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PROJECT MANAGER

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Date:  Nov 15, 2024
Location: 

Springfield, IL, US, 62702

Job Requisition ID:  43081

Agency:  Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois 
Closing Date/Time:  12/13/2024 
Salary:  $90,044 - $115,256 
Job Type: Salaried 
County:  Sangamon 
Number of Vacancies:  1 
 

 

****************A RESUME IS REQUIRED FOR THIS JOB POSTING****************

Please attach a DETAILED Resume/Curriculum Vitae (CV) to the MY DOCUMENTS section of your application. You WILL NOT be considered for the position if you attach a CMS100, CMS100b or any other document that is not a Resume or CV.

Job Summary

Under the direction of the Chief Operating Officer, the Project Manager is responsible for planning and managing the execution of organizational projects within the pension system, to meet strategic objectives and to ensure project delivery on time and on budget.

Essential Functions

  • Plan and oversee all project work in support of the goals of the project stakeholders
  • Organize and facilitate team meetings
  • Develop, manage, and update Project Plan and other project documents (e.g., Communication Plan, Risk Plan, Stakeholder Register, Resource Plan), following standard project management methodology.
  • Manage the execution of the Project Schedule to ensure project scope and applicable milestones are met.
  • Monitor project progress, budgets, and timelines.
  • Provide management oversight of project deliverables, status, budget, risks and concerns through regular status reporting.
  • Promote change readiness and adoption across all stakeholders
  • Manage project scope across the team to ensure that changes to deliverables are handled appropriately.
  • Proactively identify and assess project risks, develop mitigation strategies, and escalate issues as needed.
  • Lead and oversee development of all deliverables, status reports, and other work products

Minimum Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, or related field, or 5 years experience in lieu of degree.
  • PMP certification is highly desirable.
  • Minimum of 3 years of experience in project management.
  • Experience with Scrum Agile and Waterfall Project Management Frameworks.
  • Experience managing IT projects involving cross functional teams preferred.
  • Strong understanding of pension systems, financial services, IT infrastructure, preferred.
  • Excellent communication, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Experience with Project Management tools such as Azure Devops, Microsoft Project.
  • Organizational Change Management experience is highly desirable.
  • Knowledge of Agile Software Development Life Cycle is strongly preferred.

Benefits

  • State, health, dental, life, and vision insurance
  • 12 vacation, 12 sick, and 3 personal time days of compensated time
  • Teachers’ Retirement System Pension
  • Deferred compensation plan

Work Hours:  8:30am - 4:30pm 
Work Location: 2815 W. Washington St., Springfield, IL 62702-3397 
Agency Contact:  cwalls@trsil.org
Job Family: Leadership & Management 

 

Agency statement: TRS provides retirement benefits for teachers who are employed by all Illinois public common and charter school districts located outside the city of Chicago. The Illinois Pension Code contains the laws relating to our creation, benefits, and administration

 

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  • donotreply@SIL-P1.ns2cloud.com
  • systems@SIL-P1.ns2cloud.com


Nearest Major Market: Springfield

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