Senior Project Manager - DTI

Department of Technology and Innovation

Delivery Division

Number of Positions: 1

(Additional vacancies possible pending budget approval)

Starting Salary: $97,836.00 annually

Applications for this position will be accepted until 11:59 pm CDT on July 2, 2026.

Under direction, leads, oversees, and ensures the successful delivery and management of large multifaceted information technology projects and coordinates a range of technical and information technology projects within scope, to a certain quality and within time and cost constraints, and performs related duties as required.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• · Provides leadership and oversight for large-scale information technology and digital transformation projects across multiple departments and stakeholder groups.
• · Leads cross-functional project teams, including internal staff, vendors, consultants, and external partners, by communicating project goals, roles, responsibilities, expectations, and deliverables.
• · Partners with executive leadership, business stakeholders, technical teams, and vendors to define project scope, objectives, priorities, timelines, budgets, success metrics, and implementation strategies.
• · Analyzes project proposals and business requirements to determine project feasibility, funding limitations, staffing requirements, timelines, risks, and appropriate implementation approaches.
• · Develops, maintains, and manages comprehensive project plans, schedules, budgets, resource allocations, milestones, deliverables, and project documentation throughout the project lifecycle.
• · Coordinates and oversees enterprise technology initiatives including infrastructure modernization, cloud solutions, cybersecurity initiatives, ERP implementations, application development, system integrations, and process improvement projects.
• · Establishes project governance standards, reporting procedures, communication plans, and documentation processes to ensure consistency, transparency, and accountability across projects.
• · Facilitates project meetings, steering committees, executive briefings, stakeholder workshops, and status reviews to communicate progress, risks, dependencies, decisions, and overall project health.
• · Implements and manages organizational change management activities including stakeholder engagement, communication strategies, training coordination, and user adoption initiatives.
• · Performs risk assessments, identifies project issues and dependencies, develops mitigation and contingency plans, and manages escalations to minimize impacts to scope, schedule, budget, and operations.
• · Directs and coordinates project activities to ensure deliverables are completed on schedule, within budget, and in alignment with business objectives, operational needs, and organizational standards.
• · Monitors project financials, resource utilization, vendor performance, contract deliverables, and expenditures to ensure fiscal accountability and compliance with approved budgets and agreements.
• · Supports procurement and vendor management activities including requirements gathering, statement of work reviews, RFP/RFI processes, contract coordination, invoice validation, and implementation oversight.
• · Ensures compliance with organizational policies, cybersecurity standards, data governance requirements, procurement regulations, and applicable legal or regulatory mandates.
• · Coordinates quality assurance activities including testing, validation, issue resolution, and post-implementation support to ensure successful deployment and operational readiness.
• · Utilizes project management methodologies and tools including Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid, Scrum, Microsoft Project, ServiceNow, SmartSheet, Jira, and related enterprise platforms.
• · Provides leadership, mentoring, and guidance to project managers, coordinators, analysts, and project team members while fostering collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• · Benchmarks project and portfolio management practices to identify opportunities for operational efficiencies, process improvements, and increased organizational maturity.
• · Prepares and delivers executive-level reports, presentations, dashboards, and project updates regarding project status, risks, budget performance, and strategic outcomes.

Additional duties may be required for this position.

Location: 2 N. LaSalle St., Suite 1010, Chicago, IL 60602

Days: Monday through Friday

Hours: 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM (Flexible)

THIS POSITION IS EXEMPT FROM THE CAREER SERVICE

Qualifications

Five (5) years of project management work experience,

OR

graduation from an accredited college with an associate degree, plus three (3) years of project management work experience,

OR

graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree or higher, plus one (1) year of project management work experience.

SELECTION REQUIREMENTS

This position requires applicants to complete an interview. The interviewed candidate(s) possessing the qualifications best suited to fulfill the responsibilities of the position will be selected.

For Information on our employees benefits please visit our benefits website at:

https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/fin/benefits-office.html

For Information on our salary and title structure visit our classifications website at:

https://www.chicago.gov/content/dam/city/depts/dhr/supp_info/JobClassification/2025_Classification_and_Pay_Plan.pdf

APPLICATION EVALUATION: Initial evaluation will be based on information provided on the application and the documents submitted. Department of Human Resource staff will review applications after the final posting date. Staff will follow any and all required Employment/Hiring Plan provisions, federal, state and local laws, and Collective Bargaining Agreements when applicable. Staff will apply hiring preferences as required by the municipal code. Placement on an eligibility list is not an offer or guarantee of an interview nor employment with the City of Chicago.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY: To further our commitment to hiring applicants with diverse experience the City of Chicago has adopted the following ordinances 2-74-020 and 2-74-075. The ordinances provide a preference to applicants who meet minimum qualifications and who are veterans of the Armed Forces, and/or residents of Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Areas (SEDA) and/or Chicago Public School (CPS) high school graduates to be referred to departments for consideration. These hiring preferences do not apply to bidders, as Collective Bargaining Agreements define the hiring process for bidders. For positions covered by a collective bargaining agreement, bidders will be considered before external candidates. To learn more about our hiring practices click here.

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The City of Chicago is an Equal Employment Opportunity, Military Friendly, and Fair Chance Employer.

City of Chicago

Brandon Johnson, Mayor