Senior Project Manager

Brookfield Properties; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 112,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

BP in Chicago, IL is seeking a Senior Project Manager to align resources, processes, and finances with department goals. You will ensure operational efficiency and drive financial oversight to support BP's digital products delivery.

You will coordinate with bp pulse teams and internal partners to optimize resource use, manage budget, and deliver projects on time in a hybrid work environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, Project Management, or related field; equivalent experience accepted.

Responsibilities

• Resource allocation and management across multiple projects and teams.
• Strategic sourcing and supplier management with third-party vendors.
• Financial management and analytic support for senior leadership decisions.
• Cross-functional collaboration with project teams, suppliers, and stakeholders.
• Oversee project delivery, planning, risk and dependency management, and change processes.

Skills

Resource management

Stakeholder management

Budgeting

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk management

Cloud platforms

Data analysis

Design thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in business administration or Project Management

Tools

Azure DevOps

Power BI

Jira

Job description

Job Details

• Job category: IT&S
• Experience level: Intermediate
• Relocation available
• This role is not eligible for relocation
• Job type: Professionals
• Travel required: Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role
• Job code: RQ114645

Job Description

Entity:

Technology

Job Family Group:

IT&S Group

Job Description:

About us

Our purpose is to bring together people, energy and markets to power and navigate a changing world. In a time of change and possibility we need new talent to pursue opportunities, motivated by world-class insight and expertise. We're always tackling for more solutions, balanced outcomes and closer collaboration across our company and beyond, and you could be part of that too. Together we continue to grow as the world's leading energy company!

You will work with

The bp pulse team plays a critical role in supporting BP's ambition to achieve Net Zero by 2050. We support teams across Technology that make up the backbone of the bp pulse charging network. Our charging points have been used over 30 million times to enable around 200 million miles of zero tailpipe emission driving.

Let me tell you about the role

The Senior Project Manager provides comprehensive support, ensuring that resources, processes, and finances align with overall department and enterprise goals. This role ensures operational efficiency by contributing to resource management, tooling and processes, and financial oversight to support the successful delivery of bp's digital products and services.

What you will deliver

• Resource allocation & management: Playing a key role in the prioritization and allocation of resources to support a diverse range of projects and teams, ensuring efficient use of talent, budget, and assets. Balance demands across initiatives to improve impact, maintain operational continuity, and meet delivery objectives all whilst optimizing cost efficiencies.
• Strategic sourcing & supplier management: Supporting demand optimization, ensuring cost-effectiveness and high-quality outcomes. Promote and develop our ways of working with our 3rd party vendor partners, whilst developing and maintaining long-term relationships to guarantee the best possible service and value for bp.
• Financial management: Help drive initiatives around process optimization, cost reduction and improvement of overall operational efficiency. Provide input into financial analysis and reporting to support senior stakeholder decision-making.
• Cross-functional collaboration & stakeholder management: Develop and foster cross-functional relationships to ensure alignment across project teams, suppliers, and stakeholders. Communicate effectively with various teams, calling out any risks or challenges that could impact cost or quality.
• Project delivery: Work with teams to plan and manage workflow, removing blockers, fostering close and effective collaboration across teams and with other project managers. Ensuring agreed delivery processes are followed utilising standard tools: change management, planning, risk and dependency management, time management etc.

What you will need to be successful (experience and qualifications)

• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to run multiple projects simultaneously and deliver on time
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Comfortable navigating change and shifting priorities

At this level, the Senior Project Manager is highly proficient in managing a variety of tasks independently. They will coordinate the onboarding process for suppliers and resources, driving the use of automation tools and technology to streamline operations, with support from their manager. They have mastered project delivery and financial coordination across multiple teams and actively optimize these areas for efficiency and alignment with strategic objectives.

Preferred experience:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, Project Management, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Proficiency in project management software and tools, Azure DevOps, Power BI, Jira
• Financial skill and experience with budget management.
• Strong understanding of resource management, project management and vendor management

Additional information:

112,000.00 -160,000.00 Annual

About bp

Our purpose is to deliver energy to the world, today and tomorrow. For over 100 years, bp has focused on discovering, developing, and producing oil and gas in the nations where we operate. We are one of the few companies globally that can provide governments and customers with an integrated energy offering. Delivering our strategy sustainably is fundamental to achieving our ambition to be a net zero company by 2050 or sooner!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Travel Requirement

Up to 10% travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

• Agility core practices
• Agility core practices
• API and platform design
• Benefits Management
• Business Analysis
• Business modelling
• Client Counseling
• Cloud Platforms
• Configuration management and release
• Data Analysis
• Data design
• Data Management
• Demand Management
• Design Thinking
• Dialogue enablement
• Digital Innovation
• Digital Product Management
• Employee Experience
• Empowering Others
• Facilitation
• Influencing
• Long Term Planning
• Managing change
• Marketing strategy
• Measurement and metrics
• {+ 5 more}

Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of protected characteristics like race, religion, color, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp's recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.

If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.

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United States of America | Chicago, United States of America

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