Project Manager
Oak Brook, IL - USA
Job Summary
Inside our Project Management Office
The Project Management Office (PMO) at Burwood Group now part of Sikich is a dynamic team of professionals dedicated to leading coordinating and delivering complex projects that drive business transformation for clients across diverse industries. Renowned for its innovative customer-focused approach the PMO combines deep project management expertise with a strong commitment to collaboration continuous improvement and achieving impactful results.
How Youll Make an Impact
As a Project Manager aligned to our Data and Application Cloud Services (DACS) team you will lead complex high-impact client engagements that may involve multiple workstreams diverse stakeholder groups and cross-practice collaboration. You will ensure successful project delivery while aligning with client expectations contractual commitments financial targets and strategic objectives. As a Project Manager aligned to our Data & Application Cloud Services (DACS) team you will lead client engagements while partnering closely with Senior Project Managers Practice Leadership and technical delivery teams. This role is ideal for a project management professional ready to take the next step in their consulting career by leading increasingly complex cloud transformation initiatives.
Key responsibilities include:
- Manage medium to large client engagements from initiation through successful delivery partnering with PMO and Practice Leadership as appropriate.
- Coordinate cross-functional delivery teams to achieve project objectives while maintaining alignment to scope schedule budget and quality.
- Manage project plans dependencies risks issues and action items across multiple workstreams.
- Support project financial management including forecasting budget tracking revenue recognition and project profitability.
- Drive disciplined scope management and facilitate change requests in accordance with contractual commitments.
- Proactively identify project risks and develop mitigation plans before they impact delivery.
- Build and maintain trusted relationships with clients delivery teams and internal stakeholders.
- Present project status financial health risks and recommendations to client and internal stakeholders.
- Utilize delivery health indicators to proactively identify emerging risks and recommend corrective actions.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of project management standards methodologies and delivery best practices.
Qualifications :
Your Strengths in Action
- Demonstrates ownership and accountability for successful project delivery.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills with technical and business stakeholders.
- Effectively manages multiple priorities in a fast-paced consulting environment.
- Sound business and financial judgment with an understanding of project profitability.
- Proactively identifies risks and drives solutions before they impact project outcomes.
- Thrives in a collaborative environment and is eager to continuously learn and grow.
- Communicates confidently with project teams clients and leadership.
Your Core Skills & Certifications
- 3 to 5 years of project management experience preferably within consulting professional services or technology organizations.
- Experience leading medium to large technology implementation projects.
- Experience managing project scope schedule budget and risks.
- Strong organizational communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience supporting project financial management forecasting and reporting.
- PMP certification (or progress toward certification) preferred.
- Experience supporting cloud migration or cloud implementation projects is preferred.
- Google Cloud Platform (GCP) experience is a plus.
Nice to Have
- Experience supporting stakeholder engagement communication planning business readiness or user adoption activities during technology implementations.
- Familiarity with Agile Waterfall or hybrid project delivery methodologies.
- Exposure to enterprise cloud transformation initiatives.
Additional Information :
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Full-time
About Company
Who We AreBurwood Group is not your average technology consulting firm. We are an innovative, culture-driven, industry leader and we are growing our team by leaps and bounds. Founded in 1997 in Chicago (and still headquartered here), we've grown to be a 200+ employee firm with people ... View more