Strategic Project Manager, Hospitality & Ops

Kemper Sports Management LLC; Northbrook (IL); On-site; USD 105,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

KemperSports is seeking a Project Manager to lead cross-functional initiatives that improve business systems, processes, and communications. The role translates priorities into practical plans, aligns stakeholders, tracks progress, and drives solutions from initiation through handoff.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in project management, strong collaboration and communication skills, and experience with system implementations in hospitality or service environments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, project management, operations, technology, communications, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• 5+ years of project or program management experience, including responsibility for complex, cross-functional initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience supporting system implementations, process-improvement initiatives, organizational change, and enterprise communications.
• Working knowledge of project planning, governance, risk and issue management, change control, testing, implementation, and project closeout practices.
• Proficiency with project-management, collaboration, presentation, and reporting tools.
• Experience in a multi-location, hospitality, service, or operationally complex organization is preferred.
• PMI PMP, CAPM, or other relevant professional credential is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead assigned projects from initiation through implementation and closeout, using a consistent and practical project-management approach.
• Partner with stakeholders to define project objectives, scope, deliverables, workstreams, success measures, resources, owners, and target dates.
• Build and maintain integrated project plans that clearly identify milestones, dependencies, decisions, risks, issues, and next steps.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and external partners to keep work aligned, remove barriers, and maintain accountability for commitments.
• Support the evaluation, selection, implementation, enhancement, and adoption of business systems and technology solutions.
• Facilitate discovery, requirements gathering, process mapping, and working sessions to identify needs and translate them into actionable solutions.

Skills

Project planning

Execution

Influence without authority

Stakeholder communications

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive reporting

Presentation skills

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree

PMP/CAPM preferred

Tools

PM tools

Job description

KemperSports is seeking a Project Manager to lead cross-functional initiatives that improve business systems, processes, and communications. The role translates priorities into practical plans, aligns stakeholders, tracks progress, and drives solutions from initiation through handoff.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in project management, strong collaboration and communication skills, and experience with system implementations in hospitality or service environments.