Senior Project Manager
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Job Location:
Chicago, IL - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
7 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Be Part of Our Next Chapter
For over almost 60 years our solutions have enabled impactful connections between some of the worlds leading brands and their customers. And while weve already done a lot of work were proud of were just getting started!
Coates Group has the values of a family-owned business and the innovative spirit of a start-up both which fuel our purpose Creating Connections. Empowering Partnerships. Always Evolving. Through hard work dedication and creativity weve become industry leaders who have won awards and set records while remaining focused on continual growth and evolution. We are a 2x Australia Good Design Award winner and successfully completed the largest hardware deployment in Quick Service Restaurant history.
We are curious charismatic authentic and we value and leverage the diversity of our crew. We are imaginers kindness enthusiasts experts creators thinkers challengers collaborators and over-achievers. And together as a Crew we are revolutionizing the way the worlds leading brands leverage technology to drive the best customer experiences.
The Senior Project Manager plays a crucial role in coordinating and managing projects that Coates delivers to our clients. This role is vital in ensuring that projects are executed successfully while meeting quality budget and timeline goals. The Account Program Manager is responsible for ensuring the specific projects align with both Coates Groups and our clients needs and objectives and are run using project management best practices. This resource will report to the account Program Manager and work in partnership with the Account Management team who drive and oversee client strategy relationships and financials.
Accountabilities:
- Demonstrate an excellent grasp key account strategies and their related projects and manage delivery of those projects using project management best practices and quality standards
- Manage & motivate multidisciplinary teams in a fast-paced multiple-project environment to deliver exceptional results
- Contributes to ongoing process improvement of the Project Management Function
- Proactively monitor work progress to ensure tasks are progressing in a timely manner and obstacles are removed and risk is acknowledged escalated and documented.
- Serve as both a supportive partner to internal and external clients and advocate for the organizations best interests
- Partner with Account Managers to actively manage client expectations and project timelines
- Proactively anticipate needs of the client and relation to projects and timeline
- Interface and maintain positive relationships with clients and partners in day-to-day communication.
- Actively contribute to improving processes in partnership with internal teams and agency partners
- Manage multiple projects concurrently under time constraints
- Proactively develop contingency plans for projects
Capabilities:
- Exhibit leadership communication across different orgs and teams.
- Highly organized detail-oriented ability to manage and document project charters Gantt charts project requirements etc.
- Assertive and proactive self-starter who is also a collaborative team player able to raise blockers and notify
- Adaptable multi-tasker who welcomes new challenges
- Problem solving / Decision making and calm under pressure
- Excellent communication skills with the proficiency to engage stakeholders at all levels
- Efficient utilization and management of project resources
- Proven experience in managing ever-changing timelines and project plans while still adhering to strategic objectives and quality standards
Qualifications:
- Minimum 2 years of project management experience delivering a high-volume of concurrent projects
- Experience implementing change and process improvements
- Excellent grasp of Project Management best practices in both Agile and Scrum
- Proficiency in using Project Management tools like Monday Asana Smartsheet and JIRA
- Strong leadership skills with an ability to manage and motivate cross-functional teams
- Comfortable working with ambiguous project requirements and building specificity collaboratively.
- Background in restaurant or retail technology is desirable.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent experience is desirable
$105000 - $125000 a year
About Coates
We are industry leaders who have won awards and set records. We are a 2x Australia Good Design Award winner and we successfully completed the largest hardware deployment in Quick Service Restaurant history.
We are led by a forward-thinking CEO who has demonstrated a true passion for people and making Coates a place where people genuinely enjoy working. Our growth plans enable a focus on providing rapid career advancement opportunities for our talent.
Together we are creators allowing us to make our purpose a reality to create immersive brand experiences for everyone.
Join a Crew that Cares
Be part of a global team of talented ambitious creative people that value integrity individuality and inclusivity. (Ask us about our Equality Empowerment Initiatives).
The benefits include an annual market competitive bonus program and our Thrive Program which includes a suite of flexible work options because were strong believers that you should never miss an important life or work moment. Thrive also provides dedicated time to prioritize our health and wellbeing (think virtual Yoga or meditation sessions) a Global Wellness paid day off to recharge as well as a Give Back Day to allow our Crew an opportunity to make an impact in the community.
Be inspired To Be More
We skip the red tape and aim to always stay nimble. Were proud of where weve been and are energized by where were going. We encourage ideas and perspectives because we know the more we have the better we are. We work hard but have fun along the way. We push the boundaries but keep it real and authentic. We believe in the values that got us here are the ones that will continue to lead us forward. We are excited by what weve accomplished but know the best is yet to come.
Coates Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race color creed national or ethnic origin gender religion disability age political affiliation or belief disabled veteran veteran of the Vietnam Era or citizenship status (except in those special circumstances permitted or mandated by law).
Fraud Alert: Employment Scam Advisory
It has come to our attention that unauthorised individuals are impersonating our company and reaching out to job seekers through fraudulent emails falsely claiming to represent Coates. These emails often request personal information and appear to come from domains that are not affiliated with our organisation such as.
We take this matter very seriously. Coates has reported these incidents to law enforcement and is cooperating with the ongoing investigation. We are committed to protecting the integrity of our recruitment process and the privacy of our applicants.
Please be advised of the following:
- Wedo not contact employment candidates via email to solicit personal or financial information
- All applications for employment must be submitted through our official website directly through our LinkedIn profile:Coates Group
- All emails from us will come from our official domain which or via our Applicant - Tracking System (ATS) email address which is no-replyatdotco
If you receive any suspicious communications purporting to be from Coates we urge you not to respond do not click any links and do not provide any personal safety and trust are of the utmost importance to us. Thank you for your vigilance.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- Business Development
- Project Management Methodology
- Project / Program Management
- PMBOK
- Waterfall
- Wastewater
- Construction Management
- Project Management
- Project Management Software
- Microsoft Project
- Budgeting
- Contracts
About Company
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