Jobs in Park Ridge, IL

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Finance or related field required.
• A minimum of 6 years program management experience, including 5 or more years managing enterprise projects with large cross-functional and/or cross-regional teams.
• A minimum of 5 years demonstrated project management experience in a technology-driven environment.
• Experience leading a project implementation of an ERP solution.
• Experience leveraging best practices in program management for Agile methodologies.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s Degree in related field preferred.
• Workday experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assemble project team, assign roles and responsibilities, and ensure accountability.
• Drive and lead projects and teams across the organization.
• Create and maintain budget and schedule to ensure successful completion of project.
• Develop and maintain standard project management documentation and metrics to ensure high transparency of status, risk, and issues across the enterprise.
• Work directly with internal and external stakeholders, other functional area leads, and ongoing operations to deliver successful implementation and manage scope.
• Establish a robust and trusted partnership with stakeholders to ensure full buy-in and alignment from project initiation to project deployment, and complete understanding of stakeholder requirements, roles, and responsibilities.
• Serve as an integrator between project management and change management activities for projects across operations.
• Maintain key organizational tools and references including knowledge management tools and various document repositories.
• Manage system implementations through all life cycles stages including execution of project plans, monitor and control project work, manage project scope, communicate project plans, and execute resource allocation plans.
• Support financing transactions and related initiatives, including coordination of cross-functional workstreams, tracking milestones, and ensuring alignment with internal governance and approval processes.
• Perform financial and operational analysis to support strategic decision-making, including development of business cases, evaluation of investment scenarios, and tracking of key financial metrics.
• Collaborate with finance teams to ensure project budgets, forecasts, and financial impacts are accurately reflected and aligned with organizational priorities.
• Develop and maintain reporting and dashboards to provide transparency into financial performance, project spend, and key drivers impacting long-range plans.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
• 401k matching structure of up to 5% of eligible pay
• Additional 4% into retirement saving fund after your first year of continuous employment
• Paid time off, including vacation, holiday, sick, and volunteer days