Senior IT Project Manager

Tillamook County Creamery Association; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Tillamook County Creamery Association is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager in Oregon to lead multiple enterprise technology projects, aligning with IT strategy and ensuring delivery within scope, resources, and time.

You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage vendors, and collaborate with stakeholders to define scope, goals, requirements, and milestones while applying PM practices and quality standards.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of project management experience, including enterprise technology, BI, data analytics, or system implementation projects requiring process analysis/re-engineering.
• Experience with ERP, Change Management, and manufacturing environments preferred.
• Proficient with Power BI and data environments to support operations, analytics, and decision-making.
• Demonstrated ability to influence executives, leaders, and project stakeholders, and to lead cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning and implementation of multiple IT projects.
• Engage with stakeholders to define project scope, goals, requirements, and deliverables.
• Establish and promote project management concepts, methodologies, and best practices.
• Assemble and manage cross-functional project teams; supervise vendors, consultants, and team members.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Agile/Scrum

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/PM

PMP certification

Lean or Six Sigma

Tools

MS Project

Jira

Smartsheet

Power BI

Job description

Come join the Tillamook Team, one of the fastest-growing dairy brands in the US, where we Play to Win to create over 200 dairy products in 7 different categories: cheese, ice cream, yogurt, sour cream, butter, cream cheese and frozen meals. Our Uncompromising Quality has led us to become the #1 Cheddar, #2 Cream Cheese and #3 Family Size Ice Cream brand, but we’re not stopping there. We’re loading up for our best years to come and want you to join us.

As a farmer-owned cooperative since 1909, we know that being Good Stewards for our stakeholders and doing a little extra always pays off. We’re looking for team members with a One Team and Genuine Care mindset who are inspired to share the delight of the Tillamook brand with each other and others every day.

What you will do

In this highly technical, fast-paced, and challenging position, the Sr IT Project Manager serves to manage and lead the development, modification, enhancement, deployment or decommissioning of a product, service, or system and is constrained by the relationships among scope, resources, and time. Overall responsibilities include planning and implementation of assigned multiple projects while ensuring consistency with IT/Enterprise strategy, commitments and goals.

Here’s a day in the life

• Leads the planning and implementation of multiple IT projects
• Engage with stakeholders to define project scope, goals, requirements, and deliverables
• Establish and promote project management concepts, methodologies, and best practices
• Assemble and manage cross-functional project team. Direct and supervise vendors, consultants, and team members when leading projects
• Develop strong relationships and communications with direct stakeholders and other business leaders throughout project lifecycles to achieve company goals and objectives
• Develop project plans, establish, and meet target dates and schedules
• Negotiate difficult situations skillfully with both internal and external groups at various levels of the organization
• Periodically review key projects to confirm status, recommend corrective actions, and facilitate decision‑making as needed
• Conduct lessons‑learned reviews of key projects
• Ensure management and key stakeholders are well informed of project progress, status, and issues on a timely basis
• Identify key risks and issues as well as mitigation alternatives and plans
• Ensure project documentation is complete, accurate, and stored appropriately
• Learn quickly and work effectively in a collaborative team environment
• Conduct research, evaluate metrics, and proactively make recommendations to improve the company’s project delivery and success rate
• Attendance at multi‑day off‑site training sessions, weekend and evening work, and response to after‑ hours emergency calls, may be required
• Deliver results in a fast‑paced, deadline‑driven environment that requires the ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with employees, supervisors, and the public
• Demonstrate strategic and intellectually curious thinking with focus on team outcomes
• Strong sense of personal accountability regarding decision‑making to predict challenges and seek to proactively head‑off obstacles
• Collaborate in a team environment while exercising independent judgment and initiative
• Communicate effectively. Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Advanced user of Microsoft Office 365 applications including Outlook for email communications, Word for document and proposal development, Excel for financial reporting/modeling, Project for work breakdown structure development and PowerPoint for presentation development
• Ability to break down complex or technical ideas into non‑technical language for end‑users
• Act as a team player and be able to interact with staff at all levels of the company
• Work under pressure, meet deadlines, and be flexible in working on multiple projects simultaneously
• Demonstrate excellent time‑management skills with the ability to work independently with little supervision

Knowledge, skills, and abilities

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in IT, Project Management, Business Administration, Finance or related discipline or equivalent experience
• Scrum Master a plus
• PMP certification preferred
• Lean or Six Sigma certification preferred

Experience

• 6+ years of project management experience, including successful delivery of complex enterprise technology, business intelligence, data analytics, or system implementation projects requiring business process analysis/re-engineering.
• Experience with ERP, Change Management, and preferably experience in a Manufacturing environment
• Demonstrated understanding of how enterprise applications, reporting platforms (Power BI), and data environments support business operations, analytics, and decision‑making.
• Experience leading software development/implementation/process optimization/cloud infrastructure/migration/data analytics projects
• Proficient in Project Management software (MS Project, Jira, and/or Smartsheet), PM techniques and tools
• Demonstrated ability to tactfully influence executive, leaders, and project stakeholders
• Strong leadership and change management skills
• Excellent presentation, written and oral communication skills
• Ability to motivate teams and partners
• Excellent collaboration and negotiation skills
• Strong strategic, analytical, and problem‑solving skills
• Ability to learn quickly, adapt to new and ambiguous environments
• Ability to work in fast‑paced environment, managing multiple priorities

Industry leading benefit and reward programs

We offer outstanding benefits to our employees. For more information, please visit the careers page: .

We are committed to creating a culture of inclusion where all employees are heard, valued and feel a sense of belonging. We rely on different perspectives, thoughts, backgrounds and cultures to inform our work, to help us be better as a brand and as an employer and to fuel our success. We are seeking talent from a wide range of diversity, perspectives, and backgrounds to join our exceptional organization and help us build our future.

Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA) is a Drug-Free Workplace.

EEO

TCCA prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to age, race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender or gender identity, disability status (including those related to pregnancy and childbirth), protected veteran status, membership/non-membership in a labor organization, or any other characteristic protected by law.