at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Katten is a full-service law firm with approximately 700 attorneys in locations across the United States and in London and Shanghai. Clients seeking sophisticated, high-value legal services turn to Katten for counsel locally, nationally and internationally. The firms core areas of practice include corporate, financial markets and funds, insolvency and restructuring, intellectual property, litigation, real estate, structured finance and securitization, transactional tax planning, private credit and private wealth. Katten represents public and private companies in numerous industries, as well as a number of government and nonprofit organizations and individuals.
IT Project Manager
The IT Project Manager is responsible for the planning, execution, and finalization of projects within the IT Department while adhering to deadlines and budget requirements. They will manage various IT projects using a combination of internal staff and consultants.
The IT Project Manager is accountable for defining project scope, goals, and deliverables with input from senior management in the IT department. This position will manage project timelines, coordinate resources, track project progress, solicit and communicate regular project updates, manage changes in project scope, and conduct project post mortems to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements. The IT Project Manager maintains professionalism and strict confidentiality in all client and firm matters.
Katten offers a hybrid work model, allowing the flexibility to work both on-site and remotely on a regular basis (KattenFlex). This position is required to be onsite 2-4 times per month.
Essential Duties and Responsibilitiesinclude, but may not be limited to, the following. Other duties may be requested and/or assigned. Essential functions are primary job duties that an individual must be able to perform successfully with or without a reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously. Facilitate the definition of scope, goals, resource requirements, tasks, and deliverables. Sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, and constantly monitors and summarizes progress of project on a frequent basis for presentation to management and project team.
- Present reports defining project progress, problems, and solutions. Implement and manage project changes...
Equal Opportunity Employer - minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity
