Hybrid Project Director

at Quest Food Management Services

• Job title: Project Director
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $120,000 - $140,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Lombard, United States

About the role

• Project Director responsible for leading high-priority enterprise initiatives and establishing a PMO. Focused on delivering strategic projects and enhancing project management capabilities across the organization.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of assigned strategic initiatives, including scope, planning, execution, and post-project review
• Manage interdependencies across concurrent initiatives
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, timelines, milestones, budgets, and resource requirements
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget, while meeting defined quality standards
• Design and implement a scalable PMO framework, including methodologies, tools, templates, and reporting standards
• Establish project intake, prioritization, and governance processes with senior leadership
• Provide portfolio-level visibility into project status, risks, capacity, and outcomes
• Build project management capability across the organization through standards and coaching
• Serve as the primary point of contact for project and portfolio communications
• Partner with executives and functional leaders to align initiatives with business priorities
• Interface regularly with executive leadership, business unit leaders, and cross-functional teams
• Facilitate decision-making by clearly communicating project status, risks, dependencies, and recommendations
• Prepare and present project updates to senior leadership, governance committees, and other key stakeholders
• Lead and coordinate efforts across multiple lines of business, including but not limited to Operations, Finance, IT, Legal, HR, and Marketing
• Align stakeholders around project objectives, deliverables, and timelines
• Proactively manage project risks, issues, and change control
• Establish governance structures, decision rights, success metrics, and best practices
• Lead post-project reviews to evaluate outcomes, lessons learned, and process improvements

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience)
• 7+ years leading complex, cross-functional projects or programs
• Proven success delivering high-visibility, enterprise initiatives
• Strong executive communication, presentation and facilitation skills
• Proven ability to successfully manage a cadre of assignments as the same time
• Experience working within a PMO
• Proficiency with project management tools and methodologies (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Asana, Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid approaches)