Senior Project Manager
Chicago, IL

Job Description

Company Overview

Brookfield Properties has an immediate need for a Sr. Project Manager in Chicago.

Brookfield Properties is a retail real estate company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and owned by affiliates of Brookfield Asset Management. Our regional shopping centers are destinations for retail, lifestyle, dining, entertainment and so much more. Our extensive portfolio of properties spans the nation, encompassing over 150 locations across 42 states and representing over 146 million square feet of retail space. All of our properties are strategically located in regional and coastal areas that constitute the "heart" of America.

Our passionate team is comprised of experts across a range of specialties who share a goal of ensuring our properties are continuously evolving and innovating to meet the needs of our communities. Our company culture celebrates collaboration, encourages an entrepreneurial spirit and values diversity. We are very proud to have a team of premier talent who are in it to win it. We invite you to be part of our success story.

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Sr. Project Manager to join our IT team at Brookfield Properties to support excellent project delivery for our Legal & HR departments. This is an exciting opportunity for candidates with a reputation for excellence in project delivery and strong collaboration with business partners to focus on improving and maintaining the HR & Legal software services platform.

The Sr. Project Manager will have the following responsibilities:

* Develop relationships with our Legal team, helping plan and manage the roadmap for Legal applications, business needs and innovation.
* Understand the business needs and recommend solutions that satisfy those needs, while keeping consistent with architectural guidelines and security standards.
* Define projects including creating charters, planned budgets and expected success metrics.
* Manage the execution of Legal technology projects including managing the teams, helping define user stories and requirements, work, schedule, escalation, status and management of key project work.
* Manage operational excellence for the Legal program - monitoring and prioritizing support fixes, and submissions to the Legal resolver group and working with the service desk to analyze support tickets, make improvements, and expand upon existing knowledge articles.
* Oversee and support QA and UAT testing, and change management for successful go-lives.
* Lead improvements with Project Retrospectives.
* Assist in the yearly SOX review as well as review of SOC reports and other legal and regulatory compliance tasks.
* Provide support to the HR projects as needed.

What you will receive by taking this position:

* Training and project assignments that will help you obtain advanced knowledge of our business and applications.
* Understanding of the commercial real estate Industry and business practices from one of the largest real estate companies in the world.
* Valuable experience within a world-class IT organization.
* Opportunities to grow and advance in your career.

Qualifications

* Bachelor's degree in business, technology-related discipline or liberal arts.
* Must have experience managing multiple projects successfully and enjoy building a plan and delivering work successfully with a positive outlook and great team collaboration.
* An orientation to ownership, and learning
* Good interpersonal skills, including verbal, written, dealing with project challenges and leading the team to resolution, and listening.
* Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
* Prior experience in real estate or Legal organizations and/or applications

Nice to Have:

* Writing user stories and working on an Agile scrum team.

Proficiency with the use of the Jira Application

We are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

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