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Project Manager
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7 October 2026 (14 hours ago)
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4 January 2027
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1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Our client a leading global healthcare and consulting organization is seeking an experienced Project Manager which involves establishing and maintaining project governance driving integrated planning and tracking and enabling cross-functional coordination across business technology QA and consulting teams. This is a part-time contractual role supporting a large-scale healthcare transformation program with responsibility for PMO processes status reporting RAID management and delivery governance across multiple workstreams. The position offers a flexible remote working arrangement with occasional travel for key project milestones.
This is a contractual role through the end of February 2027 for 20 hours per week. Theres a requirement of occasional travel to Clients Chicago-based office. Candidates located in the greater-Chicago area preferred.
The Role:
- Establish and maintain project governance PMO processes standards templates and operating cadence across all program workstreams.
- Manage integrated project plans milestones dependencies deliverables and critical-path activities; proactively identify and communicate schedule risks.
- Prepare weekly and monthly program status reports dashboards executive summaries and steering committee materials covering progress risks issues decisions and key metrics.
- Own and maintain Risks Assumptions Issues and Dependencies (RAID) logs; facilitate timely resolution and escalation of critical items.
- Coordinate activities across business technology QA and consulting teams to ensure alignment and timely execution of program deliverables.
- Manage project governance meetings including preparing agendas capturing decisions and action items and driving follow-ups to closure.
- Monitor deliverables and key milestones against the approved plan identify delivery gaps and collaborate with Project Managers and workstream leads on corrective actions.
- Maintain project documentation decision logs action trackers governance artifacts and project repositories to ensure transparency and auditability
Requirements
- Proven experience as a Project Manager or in a PMO/governance role preferably within large multi-workstream transformation programs.
- Strong expertise in project governance integrated planning and tracking and critical-path management.
- Demonstrated ability to prepare executive-level status reports dashboards and steering committee materials.
- Hands-on experience with RAID log management risk identification and issue escalation and resolution.
- Solid cross-functional coordination skills with the ability to align business technology QA and consulting teams.
- Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools including Smartsheet Jira Confluence and ServiceNow ticketing systems.
- Excellent documentation organization and knowledge management skills with attention to auditability and transparency.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to drive meetings decisions and action items to closure.
- Ability to work effectively in a part-time (approximately 20 hours per week) remote capacity across Eastern and Central time zones.
- Willingness to travel occasionally to Chicago for quarterly governance sessions or key project milestones such as UAT.
- Bachelors degree in Information Technology Business or a related field or equivalent practical experience.
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IT Project Manager
