Lead Technical Project Manager HQ

Turner Construction•Chicago, IL

5d•$136,000 - $220,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The IS Lead Technical Project Manager HQ leads complex, cross-functional technology projects and coordinated programs involving multiple business functions, technical teams, vendors, systems, and dependencies. This role is responsible for direct project delivery while also supporting technology roadmapping, project intake, prioritization, resource planning, and portfolio coordination. The position provides functional leadership to other project-management resources through mentoring, work review, coaching, and improvement of project-delivery practices. The role is intended to provide a development path into formal project-management leadership and, over time, a Manager or Director-level technology delivery position.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in information technology, business, engineering, construction management, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
Ten or more years of experience in technology project management, program management, enterprise systems delivery, or technology consulting.
Demonstrated experience leading large, complex, cross-functional technology initiatives.
Experience coordinating multiple related projects, workstreams, technical teams, or vendors as an integrated program.
Working knowledge of enterprise applications, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data, integrations, cloud services, and operational support.
Experience supporting technology roadmaps, project intake, prioritization, portfolio planning, or resource-capacity
Experience mentoring, coaching, or reviewing the work of project-management or delivery personnel.
Experience managing project budgets, forecasts, vendors, consultants, statements of work, and material project changes.
Strong executive communication, facilitation, negotiation, conflict-resolution, and decision-making skills.
Demonstrated ability to lead through influence and establish accountability across organizational boundaries.
PMP certification or equivalent accredited project or program-management certification.

Nice To Haves

Experience in construction, engineering, real estate, manufacturing, utilities, or another project-based and field-intensive industry.
Experience with ERP, PMIS, financial systems, infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud, data, integration, or field-technology initiatives.
Experience improving project-management standards, governance, reporting, or delivery practices.
Experience with project recovery, organizational change management, agile delivery, or business-process improvement.
Previous experience as a team lead, functional lead, supervisor, or acting manager.

Responsibilities

Lead complex technology projects and coordinated programs from initiation through implementation, stabilization, and transition to operational support.
Develop integrated plans covering scope, schedule, budget, resources, technical dependencies, vendors, testing, training, implementation, and organizational readiness.
Coordinate delivery across enterprise applications, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data, integrations, service delivery, construction technology, and business teams.
Identify technical, operational, resource, and organizational risks and drive timely mitigation, escalation, and decision-making.
Lead implementation-readiness, cutover-readiness, and post-implementation reviews.
Support the development and maintenance of the technology roadmap by identifying proposed initiatives, dependencies, timing, resource needs, risks, and delivery options.
Participate in project intake, prioritization, annual planning, capacity planning, and portfolio-review activities.
Recommend when initiatives should be clarified, phased, combined, rescoped, delayed, or escalated for leadership review.
Lead the stabilization or recovery of assigned projects that are materially at risk.
Mentor and coach project managers, project coordinators, analysts, and other delivery personnel.
Review project plans, schedules, status reports, risk registers, implementation plans, and executive communications prepared by less-experienced team members.
Help establish and improve project-management standards, templates, governance, reporting, and delivery practices.
Provide functional direction to assigned project resources and coordinate work across projects with shared teams, vendors, systems, or stakeholders.
Present project health, financial status, risks, decisions, trade-offs, and recommendations to business sponsors, IS leadership, and executive stakeholders.
Manage vendor deliverables, statements of work, implementation plans, forecasts, budgets, and contractual commitments.
Act as a delegate for the IS Project Management Lead during designated project reviews, planning sessions, or portfolio meetings.