Project Manager

Coates GroupChicago, IL

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

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What This Job Offers

Job Type

Full-time

Career Level

Senior

Education Level

Associate degree

Number of Employees

101-250 employees

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