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Role: Infrastructure Project Manager (Complete Infrastructure and Azure DevOps exp Must) Duration: 9/22/2025 – 12/18/2026 (potential for conversion or extension depending on budget and performance) Location: Chicago, IL - onsite 3 days a week - (Tuesday is anchor day currently) Contractor’s Role: Responsible for leading the successful delivery of large infrastructure technology programs and projects following client standards and best practices. Experience Level: Minimum of 7+ years’ experience Qualifications (must haves): • Experience leading infrastructure technology projects and leading teams to execute highly complex initiatives of significant scope, scale and risk to successfully deliver project objectives and benefits. • Audit/regulatory background or experience • Program/project management expertise including working knowledge and application of Waterfall, Hybrid and/or Agile methodologies. • Azure DevOps Experience • Skillful in adopting corporate project management standards (which incorporate PMI standards), IT controls, risk and regulatory requirements. • Demonstrated ability leading multiple concurrent projects. • Results oriented and bias for action and execution. • Sound problem-solving and analytical skills. • Adept at navigating a matrixed environment, influence, inform, and collaborate with all levels of the organization. • Strong communication skills to effectively share information, collaborate and drive results ensuring appropriate level of engagement from all members of the project team. • Ability to easily process information from various sources and simplify the complex. • Excellent organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines. • Self-starter with an ability to operate in a fast-paced environment and manage ambiguity. • Thrive in a team environment and work well with others. • General familiarity with infrastructure technology (Servers / Storage / Network / Database / Middleware). • Familiarity working with PPM Tools such as Clarity and other tools including Service Now, Jira, Azure DevOps, etc. • Solid working knowledge of MS Office Suite including MS Project, SharePoint, and Teams, etc. • PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) or Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP) certification Plusses: • PMP is strongly preferred Tasks and Responsibilities: • Lead project team to successfully deliver project objective and benefits providing required oversight to ensure control of scope, schedule, resources and cost. • Provide structured project management leadership by establishing governance, ensuring clear roles and responsibilities for all project team members, defining phases, and identifying deliverables/milestones. • Develop project plans, provide executional leadership, and track progress on project goals. • Identify and manage areas of risk and dependencies including contingency planning and developing project health restoration plans. • Ensure adherence to client project standards, IT controls, risk and regulatory requirements. • Provide timely communications on project status and health including scope, schedule, resource, and/or budget as well as articulate key risks/issues and associated impacts. • Manage stakeholder expectations and motivate project team. • Partner with stakeholders to plan for and manage project resources. • Facilitate discussions and working sessions across the various teams involved in the project. • Establish and execute against project communication plans. • Escalate in a timely manner to the appropriate party(ies) to address decisions needed, the removal of roadblocks and other obstacles or constraints.

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