Project Manager – Learning and Development Program
Local to Chicago– Contract - 8 months
Do you excel working on projects across a variety of capabilities and functional areas, and work well in a collaborative and highly matrixed environment? Can you lead an end-to-end design, planning, and execution of an Early Career Development Program, partnering with HR, SMEs, and firm leadership to develop a curriculum across professional development, business acumen, and project delivery? Do you have experience with industry-standard project management methodologies and managing Agile projects that provide the best solutions for unique business issues and opportunities our clients face?
The Skills You Bring
· You have demonstrated experience in planning and leading learning and development projects.
· You excel at establishing and facilitating ongoing project reviews of scope, resources, schedule, and budget.
· You can manage stakeholder engagement and expectations during the lifecycle of projects.
· You have designed program roadmaps and implementation plans, curriculum framework and session outlines, and project design (structure, milestones, evaluation criteria)
· You have exceptional project management skills in performing issues and risk management, tracking, prioritization, resolution facilitation, and reporting.
· You can create leadership presentations using PowerPoint.
· You can apply industry best practices for project management, coordinating multiple vendors and customers spanning a multi-national organizational structure.
· Centralized onboarding and development curriculum facilitated by regional experts.
The Expertise You Have
· 5+ years of project management in a learning and development environment.
· Managing medium to high complexity projects.
· Ability to work effectively across stakeholders and build team cohesiveness results.
· Managing multiple parallel efforts and delivering quality deliverables on schedule.
· Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands.
· Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
The Value you Deliver
· Building and maintaining successful relationships with clients, vendors, and internal partners.
· Working closely with IT and business teams delivering customer products.
Company Overview
At Lake Shore Associates we have been serving clients for over 20 years, and we have been privileged to partner with outstanding companies that range from mid-size to some of the biggest names in the country. Leading with kindness, vulnerability, and purpose not only delivers bottom line results, but it also enables a sustainable leadership framework that can be replicated time and time again. Our associates are driven, seasoned, collaborative, and nimble. We deliver better value through straight talk and a work ethic that powers our efforts beyond glossy presentations all the way through delivery.
Lake Shore Associates is proud to be a women-owned management consulting firm where we are trusted, build partnerships, and deliver value.
Must be authorized to work lawfully in the United States.