Project Manager

Project Manager

Location: Carol Stream, IL, United States

Salary Range: USD 100000–120000 Annually

Date Posted:Oct 19, 2026

Description

Company Overview:

When it comes to IT solution providers, there are a lot of choices. But when it comes to providers with innovative and differentiating end-to-end service offerings, there’s really only one: Zones – First Choice for IT. TM

Zones is a Global Solution Provider of end-to-end IT solutions with an unmatched supply chain. Positioned to be the IT partner you need, Zones, a Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) in business for over 35 years, specializes in Digital Workplace, Cloud & Data Center, Networking, Security, and Managed/Professional/Staffing services. Operating in more than 120 countries, leveraging a robust portfolio, and utilizing the highest certification levels from key partners, including Microsoft, Apple, Cisco, Lenovo, Adobe, and more, Zones has mastered the science of building digital infrastructures that change the way business does business ensuring whatever they need, they can Consider IT Done. Follow Zones, LLC on Twitter @Zones, and LinkedIn and Facebook.

Position Overview:

The Project Manager is responsible for the successful planning, coordination, execution, and delivery of assigned projects from initiation through completion. This role ensures projects are delivered within established scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations while maintaining clear communication and accountability across stakeholders.

The Project Manager will develop and maintain project plans, coordinate cross-functional resources, proactively manage risks and dependencies, and provide visibility into project progress. The successful candidate is highly organized, solutions-oriented, and comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.

What you will do as the Program Manager:

The requirements below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This job description is not intended to be a comprehensive list of the duties and responsibilities of the position, and the duties and responsibilities may change without notice.

• Manage projects from initiation through completion, ensuring successful delivery against defined scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations.

• Develop and maintain detailed project plans that establish deliverables, milestones, timelines, dependencies, resource requirements, and success criteria.

• Coordinate day-to-day project activities across internal teams, customers, vendors, and other stakeholders.

• Establish clear ownership and accountability for project deliverables and follow up to ensure commitments and deadlines are met.

• Track project progress against established milestones and proactively identify potential delays or delivery risks.

• Identify, document, manage, and escalate project risks, issues, blockers, and dependencies.

• Develop mitigation and corrective-action plans to keep projects on track.

• Facilitate project meetings, status reviews, planning sessions, and other project-related communications.

• Provide regular project status reporting, including progress, milestones, risks, issues, decisions, and upcoming activities.

• Manage project scope and ensure changes are appropriately evaluated, documented, communicated, and incorporated into project plans.

• Partner with stakeholders to establish project requirements, expectations, priorities, and measures of success.

• Support project budget management by monitoring expenditures, resource requirements, and potential variances.

• Coordinate resources across functional teams in a matrixed environment to support successful execution.

• Manage vendor and third-party activities when applicable, ensuring deliverables align with project requirements.

• Maintain project documentation and ensure decisions, risks, changes, and key project information remain current.

• Conduct project closeout and lessons-learned activities to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

• Apply established project management methodologies, tools, and best practices throughout the project lifecycle.

What you will bring to the team:

• 3–5+ years of project management experience, preferably supporting complex, cross-functional projects.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Technology, Project Management, or a related discipline preferred, or equivalent relevant experience.

• PMP, CAPM, or comparable project management certification preferred.

• Demonstrated experience managing projects through the full project lifecycle.

• Strong knowledge of project management principles, methodologies, and best practices.

• Experience developing and managing project schedules, milestones, deliverables, risks, issues, and dependencies.

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects, priorities, and deadlines.

• Effective stakeholder management skills with the ability to build relationships across functional and organizational boundaries.

• Strong problem-solving skills with a proactive approach to identifying and resolving project challenges.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to provide clear project status updates to business and technical audiences.

• Experience working within a matrixed environment and coordinating resources where direct reporting relationships may not exist.

• Experience with project budget, resource, and vendor management preferred.

• Proficiency with commonly used project management and Microsoft productivity tools.

Qualified candidates can expect a salary range up to $120,000

Zones offers a comprehensive Benefits package

While we’re committed to providing top-tier solutions, we’re just as committed to supporting our own team. Our team members enjoy a variety of comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage, life insurance, disability insurance, voluntary accident, hospitalization and critical illness insurance options, a 401(k) plan with matching provision, and many more. Generally, Zones currently offers paid time off and personal sick leave in compliance to individual state requirements.

At Zones, work is more than a job – it is an exciting career on a global team that is client centric, has a passion for technology, embraces change and lifelong learning in a collaborative culture. And as a Minority Business Enterprise, a Corporate Plus member of the Northwest Minority Supplier Development Council, and an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, our community is just as diverse. If you’re interested in working on the cutting edge of IT innovation, sales, engineering, operations, administration, and more, Zones is the place for you!

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or pregnancy.

Zones participates in E-Verify. E-Verify is a system that compares information from a team member’s Form I-9 to federal records to confirm their eligibility to work in the United States.

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