Project Manager- CIE Technical Implementation (IL, Chicago)

Coordinate with internal teams, consultants, vendors, healthcare providers, communitybased organizations, public agencies, and other external partners to support CIE implementation.

Track vendor deliverables, contract-related project obligations, meeting follow-up items, implementation dependencies, and performance concerns

Support vendor and partner meetings by preparing agendas, documenting decisions and action items, tracking follow-up, and escalating unresolved issues.

Assist with communication between technical teams and nontechnical stakeholders to ensure project needs, risks, timelines, obligations, and decisions are clearly understood.

Maintain risk registers, issue logs, decision logs, and action item trackers that clearly identify owners, next steps, deadlines, escalation needs, and mitigation strategies.

Navigate competing priorities across internal teams, vendors, partners, funders, and stakeholders by clarifying tradeoffs, documenting decisions, and elevating unresolved conflicts.

Support leadership in identifying project options, decision points, implementation risks, and recommended next steps.

Escalate risks, delays, scope concerns, or unresolved issues early and clearly, with relevant context and proposed paths forward.

Prepare project updates, reports, briefings, presentations, and implementation summaries for CIE leadership, partners, funders, governance bodies, and other stakeholders as needed.

Communicate project status, risks, issues, decisions, obligations, and next steps clearly in writing and verbally.

Document workflows, system changes, support processes, lessons learned, and continuous improvement opportunities.

Ensure project meetings have clear objectives, agendas, materials, decision points, action items, and documented outcomes.

Work collaboratively with CIE leadership, staff, consultants, vendors, and partners to support successful project execution.

Build trust with technical and nontechnical colleagues by communicating clearly, listening actively, asking thoughtful questions, and following through on commitments.

Contribute to a team culture of accountability, curiosity, humility, continuous learning, respectful communication, and collaborative problem-solving.

Receive, integrate, and act on feedback with professionalism and commitment to continuous improvement.

Support development and improvement of project management tools, workflows, templates, and shared documentation practices.