It Associate Project Manager Jobs in Chicago, IL

Methode Electronics is a global leader in innovative electronic solutions, serving industries such as automotive, industrial, aerospace, and consumer electronics. With a strong commitment to engineering excellence, quality, and continuous innovation, Methode delivers cutting-edge technologies that power today's most advanced products. Our collaborative culture and focus on professional growth empower employees to make a meaningful impact while building rewarding careers. Joining Methode means being part of a forward-thinking team that values integrity, creativity, and driving the future of technology.

This position overseas the agile delivery for the IT organization's project portfolio, with primary emphasis on Business Intelligence development initiatives and Salesforce deployment projects and general Large IT Infrastructure projects. This role facilitates agile ceremonies, removes delivery obstacles, and coaches cross-functional teams to consistently deliver high-quality outcomes on schedule. The Scrum Master works closely with the Director of Infrastructure, Director of Business Intelligence, and ERP Director to align sprint execution with infrastructure dependencies, data/analytics roadmaps, and enterprise system priorities, ensuring that agile practices are applied consistently and effectively across IT project teams.

Responsibilities:

Agile Facilitation & Delivery

• Plan and facilitate all Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, for BI development and Salesforce deployment teams.
• Own and maintain sprint backlogs, burndown charts, and velocity metrics; ensure work is properly sized, sequenced, and tracked in the team's agile tooling (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps).
• Champion adoption of continuous integration (CI) practices, and Work-In-Progress (WIP) limits to drive delivery consistency and quality.
• Identify, escalate, and drive resolution of impediments, risks, and blockers that threaten sprint or release commitments.
• Partner with Product Owners to maintain a healthy, well-groomed backlog and ensure user stories meet the definition of ready before sprint entry.

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Coordinate with the Director of Business Intelligence to align sprint priorities with the BI development roadmap, data pipeline dependencies, and reporting deliverables.
• Coordinate with the ERP Director on Salesforce deployment sequencing, integration touchpoints, and release windows that intersect with core ERP processes.
• Work with the Director of Infrastructure to ensure environment availability, deployment windows, and technical dependencies are planned into sprint and release schedules.
• Serve as a communication bridge between delivery teams and the CIO, providing clear, timely status updates on project health, risks, and delivery timelines.

Agile Coaching & Continuous Improvement

• Coach team members, Product Owners, and stakeholders on agile principles, Scrum framework mechanics, and self-organizing team behaviors.
• Champion continuous improvement by facilitating retrospectives that produce actionable process changes and tracking follow-through.
• Apply Scrum/Kanban (Scrumban) techniques and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) practices where they improve team clarity, workflow visibility, and delivery quality.
• Promote agile best practices consistently across BI and Salesforce project teams, adapting ceremonies and artifacts to team maturity where appropriate.
• Support release planning and roadmap sequencing in collaboration with Product Owners and IT leadership.

Reporting & Governance

• Maintain accurate, up-to-date project dashboards and status reporting for the CIO and IT leadership team.
• Track sprint and release metrics (velocity, cycle time, defect rates) and surface trends that inform delivery planning.
• Ensure project documentation, decisions, and change requests are captured and accessible to stakeholders.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience working as a Scrum Master or Agile Project Manager on software development or enterprise systems projects.
• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM I) certification, or the ability to obtain within 12 months of hire.
• Demonstrated experience facilitating agile delivery for data/analytics (BI) projects and/or Salesforce implementation or deployment projects.
• Hands-on proficiency with agile project management tooling (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, Rally), including experience building dashboards and reporting frameworks to track team metrics.
• Strong facilitation, communication, and conflict-resolution skills, with the ability to work effectively across technical and business audiences.

Preferred:

• Experience in a manufacturing or transportation/logistics environment.
• Familiarity with Salesforce release management and deployment practices (e.g., sandboxes, change sets, CI/CD for Salesforce).
• Working knowledge of BI/analytics platforms and data pipeline concepts (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, ETL processes).
• Exposure to ERP project delivery cycles and how they intersect with BI and CRM initiatives.
• SAFe Scrum Master (SSM) or other scaled-agile certification.
• Experience establishing new agile teams, Centers of Excellence, or cross-team agile councils to scale best practices across an organization.

Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship. Methode Electronics is not able to provide visa sponsorship-now or in the future-for this role.

The target hiring range for this role is $84,000-$125,000 annually. Final compensation will be commensurate with qualifications, experience, and market considerations.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Frequent hand motion and repetitive tasks including using a computer for typing.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee will occasionally do immediate reaching and overhead reaching to perform various duties, frequent standing for varied amounts of time to perform various duties, frequent walking for varied amounts of time to perform various duties. Squat or bend to perform various duties.

Occasionally climb stairs.

Benefits and Perks:

Methode offers US employees Medical, Dental, Vision, Hearing, Life & Disability insurance, a wellness program, and time off benefits.

Voluntary benefit plans include Accident, Hospital Indemnity and Pet Insurance.

Methode provides an Employee Assistance Program, and participation in the Company's 401(k) plan which includes a company contribution.

Base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Hourly employees will also be paid overtime pay when working qualifying overtime hours.

Methode Electronics is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information and other legally protected characteristics per the EEO Poster available here . If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to recruiting@methode.com or call (708) 867-6777 and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.