Technical Project Manager

Motion Recruitment

North Chicago (IL)

Remote

USD 82,656 - 92,299

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

A recruitment agency seeks a Technical Project Manager for a remote engagement, focusing on AI projects. Ideal candidates must coordinate cross-functional teams and track project milestones in a matrix organization. Experience in development lifecycle and familiarity with JIRA and similar tools is essential. This contract role is set to last through December 2025, with chances for extension.

Qualifications

Mid-Senior level experience required.
Contract engagement through December 31, 2025, with possible extension.
Remote candidates acceptable, ideally in Central or Eastern Time Zones.

Responsibilities

Coordinate technical resources with business stakeholders.
Launch an AI user interface project across multiple countries.
Liaise between cross-functional groups.

Skills

Experience working on AI projects in matrix organization

Understanding of Development lifecycle

Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, and work breakdown structures

Define project governance models and reporting cadences

Track progress against milestones and KPIs

Manage risks, issues, and change requests

Facilitate daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives

Serve as the primary point of contact for project status updates

Prepare and deliver weekly/monthly status reports

Utilize client-approved tools (e.g., JIRA, Smartsheet, ServiceNow, PPT, Excel)

Tools

JIRA

Smartsheet

ServiceNow

PPT

Excel

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Base pay range

$60.00/hr - $67.00/hr

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Recruitment Partner | Building High-Impact Technology Teams | Fueled by Coffee, Chaos & Kids | Connecting IT Pros While Dodging Lego Landmines

Our client is a biopharmaceutical company has an urgent hiring need for a remote Technical Project Manager with a Business Analyst slant for a contract engagement. This team is part of the Commercial Business Technology Services (BTS) "IMAP" (International Market Access and Pricing) group. They are developing a new tool for the Q&A process from their regulatory bodies.

Ideally, candidates would be in the Central or Eastern Time Zones.

The role will be 80% PM / 20% BA. The goal of this position is to coordinate technical resources with business stakeholders while on a compressed timeline. They are launching in December with some hyper care going into next year. This resource will need to be a liaison between a series of cross functional groups. You will be dedicated 100% to a new AI user interface project.

Contract Duration: through December 31, 2025 (possible extension through June 2026)

The tool is launching in 2 countries. There are 35 total countries to complete so an extension might be needed. 100% remote is fine.

Top Key Skills

Experience working on AI projects in matrix organization
Understanding of Development lifecycle
Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, and work breakdown structures.
Define project governance models and reporting cadences.
Track progress against milestones and KPIs.
Manage risks, issues, and change requests.
Facilitate daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives (for Agile projects)
Serve as the primary point of contact for project status updates
Prepare and deliver weekly/monthly status reports
Utilize client-approved tools (e.g., JIRA, Smartsheet, ServiceNow, PPT, Excel) for tracking and reporting

Preferred Skills