Alzheimer's Association® · 1 day ago
Sr. Director, IT Project Management
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$133K/yr - $165K/yr
5+ years expThe Alzheimer's Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer’s care, support, and research. They are seeking a Senior Director, IT Project Management to oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of IT projects while promoting standardized project management methodologies. This role includes managing the IT project management team, ensuring high performance, and fostering collaboration across various teams to achieve successful project outcomes.
Health CareNon Profit
Responsibilities
Overall responsibility for:
Planning, executing, tracking and managing schedule, scope and cost of all projects in the IT project portfolio
Implementation of an IT quality management process that monitors key performance indicators and identifies areas for improvement
Promotes the use of consistent and standardized procedures and methodologies, including but not limited to:
Waterfall and Agile methodologies for the planning, execution and delivery of Association IT projects (PMI & Scrum Alliance) and
Quality Management best practices (ITIL)
Manages, coaches and directs team resources in order to meet workload demands
Directs project portfolio activities and uses strong technical and business acumen to manage risk and address escalated issues
Supports the development of a project roadmap that aligns with Association objectives and priorities
Fosters collaboration across Association business and technology teams, providing successful project delivery, release management and change leadership
Provides leadership and direction for an IT quality management plan to monitor the successful delivery of key IT services, including:
Maintaining system availability
Delivering excellent customer service
Promoting code development standards; and
Ensuring that final project deliverables meet approved business and functional requirements
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree, Master's degree preferred (e.g. MBA)
PMP, ITIL or other subject matter certifications
At least 5 years (preferably 10 years) leading an IT project management office that includes release and change management and quality management
At least 5 years (preferably 10 years) work experience in IT project management, business analysis, release/change management and/or quality management
Strong leadership qualities and organizational skills as well as the ability to adapt quickly to changing priorities, assignments, and roles
Strong experience managing a large project portfolio, including large-scale, high visibility projects
Excellent oral and written communication and presentation skills
Solid understanding/work experience in the methodologies, techniques and best practices used in: Project Management, i.e: Waterfall Agile/Scrum/Lean; Business Analysis; Change Management; and Continuous Quality Improvement
Strong knowledge and/or training in business and operations concepts
Experience hiring, training, mentoring and managing a project team of 10 or more members
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, flex accounts, short and long-term disability, life insurance, long term care insurance, tuition reimbursement, generous Paid Time Off, 12 annual holidays and Paid Family Leave
Annual Cultural & Heritage Day and Volunteer Day of their choosing
Gold standard 401(k) retirement plan
Annual School Visitation Day and an Elder Care Facility Day of their choosing
Company
Alzheimer's Association®
The Alzheimer’s Association is the leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer's care, support and research.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$0.1MKey Investors
Stupski FoundationIllinois Prairie Community Foundation
2025-08-14Grant· $0.1M
2023-01-01Grant
Leadership Team
David Sobel
President & CEO
Jim Wessler
President and CEO
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