Senior Project Manager - Rolling Meadows, IL
About The Position
Epiq Solutions develops software-defined radio products and processing solutions for maritime, land, air, and space applications. The Senior Project Manager owns project launch, planning, control, and delivery against timelines and budgets, working across functions and with customers to meet technical, schedule, and cost requirements. Most projects are fixed-price. The role includes identifying and managing risks and opportunities, agreeing with customers on key program requirements and objectives, and maintaining hands-on control through regular program, design, and team reviews. The Senior Project Manager keeps stakeholders informed through technical, management, and progress meetings and builds customer confidence in Epiq’s ability to deliver. The position also provides organizational leadership, supports the development of the company’s project management discipline, and improves tools and processes through end-to-end process development, transformation, and continuous improvement.
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 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 qualification.
- 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 and manage project risks and opportunities, including prioritization, mitigation, escalation, and resolution.
- 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 confidence in Epiq’s ability to deliver.
- Demonstrate leadership across the organization and promote common core values.
- Help develop and support the company’s project management discipline.
- Evolve and mature tools and processes through process development, transformation, and continuous improvement.
Benefits
- Flexible work hours.
- Generous vacation policy.
- Paid five-week sabbatical every five years.
- 401(k) matching.
- Health, dental, and 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
