reporting skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage complex technology projects.
• Develop detailed project plans including budget and timeline.
• Communicate project updates and manage stakeholder expectations.

Skills

Project Management

Leadership

Communication

Risk Management

Stakeholder Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in relevant field

Tools

PPM tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

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W2 ONLY, No C2C

Must live in Chicagoland and go onsite 1x/week!

Contract Position, hourly W2 $70-75/hr

The contract will be written through the end of 2025, with the option and high likelihood to be extended into 2026.

Top Skill Details

• 8+ years’ enterprise Project Management experience in a formal PMO
• Must have experience managing highly complex, visible, multi-million dollar technology projects. Should have experience working with legacy technologies and applications.
• Excellent project financial and reporting skills - must include tracking actuals, accruals, and capitalization
  
  

Location:

Preferred: Local to Chicagoland. Must have the ability to be onsite 1x per week

Description

Project Managers will be part of the PMO directly supporting Technology and Business teams as drive projects to modernize tech, enhance apps, and complete new integrations. PMs play a key role in managing third party delivery partners, proactively identifying risks, managing project financials, stakeholder communication, and all project status updates, documentation, and enforcement of PMO processes and best practices.

Developing detailed project plans, including budget, timeline, and resources.

Working with various teams and application owners to manage test strategy, change management, and overall project delivery.

Proactively identifying, tracking and remediating project risks.

Managing stakeholder communication through status reports and executive summaries.

Accurate and timely updates to project financials in PPM tool - includes accruals, actuals, variance reports, capitalization, etc.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Leads the Project Management functions and activities.
• Leads projects with identifying issues and risks and ensuring the issues and risk are resolved in a timely manner.
• Provides leadership and mentoring on project management best practices (including scope, time, cost, communications and risk management) for team members. Ensures that the responsibilities, authorities, and accountability of all project staff are defined and understood.
• Identifies cross-organizational barriers that impact multiple projects or programs and ensures these barriers are removed. Works with senior management across Information Technology and the business area(s) to accomplish this.
• Consults with IT and Business Leaders to review initial investment initiatives to determine goals, time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing a project, estimated staffing requirements, and allotment of resources. Ensures the accuracy and timeliness of project financials.
• Leads, directs and has full management accountability for staff in area of responsibility with an emphasis on talent management and succession planning in accordance with corporate strategic direction.
• Sets direction for project management practices, processes and procedures. Ensures consistency of project management practices across Projects.
  
  

Skills, Knowledge And Abilities

• In depth technical knowledge of project management practices and processes.
• Ability to effectively interact and communicate with all levels of external and/or internal business partners within scope of responsibility, team and/or matrix environment.
• Leadership and management skills demonstrating integrity and professionalism.
• Ability to drive results by identifying and resolving problems within scope of responsibility.
• Knowledge of the insurance industry, its products and services (preferred, not required)
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and other business-related software.
  
  

Additional Skills & Qualifications

Must have excellent communication skills and ability to be assertive with internal stakeholders and third party vendors. Should possess experience that allows PM to get into the weeds of the project while also understanding impact and big picture within portfolio.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $10.00 - $90.00/hr.

Requirements

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)
  
  

Workplace Type

This is a fully remote position.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Jun 27, 2025.

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 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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Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Project Management and Information Technology

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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