Location: Portland, Oregon- Local Preferred
Employment Type: Full-Time (Permanent)
Position Overview
The client, a natural gas company located in Portland, Oregon, is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager for a full-time, permanent position.
The role will serve as a subject matter expert on PMO processes, tools, and deliverables to support other procurement resources operating in a project management capacity. The IT Project Manager will also actively participate in identifying, assessing, and implementing process improvements within the PMO.
Required Skills & Qualifications Infrastructure & Network Delivery Experience
- Proven experience managing projects involving core IT infrastructure, including servers, data centers, and cloud platforms.
- Experience managing network upgrades involving Hypervisor VMs, firewalls, and VPNs.
- Experience coordinating with infrastructure and network engineering teams to deliver secure and reliable solutions.
Cybersecurity & Risk Awareness
- Hands-on experience leading projects with security implications, including identity and access management, network segmentation, endpoint security, and compliance-driven initiatives.
- Experience coordinating with cybersecurity and risk/compliance teams.
Service Delivery & Help Desk Integration
- Experience delivering projects that impact end-user support, including Service Desk/ITSM tools.
- Experience with operational readiness, incident/change management alignment, and smooth transitions from project delivery into steady-state support.
Experience & Requirements
- Thorough knowledge of project and program management theories, models, and techniques for information technology, construction, and engineering projects.
- Demonstrated success applying project management concepts and techniques across complex, mission-critical projects/programs with multiple cross-functional dependencies.
- PMI or equivalent certification preferred.
- 8+ years of progressive project management leadership experience.
- Experience in the utility industry is required.
- Proven experience managing projects that support field operations, maintenance crews, frontline workforces, and geospatial systems.
- Understanding of unionized and bargaining unit environments.
- Experience with systems hosted on Azure, including an understanding of information systems management.
- Demonstrated ability to manage vendors and drive accountability against performance expectations.
- Systems-thinking mindset across networks, infrastructure, applications, vendors, and business operations.
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