Project Manager II – Data Operations
Spectraforce
Mettawa, Illinois
2 months ago
Job Description
Job Title: Project Manager II – Data Operations
Location: Mettawa, IL (3 days per week on-site)
Duration: 8 months
What are the top 3-5 skills, experience or education required for this position:
• Project Management Expertise: Demonstrated ability to lead and deliver complex projects on time and within scope. This includes proficiency in managing timelines, dependencies, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Risk Management and Problem-Solving Skills: Competence in identifying potential risks, developing mitigation plans, and proactively resolving issues to ensure successful project outcomes.
• Data Integration and Database Design Knowledge: Familiarity and experience with data acquisition, integration processes, and database design to effectively anticipate steps and dependencies for data-related projects.
• Communication and Interpersonal Skills: Exceptional ability to facilitate collaboration, lead learning sessions, and produce concise, leadership-ready reports and documentation.
• Continuous Improvement: Experience in conducting retrospectives or similar sessions to identify opportunities for process enhancements, and effectively implementing improvements within a large matrixed organization.
Overview:
We are seeking a highly skilled Project Manager to support our Data Operations team. The ideal candidate will excel at managing timelines and dependencies across both business requirements gathering and technology implementation. They will ensure effective collaboration between stakeholders to deliver projects on time, within scope, and within budget while providing appropriate visibility to leadership on project value delivery.
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead project planning activities, including defining project scope, goals, deliverables, and timelines.
• Manage project dependencies to ensure seamless integration of business requirements and technical solutions.
• Establish and execute a light process to track data acquisition requests from initial internal client outreach through delivery to consumption environments.
• Coordinate with BTS (Business Technology Solutions) teams to onboard new data, ensuring smooth integration into existing systems and environments.
• Organize and lead Lessons Learned Meetings to reflect on completed project milestones, identifying successes and opportunities for improvement; Translate improvement opportunities into actionable enhancements to operational processes, working with relevant stakeholders to implement changes.
• Create and maintain process documentation to ensure transparency, consistency, and efficiency in project operations.
• Take detailed notes and gather feedback during project status meetings to provide accurate and actionable insights.
• Create leadership-ready, concise summaries of project progress, value delivered, identified risks, and corresponding mitigation strategies.
• Monitor and document project progress in Jira Oboard and in powerpoint deliverables to governance bodies
Qualifications:
• Proven experience as a Project Manager, preferably in data operations or data integration projects.
• Experience driving complex projects in a large matrixed organization, with demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity and build consensus among diverse teams.
• Excellent organizational and multitasking skills, with an ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to facilitate effective collaboration and discussions.
• Ability to create succinct, leadership-quality reports that clearly communicate project status.
• Strong understanding of database design and data integration processes.
• Proficient in project management tools and software (JIRA preferred).
• Experience leading projects using Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
Education and Experience:
• 4+ years of experience in project management, 2+ specifically within the data operations domain.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., PMP, Agile Scrum Master) are a plus.
About Us: Established in 2004, SPECTRAFORCE® is one of the largest and fastest-growing diversity-owned staffing firms in the US. The growth of our company is a direct result of our global client service delivery model that is powered by our state-of-the-art A.I. proprietary talent acquisition platform, robust ISO 9001:2015/ISO 27001 certified processes, and strong and passionate client engaged teams. We have built our business by providing talent and project-based solutions, including Contingent, Permanent, and Statement of Work (SOW) services to over 140 clients in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and India. Key industries that we service include Technology, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Telecom, Retail, Utilities and Transportation. SPECTRAFORCE is built on a concept of “human connection,” defined by our branding attitude of NEWJOBPHORIA®, which is the excitement of bringing joy and freedom to the work lifestyle so our people and clients can reach their highest potential. Learn more at: http://www.spectraforce.com
Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.
Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation.
California Applicant Notice: SPECTRAFORCE is committed to complying with the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) effective January 1, 2023; and all data privacy laws in the jurisdictions in which it recruits and hires employees. A Notice to California Job Applicants Regarding the Collection of Personal Information can be located on our website. Applicants with disabilities may access this notice in an alternative format by contacting NAHR@spectraforce.com.
LA County, CA Applicant Notice: If you are selected for this position with SPECTRAFORCE, your offer is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of several requirements, including but not limited to, a criminal background check. We consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with all local ordinances and state laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers (FCO) and the California Fair Chance Act (FCA). The background check assessment will consider whether a criminal history could reasonably have a direct, adverse impact on the job-related safety, security, trust, regulatory compliance, or suitability for this role. Such findings may result in withdrawal of a conditional job offer.
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $65.00/hr.
Location: Mettawa, IL (3 days per week on-site)
Duration: 8 months
What are the top 3-5 skills, experience or education required for this position:
• Project Management Expertise: Demonstrated ability to lead and deliver complex projects on time and within scope. This includes proficiency in managing timelines, dependencies, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
• Risk Management and Problem-Solving Skills: Competence in identifying potential risks, developing mitigation plans, and proactively resolving issues to ensure successful project outcomes.
• Data Integration and Database Design Knowledge: Familiarity and experience with data acquisition, integration processes, and database design to effectively anticipate steps and dependencies for data-related projects.
• Communication and Interpersonal Skills: Exceptional ability to facilitate collaboration, lead learning sessions, and produce concise, leadership-ready reports and documentation.
• Continuous Improvement: Experience in conducting retrospectives or similar sessions to identify opportunities for process enhancements, and effectively implementing improvements within a large matrixed organization.
Overview:
We are seeking a highly skilled Project Manager to support our Data Operations team. The ideal candidate will excel at managing timelines and dependencies across both business requirements gathering and technology implementation. They will ensure effective collaboration between stakeholders to deliver projects on time, within scope, and within budget while providing appropriate visibility to leadership on project value delivery.
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead project planning activities, including defining project scope, goals, deliverables, and timelines.
• Manage project dependencies to ensure seamless integration of business requirements and technical solutions.
• Establish and execute a light process to track data acquisition requests from initial internal client outreach through delivery to consumption environments.
• Coordinate with BTS (Business Technology Solutions) teams to onboard new data, ensuring smooth integration into existing systems and environments.
• Organize and lead Lessons Learned Meetings to reflect on completed project milestones, identifying successes and opportunities for improvement; Translate improvement opportunities into actionable enhancements to operational processes, working with relevant stakeholders to implement changes.
• Create and maintain process documentation to ensure transparency, consistency, and efficiency in project operations.
• Take detailed notes and gather feedback during project status meetings to provide accurate and actionable insights.
• Create leadership-ready, concise summaries of project progress, value delivered, identified risks, and corresponding mitigation strategies.
• Monitor and document project progress in Jira Oboard and in powerpoint deliverables to governance bodies
Qualifications:
• Proven experience as a Project Manager, preferably in data operations or data integration projects.
• Experience driving complex projects in a large matrixed organization, with demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity and build consensus among diverse teams.
• Excellent organizational and multitasking skills, with an ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to facilitate effective collaboration and discussions.
• Ability to create succinct, leadership-quality reports that clearly communicate project status.
• Strong understanding of database design and data integration processes.
• Proficient in project management tools and software (JIRA preferred).
• Experience leading projects using Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
Education and Experience:
• 4+ years of experience in project management, 2+ specifically within the data operations domain.
• Relevant certifications (e.g., PMP, Agile Scrum Master) are a plus.
About Us: Established in 2004, SPECTRAFORCE® is one of the largest and fastest-growing diversity-owned staffing firms in the US. The growth of our company is a direct result of our global client service delivery model that is powered by our state-of-the-art A.I. proprietary talent acquisition platform, robust ISO 9001:2015/ISO 27001 certified processes, and strong and passionate client engaged teams. We have built our business by providing talent and project-based solutions, including Contingent, Permanent, and Statement of Work (SOW) services to over 140 clients in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and India. Key industries that we service include Technology, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Telecom, Retail, Utilities and Transportation. SPECTRAFORCE is built on a concept of “human connection,” defined by our branding attitude of NEWJOBPHORIA®, which is the excitement of bringing joy and freedom to the work lifestyle so our people and clients can reach their highest potential. Learn more at: http://www.spectraforce.com
Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.
Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation.
California Applicant Notice: SPECTRAFORCE is committed to complying with the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) effective January 1, 2023; and all data privacy laws in the jurisdictions in which it recruits and hires employees. A Notice to California Job Applicants Regarding the Collection of Personal Information can be located on our website. Applicants with disabilities may access this notice in an alternative format by contacting NAHR@spectraforce.com.
LA County, CA Applicant Notice: If you are selected for this position with SPECTRAFORCE, your offer is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of several requirements, including but not limited to, a criminal background check. We consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with all local ordinances and state laws, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers (FCO) and the California Fair Chance Act (FCA). The background check assessment will consider whether a criminal history could reasonably have a direct, adverse impact on the job-related safety, security, trust, regulatory compliance, or suitability for this role. Such findings may result in withdrawal of a conditional job offer.
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $65.00/hr.