Digital Project Manager
AAA-The Auto Club Group · Chicago, IL · 2 wk ago
On-siteProject Management$150k–$165k/yrFull-time
Location: Remote
Schedule
Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 5:00pm.
About the role
Manage complex departmental technology and corporate projects from planning through implementation and support. Define requirements, budgets, business cases, and success measures; coordinate resources, vendors, and cross-functional initiatives; ensure compliance with standards and architecture; monitor schedule, budget, risks, and outcomes. Mentor project teams and leaders on project management practices, performance improvement, documentation, and quality standards.
Responsibilities
- Support and translate company and department goals into ongoing work efforts.
- Lead and direct projects in a matrix organization.
- Effectively motivate team members to achieve high quality results.
- Oversee a variety of concurrent activities.
- Communicate clearly, concisely, and persuasively about complex technical or sensitive topics.
- Project planning and management (methods, tools and techniques).
- Staffing, coordinating, and leading large technology and/or business project teams.
- Evaluating a complex system and/or business process and understanding the interdependencies between components.
- Evaluating state-of-the-art hardware and software products.
- Total quality processes and quality problem solving tools.
- Developing and negotiating contracts with vendors.
- Preparing business plans, value propositions/charters and proposals for long range strategic initiatives/strategic plans.
- Performing a variety of high level technology and/or management consulting activities.
- Cost/benefit analysis.
- Excellent presentation, persuasion and interpersonal skills (at the middle/senior management level) to include report/proposal preparation and presentation.
- Staffing of professional and administrative staff.
- Personnel policy interpretation/administration.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Administration and a minimum of three years project leadership/management experience; or
- Project Management Professional (PMP) Designation and a minimum of three years project leadership/management experience; or
- Applicable professional certification or technology designation and a minimum of three years project management experience.
Preferred Skills
- Technical experience in/with:
- Mainframe, distributed system and/or Web based design, development and implementation.
- Programming languages.
- Operating systems.
- Enterprise wide technology planning issues.
- Systems operation practices.
- System development methodologies.
- Tools and products used in structured systems development.
- Knowledge of:
- Mainframe, distributed system and/or Web based systems.
- Operating systems.
- Enterprise wide technology/business planning issues.
- Development of user requirements, testing and systems analysis.
Pay
Competitive annual salary of $150K-$165K with annual bonus potential, based on performance.
Benefits
- Health & Wellness
- Medical plans with multiple coverage options, including HSA eligibility.
- Prescription drug coverage.
- Dental and vision benefits.
- Employee Assistance Program (confidential support services).
- Financial Protection & Insurance
- Company-paid basic life insurance.
- Optional supplemental life insurance and dependent coverage.
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
- Critical illness, accident, and pet insurance options.
- Retirement & Savings
- 401(k) plan to support long-term financial goals.
- 3% automatic deferral upon eligibility; may contribute 1% to 50% of eligible earnings, either pre or post tax.
- Company match of 50% paid on employee contributions up to 6% of pay, payable to employees following the end of the year; immediate vesting.
- Additional company contribution of 4% of pay each pay day into your account; 100% vested after three (3) years of service.
- Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) options.
- Time Off & Leave
- Paid Time Off (PTO): Accrual-based, increases with tenure, eligible at 90 days of employment.
- Full-time new employees will receive up to 12 PTO days annually; accrual based on start date and may include additional PTO based on role and/or state & local requirements.
- Part-time employee PTO hours are calculated based upon the standard weekly hours the employee is scheduled to work and will accrue at a minimum of 3 hours per month.
- Paid Holidays:
- Full-time employees are eligible for 10 company-paid holidays annually, in addition to 1 mental health day, 2 floating holidays and 1 volunteer day.
- Part-time employees are eligible for 8 company-paid holidays annually, in addition to 1 mental health day and 2 floating holidays.
- Holidays vary by business unit schedules.
- Paid leave programs, including parental, bereavement, jury duty, and military leave.
- Paid Time Off (PTO): Accrual-based, increases with tenure, eligible at 90 days of employment.
- Career Growth & Education
- Tuition assistance (up to $5,250 annually; 80% covered by ACG).
- Professional certification support with 100% reimbursement for eligible programs.
- Opportunities for career development and advancement.
- Additional Perks
- Complimentary AAA membership with roadside assistance and travel discounts.
- Adoption assistance program.