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Quest Food Management Services · 1 day ago

Project Director

Lombard, IL

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$120K/yr - $140K/yr

7+ years exp

Quest Food Management Services is seeking a Project Director responsible for leading high-priority, enterprise-wide initiatives and establishing a centralized Project Management Office (PMO). This role involves hands-on leadership of strategic projects, defining project standards, governance, and ensuring successful project delivery across the organization.

Food and BeverageInformation Technology

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end delivery of assigned strategic initiatives, including scope, planning, execution, and post-project review

Manage interdependencies across concurrent initiatives

Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, timelines, milestones, budgets, and resource requirements

Ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget, while meeting defined quality standards

Design and implement a scalable PMO framework, including methodologies, tools, templates, and reporting standards

Establish project intake, prioritization, and governance processes with senior leadership

Provide portfolio-level visibility into project status, risks, capacity, and outcomes

Build project management capability across the organization through standards and coaching

Serve as the primary point of contact for project and portfolio communications

Partner with executives and functional leaders to align initiatives with business priorities

Interface regularly with executive leadership, business unit leaders, and cross-functional teams

Facilitate decision-making by clearly communicating project status, risks, dependencies, and recommendations

Prepare and present project updates to senior leadership, governance committees, and other key stakeholders

Lead and coordinate efforts across multiple lines of business, including but not limited to Operations, Finance, IT, Legal, HR, and Marketing

Align stakeholders around project objectives, deliverables, and timelines

Leverage influence to resolve issues, remove obstacles, and maintain momentum

Proactively manage project risks, issues, and change control

Lead post-implementation reviews and continuously improve PMO and project practices

Develop mitigation plans and escalate concerns as appropriate

Manage scope changes through formal change control processes

Establish governance structures, decision rights, success metrics, and best practices

Track progress against key performance indicators and project success metrics

Ensure appropriate documentation is created, maintained, and archived

Lead post-project reviews to evaluate outcomes, lessons learned, and process improvements

Document and communicate findings to stakeholders and leadership

Contribute to continuous improvement of project management practices and methodologies

Qualification

PMO EstablishmentExecutive CommunicationProject ManagementAgile MethodologiesPMP CertificationStrategic ThinkingProblem SolvingTime ManagementLeadership