Hybrid Senior Director, IT Project Management

at Alzheimer's Association®

• Job title: Senior Director, IT Project Management
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $133,000 - $165,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: PMP
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Chicago, United States

About the role

• Senior Director overseeing IT Project Management at The Alzheimer's Association. Leading project portfolio planning, execution, and delivery in alignment with organizational goals.

Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for planning, executing, tracking, and managing schedule, scope, and cost of all projects in the IT project portfolio.
• Implementation of an IT quality management process that monitors key performance indicators and identifies areas for improvement.
• Promotes the use of consistent and standardized procedures and methodologies for planning, execution, and delivery of Association IT projects.
• Manages, coaches, and directs team resources to meet workload demands.
• Directs project portfolio activities and uses strong technical and business acumen to manage risk and address escalated issues.
• Supports the development of a project roadmap that aligns with Association objectives and priorities.
• Fosters collaboration across Association business and technology teams for successful project delivery.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree, Master’s degree preferred (e.g. MBA)
• PMP, ITIL or other subject matter certifications
• At least 5 years (preferably 10 years) leading an IT project management office that includes release and change management and quality management
• At least 5 years (preferably 10 years) work experience in IT project management, business analysis, release/change management and/or quality management.
• Strong experience managing a large project portfolio, including large-scale, high visibility projects.
• Solid understanding/work experience in the methodologies, techniques and best practices used in: Project Management, i.e: Waterfall Agile/Scrum/Lean; Business Analysis; Change Management; and Continuous Quality Improvement.
• Strong knowledge and/or training in business and operations concepts.
• Experience hiring, training, mentoring and managing a project team of 10 or more members.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Paid Time Off
• 12 annual holidays
• Paid Family Leave
• Annual Cultural & Heritage Day
• Annual Volunteer Day