IT Project Manager, Case Management System; on site, Wheaton, Illinois
Listed on 2026-10-15
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IT/Tech
IT Project Manager
Full-time, on-site Project Manager in Wheaton, Illinois, leading a team of about 24 that maintains and extends a county government case management system and its web applications. Contingent on contract award, planned start December 1, 2026.
About the workAdvent Business Company is building the team for a county government client in the western suburbs of Chicago. The client runs its own case management system and a set of public and internal web applications, and it wants a vendor to maintain, support and extend them.
The Project Manager works at the client's office in Wheaton, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and has overall responsibility to the client. The team is about 24 people:
Java and web developers, a database administrator, analysts, testers, a technical writer and cloud and security engineers. Most of them work remotely.
The planned start is December 1, 2026, for a three-year term with a possible two-year extension. The position is contingent on contract award.
What you will do- Be the client's day-to-day contact: priorities, status, issues and approvals.
- Coordinate the team's work across development, enhancement, maintenance, support and configuration.
- Keep the work inside the contract budget and the project schedule, and report hours and progress every month.
- Run the transition from the current vendor in the first three months.
- Work beside the on-site Lead Developer, who handles daily technical task management.
- At least three years managing software maintenance and development projects for a client.
- Experience leading a team of developers, analysts and testers, including remote staff.
- Ability to work on site in Wheaton, Illinois, full time.
- Willingness to undergo a background check.
- Experience with court, case management, records or county government systems.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
- Familiarity with Java applications, IBM iSeries, DB2 or SQL Server.
- A home in DuPage, Kane, Will or Cook County.
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