Senior Project Manager - Global Programs & Partnerships

Morningstar; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Comprehensive health benefits

6-week Paid Sabbatical Program

Job summary

Morningstar Credit Analytics is seeking a Senior Project Manager to drive cross-functional initiatives in a fast-paced environment, coordinating partnership workstreams, contract repapering, and product and data delivery across internal and external stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years in project management, PMP preferred, and experience with Asana/Jira, with a track record of aligning teams and delivering complex programs while managing risk and timelines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required.
• 5+ years of project management experience; PMP or equivalent certification strongly preferred.
• Hands-on experience with project management platforms such as Asana; knowledge of Jira is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex projects concurrently, involving software development, data products, or contract-driven workstreams.

Responsibilities

• Create and oversee project plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, responsibilities, and deliverables, working with global teams on implementation.
• Own execution across MCA initiatives, maintaining visibility into priorities, timelines, dependencies, risks, decision points, and follow-through.
• Coordinate partnership, distribution, and commercial workstreams, ensuring internal stakeholders remain aligned on scope, timing, deliverables, and next steps.
• Drive follow-through on contract-related initiatives, including repapering, restructuring, amendment coordination, stakeholder review, and implementation tracking across existing and new agreements.
• Partner with Product, Data, Technology, Analytics, Legal, Compliance, Commercial, and Business Development teams to define project scope, business requirements, technical requirements, and handoffs when needed.
• Support onboarding and execution workstreams related to AI platforms, data delivery, product enhancements, launches, and other MCA growth initiatives.
• Communicate regular project status updates across MCA stakeholder groups, including senior leadership when appropriate, and escalate decisions, risks, or blockers clearly and promptly.
• Identify, monitor, and mitigate project risks, with a focus on dependencies that could affect revenue capture, product launch timing, partnership execution, contract completion, or client delivery.
• Analyze key metrics impacting project progress and/or project team performance and work with the business to resolve issues, remove impediments, and keep initiatives moving at a steady, predictable pace.
• Cultivate a culture of team collaboration grounded in open and honest communication, clear accountability, and practical problem solving.
• Drive continuous process improvement through feedback loops, retrospectives, documentation, and coaching to help teams improve planning, execution, and transparency.
• Partner with groups across Morningstar Credit Analytics and throughout Morningstar to support MCA’s product, technology, legal, analytics, partnership, and commercial priorities.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional coordination

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Asana

Jira

Job description

Morningstar Credit Analytics is seeking a Senior Project Manager to drive cross-functional initiatives in a fast-paced environment, coordinating partnership workstreams, contract repapering, and product and data delivery across internal and external stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years in project management, PMP preferred, and experience with Asana/Jira, with a track record of aligning teams and delivering complex programs while managing risk and timelines.