Technology Transformation Project Lead

Jobtailor; Illinois; On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced project/PMO support professional in Illinois to assist planning, governance, and delivery of technology and transformation initiatives.

You will maintain schedules, RAID logs, and status reports, coordinate meetings, and prepare executive materials while tracking KPIs and risks across multiple workstreams. Collaboration with consultants and client teams is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Technology, Information Systems, Engineering, Operations, or a related field
• 3–5 years of experience in project management, consulting, PMO, technology delivery, business operations, or related field
• Experience supporting projects with multiple stakeholders, workstreams, or deliverables
• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly PowerPoint, Excel, and Teams
• Ability to create clear, professional project documentation and presentations
• Demonstrated attention to detail and commitment to high-quality work
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative, fast-paced environment
• Willingness to learn new project management methodologies, technologies, and consulting approaches
• Preferred: experience in technology consulting, management consulting, or professional services
• Preferred: exposure to technology implementations, digital transformation, ERP/CRM programs, data initiatives, cloud programs, or operating model transformations
• Preferred: familiarity with Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery models
• Preferred: experience with Jira, Smartsheet, Asana, Monday.com, Microsoft Project, or similar platforms
• Preferred: familiarity with PMO practices and project governance
• Preferred: experience preparing executive presentations or client-facing materials
• Preferred: CAPM, PMP, Scrum Master, Agile, or other relevant certification, or interest in pursuing one

Responsibilities

• Support project planning, scheduling, and governance materials
• Maintain project plans, milestones, dependencies, RAID logs, and status reports
• Coordinate meetings, workshops, and stakeholder communications
• Prepare agendas, meeting materials, and executive presentations
• Track KPIs, risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies
• Follow up with workstream leads to keep commitments
• Identify and escalate schedule, resource, scope, and delivery risks
• Consolidate updates into weekly/monthly reporting
• Support financial and resource tracking including budgets and forecasts
• Help establish PMO standards, templates, and processes
• Support technology implementations and digital transformation programs
• Coordinate across business, technology, and consulting workstreams
• Support requirements gathering, process mapping, and testing coordination
• Translate complex project information into updates
• Build relationships with consultants, client stakeholders, technology teams
• Support client meetings and presentations
• Identify information gaps and conflicting priorities

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Communication

Microsoft Office Proficiency

Agile Methodologies

Technology Consulting

Risk Management

Program Management

Documentation

Executive Presentations

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Smartsheet

Asana

Monday.com

Microsoft Project

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced project/PMO support professional in Illinois to assist planning, governance, and delivery of technology and transformation initiatives.

You will maintain schedules, RAID logs, and status reports, coordinate meetings, and prepare executive materials while tracking KPIs and risks across multiple workstreams. Collaboration with consultants and client teams is essential.