Project Manager

Company: Innova
Location: Chicago
Posted on: April 4, 2025

Job Description:

Innova Solutions is immediately hiring for a Project Manager II

Making sure you fit the guidelines as an applicant for this role is essential, please read the below carefully.

Position type: Full-time/Contract
Duration: 8+ Months
Location: Chicago IL - Onsite-Hybrid

As a Project Manager II, you will:
Lead project delivery across multiple workstreams, inclusive of running workflow meetings, owning the project timeline, and tracking the marketing budget.
Owner of project health tracker, tracking progress against key milestones and identifying roadblocks across all workstreams.
Responsible for team connectivity at the project level, ensuring a steady flow of communication between Clients groups.
Agency Team Leadership & Collaboration: Primary point of contact for agency partners at the project level, coordinating timelines and key milestones. Track agency progress against scope, ensuring all workstreams are delivered to Client's standards of excellence and adhere to aligned scope of work. In partnership with Procurement, responsible for project-level scoping and budget negotiations with agency partners, utilizing K-C approved benchmarks.
Ways of Working Adherence: Uphold standardized Client's ways of working across projects, ensuring a consistent and repeatable workflow. Responsible for appropriate project documentation and organization for streamlined collaboration across internal and external groups.
Annual Planning Coordination: Oversee annual planning timeline at the brand level, working with Clients teams and agency partners to track key touchpoints and deliver quality presentations.
Interaction: Interaction across all areas and levels of the marketing organization and with our external agency partners. Day-to-day partnership at the junior/mid-level within the Clients brand marketing organization. Liaison between the Brand team and the agencies.


The ideal candidate will have:
Bachelor's degree required.
6+ years of Project Management experience working in a similar CPG organization or advertising agency on large brands and portfolios.
Strong experience in developing and managing multiple project timelines and executions, delivering on time and within budget.
Proven ability to lead and collaborate with an Integrated Agency Team (creative + media at minimum).
Must have experience in budget management and tracking.
A proven track record of managing multiple stakeholders, from Brand Managers to C-Suite.
Strong organizational skills, detail oriented.
Excellent internal and external stakeholder communication skills.
Ability to create and maintain detailed project documentation.
Proficient with project management methodologies and software (Jira, Smartsheet, Trello, etc.).


Qualified candidates should APPLY NOW for immediate consideration! Please hit APPLY to provide the required information, and we will be back in touch as soon as possible.

We are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar positions. If this role is not a fit for you, we do offer a referral bonus program for referrals that we successfully place with our clients, subject to program guidelines. ASK ME HOW.

Thank you!
Kuldeep Kansana
Lead - Recruitment
Kuldeep.Kansana@innovasolutions.com
(+1) 773-455-1119

PAY RANGE AND BENEFITS:
Pay Range*: $54.00 - $58.00 per hour.
*Pay range offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors, including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc.
Benefits: Innova Solutions offers benefits( based on eligibility) that include the following: Medical & pharmacy coverage, Dental/vision insurance, 401(k), Health saving account (HSA) and Flexible spending account (FSA), Life Insurance, Pet Insurance, Short term and Long term Disability, Accident & Critical illness coverage, Pre-paid legal & ID theft protection, Sick time, and other types of paid leaves (as required by law), Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

ABOUT INNOVA SOLUTIONS: Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Innova Solutions employs approximately 50,000 professionals worldwide and reports an annual revenue approaching $3 Billion. Through our global delivery centers across North America, Asia, and Europe, we deliver strategic technology and business transformation solutions to our clients, enabling them to operate as leaders within their fields.

Recent Recognitions:
Named One of America's Best Employers for New Grads by Forbes 2024
Named One of the Best Companies to Work for by U.S. News & World Report (Private Companies List, 2024-2025)
One of the Largest IT Staffing Firms in the US - Ranked #3 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA, 2024)
One of the Largest Staffing Firms in the US - Ranked #13 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA, 2024; includes Innova Solutions, Volt, & HireGenics)
Named One of the Top Ten Private Companies in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle (2023)
One of the Largest Certified Minority Business Enterprises (MBEs) in the United States (NMSDC, 2024)
AWS Advanced Tier Services Partner with 100+ certifications


Website: https://www.innovasolutions.com/

Innova Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Innova Solutions is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national origin, citizenship, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by the statutes, rules, and regulations in the locations where it operates. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please contact us at hr@innovasolutions.com or (770) 493-5588. Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Innova Solutions encourages all interested and qualified candidates to apply for employment opportunities. Innova Solutions (HireGenics/Volt) does not discriminate against applicants based on citizenship status, immigration status, or national origin, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. - 1324b.
The company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in a manner that complies with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.





Benefits: Innova Solutions offers benefits( based on eligibility) that include the following: Medical & pharmacy coverage, Dental/vision insurance, 401(k), Health saving account (HSA) and Flexible spending account (FSA), Life Insurance, Pet Insurance, Short term and Long term Disability, Accident & Critical illness coverage, Pre-paid legal & ID theft protection, Sick time, and other types of paid leaves (as required by law), Employee Assistance Program (EAP).


ABOUT INNOVA SOLUTIONS: Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Innova Solutions employs approximately 50,000 professionals worldwide and reports an annual revenue approaching $3 Billion. Through our global delivery centers across North America, Asia, and Europe, we deliver strategic technology and business transformation solutions to our clients, enabling them to operate as leaders within their fields.


Recent Recognitions:
One of Largest IT Consulting Staffing firms in the USA - Recognized as #4 by Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA 2022)
ClearlyRated - Client Diamond Award Winner (2020)
One of the Largest Certified MBE Companies in the NMSDC Network (2022)
Advanced Tier Services partner with AWS and Gold with MS


Innova Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits any kind of unlawful discrimination and harassment. Innova Solutions is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national origin, citizenship, social or ethnic origin, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, or any other status protected by the statutes, rules, and regulations in the locations where it operates. If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, please call (770) 493-5588. Please indicate the specifics of the assistance needed. Innova Solutions encourages all interested and qualified candidates to apply for employment opportunities. Innova Solutions (HireGenics/Volt) does not discriminate against applicants based on citizenship status, immigration status, or national origin, in accordance with 8 U.S.C. - 1324b.


The company will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in a manner that complies with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and other applicable laws.

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