IT Project Manager
Local - Chicago based Candidates Only
Lake Shore Associates is looking for experienced IT leads who thrive in complex, transformation environments. We are seeking IT leads with proven divestiture, separation, and Transition Services Agreement (TSA) experience to lead the integrated execution of a major business separation.
The Skills You Bring
· Lead the IT workstream across the divestiture, separation, and TSA lifecycle.
· Develop and manage the integrated IT workstream plan, milestones, dependencies, and critical path.
· Assess technology impacts across applications, infrastructure, data, cybersecurity, networks, integrations, and end-user technology.
· Coordinate application, infrastructure, data, security, and vendor separation activities.
· Identify and manage IT risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions.
· Partner with business and functional workstream leads to ensure technology requirements are aligned with operational needs.
· Coordinate internal IT teams, third-party vendors, and service providers.
· Prepare status reporting, executive updates, and recommendations for program leadership.
The Expertise You Have
· At least 8 years of IT Project Management experience is required.
· Experience with TSA definition, transition, stabilization, and exit activities.
· Experience supporting global or multi-geography transformations.
· Experience coordinating across applications, infrastructure, data, cybersecurity, networks, and vendors.
· Proven ability to manage complex dependencies, risks, issues, and competing priorities.
· Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
· Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment with ambiguity and changing priorities.
Company Overview
At Lake Shore Associates, we have spent more than 20 years partnering with organizations to solve complex business and technology challenges and deliver sustainable results. Our clients range from mid-sized organizations to some of the most recognized companies in the country.
Our consultants are experienced, driven, collaborative, and nimble. We work alongside our clients to solve problems, navigate change, and turn strategy into execution. Straight talk. Strong relationships. Experienced people. Results that last.
Lake Shore Associates is proud to be a women-owned management consulting firm where we are trusted, build partnerships, and deliver value.
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Work Authorization: Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship.
No third-party agencies, staffing firm submissions will be accepted. Direct applicants only.
Skills Required
- At least 8 years of IT project management experience
- Experience with TSA definition, transition, stabilization, and exit activities
- Experience supporting global or multi-geography transformations
- Experience coordinating applications, infrastructure, data, cybersecurity, networks, and vendors
- Ability to manage complex dependencies, risks, issues, and competing priorities
- Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with ambiguity and changing priorities
- Legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future employer sponsorship
- Chicago-based candidate
What We Do
Lake Shore Associates is a management consulting firm specializing in change management and project management solutions. They provide strategic, unbiased, and objective advisory and delivery services to improve an organization's productivity and performance, helping leaders assess priorities, align stakeholders, and bring clarity to complex project portfolios.
