3-6 Month Contract | Potential to Extend
40 Hours per Week
Hybrid - Downtown Chicago (Onsite Tuesday-Thursday, Remote Monday and Friday)
Our agency client is seeking a Project Management Director with experience in food packaging, process optimization, and documentation to support one of their high-profile accounts. This engagement will run 3 to 6 months with the potential for extension.
This is an excellent opportunity for a tech-savvy, strategic project management leader who excels at guiding teams, optimizing processes, and ensuring smooth project delivery. The Director will oversee a team of 10 project managers and serve as the main point of contact for both internal teams and clients.
You will ensure that all projects meet scope, timeline, budget, quality, and margin expectations while supporting a fast-paced environment that delivers more than 200 projects per month.
Responsibilities:
- Lead day-to-day project delivery for a major, high-visibility food packaging account
- Develop project scopes, schedules, and budgets in partnership with clients and internal teams
- Define project goals and ensure alignment with client vision and business objectives
- Own and track project margins and identify optimization opportunities
- Mentor and manage a team of 10 project managers
- Collaborate closely with designers, strategists, account managers, and cross-functional partners
- Serve as the primary client contact for project-related communication, updates, and relationship building
- Communicate project milestones, risks, and updates proactively
- Partner with the PMO to ensure consistent delivery standards and adherence to organizational processes
- Implement PMO best practices and methodologies across all phases of the project lifecycle
- Oversee project portfolio planning and ensure alignment with the overall business strategy
- Provide accurate reporting, insights, and recommendations to leadership
- Drive continuous process improvement and workflow documentation
Requirements
- A background in food packaging or a related industry is required
- Strong client-facing experience with the ability to maintain and grow relationships
- Proven project leadership and strategic planning skills
- Experience leading a team of 10 or more project managers
- Highly organized and able to thrive in a fast-paced workflow (200+ projects per month)
- Skilled in process optimization and documentation
- Tech-savvy, with experience using project management tools (Workfront strongly preferred)
In this position, you may have access to client or customer systems, confidential and/or proprietary information or data. This position is onsite and requires you to work closely with other individuals in a collaborative team environment.
Benefits
Creative Circle's Freelance Employee benefits package includes eligibility for Minimum Essential Coverage (MEC) medical plan, dental/vision/term life package, discount prescription program, critical illness, accident, tele-behavioral health, and 401(k) plan. Sick leave is provided to Candidates whose assignment
work location is in a state or city subject to sick leave laws. A Minimum Value (MV) PPO medical plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and paid holiday eligibility are based on length and dates of service.
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Amy Banks - Senior Recruitment Manager
For Creative Circle to represent you for this opportunity, you must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need of employer sponsorship for a non-immigrant visa such as a H-1B, TN, or O visa. We do not support or provide training for STEM/OPT programs. Additionally, you must be physically located in and perform the work for our client in the United States.This is a new role.
This job was first posted by Creative Circle on 02/25/2026 and applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled or closed.
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