Associate Project Manager, Permitting [Illinois]
Remote · USFull-time$80–95K/yrPosted 1 day agoStill listed today
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Job overview
Pulley’s Associate Project Manager, Permitting supports its in-house permitting team in delivering permitting outcomes for customers. The role includes permit research, plan preparation, coordination with city staff, status monitoring, and feedback to product and engineering teams. Candidates must be located in Illinois and are likely to have construction management or architecture experience focused on project management, along with experience obtaining construction permits.
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Full job description
About Pulley Pulley helps the country’s top architects, builders, and retailers speed up every project in their portfolio. With AI-powered permitting intelligence and expert guidance, we eliminate costly delays and bring predictability across the full lifecycle of commercial projects. Today, permitting is the slowest, most uncertain part of building, spread across 19,000+ jurisdictions with different rules, timelines, and surprises. Pulley gives project teams the clarity and predictability they need to move from planning to opening without delays. We support rollout programs for brands like J.Crew, Solidcore, and Hibbett Sports, as well as major data center buildouts, EV charging networks, and other commercial projects. Our platform dramatically reduces approval timelines, improves forecasting accuracy, and removes thousands of hours of manual work from design and construction teams. Founded in 2021, Pulley combines deep permitting expertise with purpose-built AI from people who have created products used by millions. We’re backed by CRV, Susa Ventures, Fifth Wall, and leaders from Plaid, Segment, ServiceTitan, and Procore.
The Role You must be located in Illinois to be considered for this role. Our in-house permitting team is a key function for driving fast, reliable permitting outcomes for our customers. In this role, you will:
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Support our lead project managers in delivering great permitting outcomes for customers
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Help conduct permit research with a high degree of accuracy
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Assist in preparing permit plans
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Collaborate with city staff on nuances and ambiguities
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Monitor permit status and ensure timely responses
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Provide feedback to product & engineering teams to help refine our software platform
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Work with permitting leadership to refine our standard operating procedures
Who You Are To be successful in this role, you are likely someone with:
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3+ years in either construction management or architecture, with a focus on project management
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Experience applying for and obtaining construction permits
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Ability to research permit requirements with accuracy
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Comfortable interfacing city staff and navigating administrative processes
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Clear communicator with a strong attention to detail
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Proactive problem solver
How this job compares
Set against the 15,465 open Project Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$80–95K/yr
- Illinois median$102–160K/yr412 salary ranges
- US median$102–170K/yr9,809 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $88K, is 33% below the Illinois median midpoint ($131K) — in the lowest quarter of Project Management salary ranges in Illinois.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 502 open Project Management jobs in Illinois and 15,465 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Illinois
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- Experience
- Project Management postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 4 to 8 years (12,297 postings).
- Education
- 6,247 of the 15,465 open Project Management jobs (40%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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