Project Manager IV

• Develop the strategic roadmap for our client’s Mobility& Convenience (M&C) retail segment.
• Engage and collaborate with stakeholders
  to prioritize strategic initiatives across multiple work streams.
• Drive implementation
  of transformation initiatives using structured project management approaches.
• Support overall business performance improvement
  within a major strategic transformation program.

• Ability to break down complex business problems into structured components.
• Experience performing root-cause analysis, opportunity sizing, and scenario planning.
• Comfortable synthesizing large datasets, insights, and stakeholder input into clear recommendations.

• Skilled at building financial models, forecasting, performance metrics, and KPI dashboards.
• Able to evaluate business cases, investment proposals, or strategic initiatives.
• Experience translating quantitative findings into clear, actionable storylines.

• Writes succinct, high-clarity slides, memos, and strategic deliverables.
• Able to deliver-suite-ready narratives grounded in data and evidence.
• Experience presenting strategies, roadmaps, and recommendations to senior stakeholders.

• Experience supporting or leading transformation programs – including operational, strategic, digital, or organizational change.
• Skilled in identifying transformation work streams, dependencies, and success measures.

• Able to manage multiple work streams simultaneously.
• Creates charters, project plans, timelines, and milestone tracking.
• Monitors progress, risks, issues, and interdependencies across teams.

• Skilled at managing cross-functional teams and senior business partners.
• Strong facilitation skills- able to align diverse viewpoints and drive consensus.
• Ability to diplomatically challenge assumptions while maintaining trust.

• Familiarity with organizational change principles and transition planning.
• Able to anticipate adoption barriers and prepare communications or training plans.

• Understanding of downstream retail, convenience, fuel operations, or energy sector dynamics.
• Familiarity with topics like retail transformation, mobility trends, or network optimization.

• Insight into customer experience, retail operations, merchandising, or store performance.
• Knowledge of trends in convenience retail, mobility hubs, or consumer behavior.

While not required, these domain experiences help a consultant quickly grasp our client’s M&C business context.

• Ability to build rapport, read stakeholder dynamics, and manage expectations.

• Takes initiative to push work forward amid ambiguity.
• Comfortable navigating a fast-moving transformation environment.

• Takes responsibility for deliverables, timelines, and quality.

• Flexible in approach,able to pivot as priorities shift.

• Quickly absorbs new business knowledge and adapts frameworks to new contexts.

While not explicitly stated, we are looking for:

• PowerPoint / Storyboarding (expert level)
• Excel modeling& analysis
• Project management tools (MS Project ,Smartsheet, Asana, etc.)
• Data visualization (Power BI or similar – optional but valuable)

• 6-12 Months

This position is Remote.
Ideal candidate would be in/near Chicago, IL