Senior IT Project Manager

Role: Senior IT Project Manager

Location: Portland, OR /Des Moines, IO/ Las Vegas, NV – (Onsite – 3 days a week)

Job Description:
We are  seeking a Senior IT Project Manager to lead complex, enterprise-level initiatives that modernize finance processes, platforms, reporting capabilities, and system integrations.

In this role, you will drive end-to-end delivery across business, finance, technology, and vendor teams—bringing structure, momentum, and executive-level visibility to high-impact transformation programs. The ideal candidate is a confident delivery leader with deep IT project management experience, strong Agile execution skills, hands-on Azure DevOps expertise, and a track record of successfully delivering finance-focused technology programs.

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end delivery of Finance Transformation initiatives, including financial process modernization, enterprise application enhancements, reporting platform improvements, and system integration projects.
• Manage project scope, budgets, forecasts, schedules, resources, risks, issues, dependencies, and delivery milestones.
• Drive Agile delivery practices across multiple teams, ensuring clear sprint planning, backlog prioritization, execution tracking, and continuous improvement.
• Use Azure DevOps / ADO to manage backlogs, sprint boards, user stories, reporting, delivery metrics, governance tracking, and project visibility.
• Partner closely with finance, business, technology, product, compliance, and vendor stakeholders to align delivery plans with business objectives.
• Facilitate project governance forums, steering committee discussions, executive status updates, risk reviews, and decision-making sessions.
• Support business process improvement and digital transformation efforts that improve efficiency, scalability, reporting accuracy, and operational excellence.
• Coordinate and oversee SIT, UAT, defect management, deployment planning, release readiness, and production transition activities.
• Ensure project documentation, delivery artifacts, status reports, and governance materials are accurate, timely, and aligned with stakeholder expectations.
• Proactively manage stakeholder expectations, communication, adoption planning, and change readiness to support successful solution implementation.
• Identify delivery risks early, escalate appropriately, and drive mitigation plans to keep programs on track.
• Promote collaboration, accountability, and transparency across cross-functional teams in a fast-paced transformation environment.

Qualifications:

• 12+ years of IT Project Management experience, including delivery of complex, cross-functional technology programs.
• Mandatory hands-on experience leading Agile project delivery.
• Mandatory hands-on experience using Azure DevOps / ADO for backlog management, sprint planning, tracking, reporting, and governance.
• Proven experience leading Finance Transformation, Finance Systems, or finance-related enterprise technology initiatives.
• Strong experience managing project budgets, forecasts, financial tracking, resource plans, and delivery financials.
• Demonstrated ability to manage scope, schedule, risks, issues, dependencies, and stakeholder expectations across large-scale initiatives.
• Experience coordinating SIT, UAT, deployment, release readiness, and production support transition activities.
• Strong understanding of enterprise applications and system integration delivery.
• Excellent executive communication, stakeholder management, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Ability to work effectively with business, finance, technology, and vendor teams in a matrixed environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to bring clarity, structure, and urgency to complex programs.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics, Workday Financials, or similar finance platforms.
• Experience supporting initiatives across financial reporting, General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, budgeting, forecasting, compliance, or related finance domains.
• PMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, or similar project/program management or Agile certification.
• Experience delivering transformation initiatives in enterprise, global, or shared services environments.