Project Manager

Coates Group • Chicago, IL

23h

About The Position

For over almost 60 years, Coates Group's solutions have enabled impactful connections between leading brands and their customers. The company combines the values of a family-owned business with the innovative spirit of a start-up, focusing on "Creating Connections. Empowering Partnerships. Always Evolving." Coates Group is an industry leader, recognized with awards and record-setting achievements, and is committed to continuous growth and evolution. They are a 2x Australia Good Design Award winner and completed the largest hardware deployment in Quick Service Restaurant history. The company values curiosity, charisma, authenticity, and diversity within its team, fostering a collaborative environment to revolutionize how brands leverage technology for customer experiences.

Requirements

• Highly developed written and verbal communication skills
• Expert understanding of project management including scheduling, resource capacity planning, risk mitigation strategies, and stakeholder management
• Solid knowledge of project risk management frameworks
• Relevant tertiary qualifications or certifications within Project Management, Agile, and/or IT
• Project management experience of 7+ years delivering complex, enterprise-grade digital applications/solutions
• Knowledge of solution architecture for digital solutions
• Experience delivering software projects with budgets of $3M+
• Experience presenting to senior executive stakeholders (mandatory)
• Experience delivering technical projects across multiple streams of work
• Experience with software project management across all phases of the SDLC, delivering multiple projects from inception to completion
• Experience within Agile and waterfall software delivery

Nice To Haves

• Exposure to C-suite (preferred)
• Previous experience as a technical business analyst, product owner, or developer (preferred)

Responsibilities

• Drive the successful delivery of technology projects by proactively managing risks and minimizing variance, ensuring alignment with project goals from initiation through closure
• Define and document project deliverables and timelines, holding all stakeholders accountable for their specific responsibilities
• Develop, maintain, and report on the squad progress throughout the SDLC and/or project plan, ensuring coverage of all technical tasks and achievement of agreed milestones
• Actively lead scrum teams, manage sprints and agile cadences, while overseeing the end-to-end project schedule and delivering key milestones
• Participate in working groups and steering committees to ensure risks and issues are escalated promptly through appropriate channels, driving effective decision-making
• Manage project execution through risk and issue management, project monitoring, tracking reporting, workflow management, quality assurance, change and communication management
• Strong management of cross-stream internal and external project dependencies
• Understanding of technical deliverables and effectively align them to business objectives
• Review functional specs, solution design, and user stories to ensure business and technical requirements are mapped, dependencies identified and a clear critical path established, enabling effective planning and delivery

Benefits

• Annual market competitive bonus program
• Thrive Program which includes a suite of flexible work options
• Dedicated time to prioritize health and wellbeing (e.g., virtual Yoga or meditation sessions)
• Global Wellness paid day off to recharge
• Give Back Day to allow Crew an opportunity to make an impact in the community

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees