Job Summary:
We are seeking a highly organized and strategic Senior IT Project Manager with 8+ years of experience to lead a complex portfolio of application and data integration initiatives resulting from the merger of two business divisions. The role will serve as the central point of coordination across multiple workstreams, ensuring alignment between business stakeholders, IT teams, vendors, and leadership. The primary focus will be on enterprise application migrations, commercial system integrations, and cross-functional technology programs within a hybrid Agile/Waterfall environment. The ideal candidate will have strong communication, stakeholder management, risk mitigation, and organizational skills to drive execution across multiple concurrent projects. This position requires on-site work in Lake Forest, IL (North Chicago area).
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead end-to-end planning and execution of application integration, migration, and rationalization initiatives across multiple business divisions.
• Establish and maintain integrated project plans spanning multiple technology and business workstreams, serving as the central point of coordination and communication for all stakeholders.
• Drive project governance activities, including status reporting, milestone tracking, issue resolution, and executive communications.
• Ensure all project deliverables are completed on time, within scope, and within budget while maintaining high-quality standards.
• Manage migration efforts for commercial business applications, including Salesforce, CRM systems, customer engagement tools, reporting platforms, and supporting integrations.
• Coordinate application assessments, dependency mapping, data migration planning, testing, cutover activities, and post-go-live support.
• Partner with architecture, infrastructure, cybersecurity, data, and business teams to ensure successful integration and migration outcomes.
• Track and manage risks associated with data conversion, integrations, regulatory requirements, and business continuity, and implement mitigation strategies.
• Act as the primary liaison between business leadership, product owners, technical teams, vendors, and PMO leadership to ensure alignment and timely decision-making.
• Facilitate steering committee meetings, leadership reviews, and project governance forums to maintain visibility and accountability.
• Create executive-level presentations and project updates communicating progress, risks, decisions, and resource needs.
• Escalate issues proactively and drive resolution and decision-making to maintain project momentum.
• Operate effectively within a hybrid Agile/Waterfall environment, aligning Agile delivery practices with traditional project governance.
• Partner with Scrum teams and Product Owners to manage sprint execution while maintaining overall program timelines and milestone commitments.
• Utilize Jira to manage project execution, dependencies, user stories, epics, and reporting, ensuring accurate and timely information.
• Coordinate release planning and ensure alignment between Agile delivery teams and broader program milestones and governance processes.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive risk, issue, action, and dependency logs to support transparent project oversight.
• Identify roadblocks early, assess their impact, and implement mitigation plans to keep projects on track.
• Manage project budgets, forecasts, resource allocations, and vendor deliverables, ensuring financial discipline and value realization.
• Ensure compliance with organizational standards, SDLC requirements, and governance processes across all initiatives.
Required Qualifications:
• 8+ years of IT Project Management experience leading enterprise technology initiatives.
• 5+ years of experience managing large-scale application migration, integration, or transformation programs.
• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, organizational consolidations, or major business transformation initiatives.
• Proven experience managing commercial business applications such as Salesforce, CRM platforms, customer engagement systems, or similar enterprise applications.
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, including Agile and Waterfall delivery frameworks.
• Hands-on experience utilizing Jira for project planning, tracking, and reporting.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple cross-functional teams simultaneously in complex environments.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to influence and engage executive leadership.
• Strong organizational skills with meticulous attention to detail.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, quality-driven environment.
• Experience coordinating with architecture, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and data teams on integration and migration initiatives.
• Familiarity with SDLC requirements and formal governance processes.
• Ability to work on-site in Lake Forest, IL (North Chicago area).
Preferred Qualifications:
• Previous experience with Salesforce or other CRM platforms.
• Prior experience working with large, global organizations and enterprise-scale systems.
• Background in commercial business applications and customer engagement technologies.
• Experience presenting to steering committees and leadership forums and preparing executive-level materials.
