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Program Manager jobs in Chicago, IL
Program managers oversee groups of related projects that serve a shared goal. They align teams, budgets, and schedules across workstreams and report progress and risk to leadership.
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Description Job Description Wahl Empowers People To Be Their Best!Lead Programs That Bring Ideas to LifeAt Wahl, innovation doesn't happen by... ...complex ideas into real, market-ready products. As a Program Manager, yo…
$76 - $86 per hour
Description TEKsystems is looking for a Program Manager for a end to end GCP migration. The ideal candidate will have experience migrating from a Azure to GCP platform. The pay for this role is negotiable based on the ca…
remediation, and migration of legacy applications across a large payments platform program, working closely with engineering teams to define scope and sequence the work. WHAT YOU'LL DO Manage a portfolio of legacy applic…
dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive…
National Program and Optimization Manager This position will report to our VP of Waste & Recycling Services. About Fine Tune Fine Tune helps large enterprises bring complex indirect services under control, specializing i…
Job Description Job Description POSITION SUMMARY The Program Manager is the operational hub of Street Samaritans’ CTA Innovation Crisis Intervention Pilot. This role is responsible for keeping the program running — manag…
industry. Through open APIs and native connectors to major property management systems, Hapi gives hotels, management companies, and... ...brought to market. Role Summary We are hiring a Senior Program Manager to own the…
$70k - $75k
Job Description Job Description OVERVIEW The Program Manager supports the execution of Global Food Traceability Center (GFTC) portfolio of traceability and digital transformation initiatives by ensuring projects are well…
$75 - $90 per hour
Program Manager – IT Portfolio & PMO LaSalle Network is partnering with a client in the Greater Chicago area to identify a Program Manager to support a high-visibility IT portfolio and PMO function. This role will lead c…
Program Manager, In-flight Connectivity ROLE DESCRIPTION SUMMARY The incumbent will lead delivery of In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) and In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) system installations and upgrades for large commercial a…
$45k
continually build confidence in yourself and our organization. Program Overview We provide an array of quality mental health... ...disorders, conduct problems in children and teens as well as stress management, and many…
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What program managers earn in Chicago
Hourly first — that's how the offer arrives
| Experience | Hourly | Annual, full-time |
|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $37–$50 | $76k–$103k |
| Mid level | $50–$70 | $103k–$146k |
| Senior | $67–$93 | $140k–$194k |
Adjusted for the Chicago market from national ranges.
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What employers ask for
The skills these listings keep naming
Cross-team coordinationProgram governanceRoadmap planningRisk and dependency managementExecutive communicationBudget oversightChange managementMetrics and OKR tracking
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Interview questions worth rehearsing
With the thing the interviewer is actually listening for
How is program management different from project management?
Frame programs as ongoing and outcome-oriented across multiple projects, while projects have fixed scope and end dates. Use an example from your own work.
Describe a program you ran across multiple teams.
Explain the shared goal, how many workstreams you coordinated, and the mechanisms you used to keep them aligned, such as shared milestones and a single status view.
How do you handle a dependency between two teams that is blocking progress?
Show you make dependencies visible early, negotiate sequencing directly with both leads, and escalate with options rather than complaints.
How do you report program status to executives?
Describe a concise format: goal, health, top risks, decisions needed. Emphasize surfacing what leadership must act on, not everything you know.
Tell me about a time you had to kill or pause a workstream.
Show that you used data to make the case, handled the affected team with respect, and redirected capacity toward the program goal.
How do you keep a long-running program from drifting away from its original goal?
Mention regular checkpoints against the business case, a change-control habit for scope, and re-validating assumptions as conditions shift.
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Resume tips that move the needle
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Describe programs by their business outcome and total scope, such as budget and number of workstreams, not by ceremony lists.
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Show altitude: pair one executive-level result with one example of unblocking teams in the details.
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Quantify coordination scale, for example the number of teams, vendors, or regions you aligned.
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Include a governance artifact you built, like a risk framework or reporting cadence, that outlived the program.
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If your programs were technical, name the domains so recruiters can match you to platform, infra, or launch roles.
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