New 
Infrastructure Senior Technical Project Manager
 Spectraforce Technologies | |
 United States, Illinois, Chicago | |
 Oct 14, 2026 | |
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Title: Infrastructure Senior Technical Project Manager
Duration: 12 months Location: Chicago, IL (Hybrid - onsite 3 days per week Contractor's Role: *Responsible for leading the successful delivery of large infrastructure technology programs and projects following Client's standards and best practices. Experience Level: Level 3, minimum of 7+ years' experience Qualifications: * 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. * Program/project management expertise including working knowledge and application of Waterfall, Hybrid and/or Agile methodologies. * 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 Nice to Haves: * Experience in a large financial services firm or highly regulated industry a plus * Experience leading application development initiatives * Network project experience 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 NT 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 road blocks and other obstacles or constraints. | |