Senior Project Manager - Rolling Meadows, IL
About The Position
Epiq Solutions develops software-defined radio (SDR) products and processing solutions for government and commercial customers. The Senior Project Manager owns project launch, planning, control, and delivery against timeline and budget, working across functions and with customers to support customer satisfaction, business results, and improved internal tools and processes. Most development efforts are fixed-price in nature. The role leads multidisciplinary development efforts to meet technical, schedule, and cost requirements; identifies and manages risks and opportunities; and negotiates key program requirements and objectives with customers. The Senior Project Manager maintains hands-on program control through regular program reviews, design reviews, and team meetings, and keeps stakeholders informed through technical, management, and progress meetings. The role also builds customer confidence, demonstrates organizational leadership, supports the project management discipline, and develops and continuously improves end-to-end tools and processes as the company grows.
Requirements
- Ten or more years of project management experience in technology product and software development, with a track record of strong performance.
- Experience leading product development using a formal process.
- Experience with Agile Scrum practices, including facilitating events and meetings.
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field.
- Highly flexible and adaptable to continuous change and growth.
- Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
- Exceptional organizational and multitasking skills.
- Ability to work well with a great deal of autonomy.
- Ability to solve problems with innovative thinking.
- Demonstrated integrity, dependability, responsibility, accountability, self-awareness, work ethic, and empathy.
- Willingness and ability to obtain a security clearance, which requires U.S. citizenship.
Nice To Haves
- Financial literacy and business operations experience.
- PMP certification.
- Scrum-certified Project Manager.
- Change management training.
- Experience as a project manager of federal contracts.
Responsibilities
- Lead multidisciplinary development efforts to meet technical, schedule, and cost requirements.
- Own project launch, planning, control, and delivery against timeline and budget.
- Identify, prioritize, mitigate, escalate, and resolve program risks and opportunities.
- Negotiate and agree with customers on key program requirements and objectives.
- Maintain hands-on program control through regular program reviews, design reviews, and team meetings.
- Maintain program visibility through technical, management, and progress meetings.
- Interface with customers to maintain effective relationships and strengthen their confidence in Epiq's ability to deliver.
- Demonstrate leadership across the organization and promote common core values.
- Help maintain and improve organizational efficiency as the company grows.
- Develop and support the project management discipline within the company.
- Develop, transform, and continuously improve end-to-end tools and processes.
Benefits
- Flexible work hours.
- Generous vacation policy.
- Paid five-week sabbatical every five years.
- 401(k) matching.
- Health insurance.
- Dental insurance.
- Vision insurance.
- Life, short-term, and long-term disability insurance.
- Employee assistance program.
- Wellness reimbursement.
- Charitable giving company match.
- Competitive salary commensurate with experience and performance.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
