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The Senior Project Manager role provides business and technical leadership for multiple IT Development projects within the Digital Technology and Analytics group. This role will be supporting both Agile and Waterfall projects collaborating with the multiple Development Teams, Quality Assurance, Product Management Teams, Security and Infrastructure Teams to ensure successful delivery of the Projects with the committed deliverables. Resource should have a go-getter personality and be able to resolve any impediments that hinder the Project's timely completion.

This position is based at our Corporate Headquarters in Wood Dale, IL, with a planned relocation to the Merchandise Mart (Chicago) in early 2027.What you will be responsible for\:

Lead more than one Software Development teams supporting multiple projects
Lead and mentor 2 to 3 project managers
Schedule and facilitate all Scrum Ceremonies, identify risks, track dependencies and remove impediments
Track and communicate team velocity and sprint progress to all affected teams and management.
Work with Product Owner to review and prioritize the product backlog so the right work is done in the right order
Provide leadership updates on measures, impact assessment, removal of roadblocks, and conflicts on change of scope decisions
Capability to work remotely and onsite with a diverse group of stakeholders in different time zones
Conduct post-mortem reviews and retrospectives to capture lessons learned