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This role is hybrid on-site (3) days a week at our Northbrook, IL office

The Senior Project Manager will work on the supporting team of the CCO and be responsible for leading projects including change, conducting impact assessment to facilitate smooth implementation and preparing executive level reports. Successful candidates will also possess data analytics capabilities and knowledge of how to apply them to use cases.

Information Design:

• Analyze and present data through informative designs

• Gather information based on a client's design requirements

• Research, brainstorm and plan before creating a design

• Translate complex information into information that users can easily read and understand

• Have multidisciplinary skills in graphic design, writing, instructional design, and user experience

  Project Management:

• Responsible for managing the implementation of large and complex projects.

• Provides overall leadership and support to project team members.

• Acts as front-line contact on project related activities, issues, and risks.

• Manages the project risks and issues and escalates accordingly.

• Interfaces with Business Unit Leaders and Finance to develop ROI, IRR and other financial measures.

• Manages stakeholders' communication.

• Plans the overall project and monitors the progress; performs daily project management throughout the program life cycle.

• Adheres to program and project governance (controls).

• May have input into defining the project governance (controls).

• Manages the projects budget and financial performance.

• Coordinates the projects and their interdependencies.

• Manages and utilizes resources.

• Aligns the deliverables (outputs) to the project’s outcome with the aid of the business change manager.

• Performs other duties as directed.

• Bachelor's degree in business or related field, PMP certification preferred

• Minimum (6) years of related experience

• Ability to develop unique and informative designs for leadership, providing clear graphics to highlight critical components of each executive report.

• In depth understanding of project management concepts

• Experience working on project and portfolio management Tools (Visio, MS Project, Clarity, etc.).

• Excellent project management and team leadership skills.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Able to clearly communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences, with senior stakeholder reporting and escalation experience.

• Excellent facilitation, collaboration, negotiation, and presentation skills.

• Ability to anticipate risks and devise solutions in the moment.

• Focused and versatile team player who is comfortable under pressure, ambiguity, frequent change, or unpredictability.

A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.

UL LLC has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. To assure full implementation of this equal employment policy, we will take steps to assure that:

Persons are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, color, age, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, religion, creed, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship, ancestry, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, pregnancy, marital or familial status, or any other protected category under applicable law.