Technical Project Manager in Beaverton, Oregon - #72347 | VanderHouwen

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Job Id: 72347

Technical Project Manager
Our client is seeking a Technical Project Manager to support complex operational and technology-driven initiatives within a fast-paced, enterprise environment. This role will partner across business, procurement, and technical teams to drive project execution, maintain alignment across stakeholders, and bring structure to cross-functional programs with evolving priorities. The ideal candidate is highly organized, dependable, and experienced managing large-scale implementations involving both business and technical workstreams.

This role is a hybrid model in Beaverton, Oregon.

Technical Project Manager Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional projects that include both operational and technical implementation workstreams, ensuring alignment across business teams, technical resources, vendors, and stakeholders.
• Develop, maintain, and manage detailed project plans including milestones, dependencies, deliverables, timelines, and ownership accountability.
• Facilitate project meetings, governance sessions, and technical workstream discussions while documenting decisions, risks, and action items.
• Coordinate with architects, testing teams, analysts, and business partners to support successful execution of enterprise initiatives.
• Monitor project health, proactively identify risks or roadblocks, and communicate mitigation strategies and tradeoffs to leadership teams.
• Create executive-level presentations, status updates, dashboards, and reporting materials for stakeholder communications.
• Support PMO operational excellence efforts through the development and standardization of templates, reporting processes, RAID logs, and project documentation.
• Maintain visibility into project calendars, meeting cadences, integration sequencing, and deliverable tracking across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Drive accountability across matrixed teams while helping bring consistency and repeatability to project execution practices.
• Operate independently in ambiguous environments while adapting quickly to shifting business priorities and timelines.

Technical Project Manager Qualifications

• 8–10 years of project management experience, preferably supporting enterprise-level operational and technology initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience leading or supporting technical implementations involving cross-functional business and IT teams.
• Strong project planning expertise with the ability to manage dependencies, critical paths, timelines, and integration activities.
• Advanced proficiency with Smartsheet for project planning, reporting, dashboards, and workflow tracking.
• Strong Microsoft Office skills, including Excel for data tracking and analysis and PowerPoint for executive-facing presentations.
• Experience facilitating meetings with technical stakeholders, including engineers, architects, and vendor partners.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and collaborate across large matrixed organizations.
• Proven ability to work independently, manage ambiguity, and maintain organization across multiple priorities.
• Experience supporting PMO processes, governance structures, and project documentation standards is preferred.
• Previous experience with procurement operations, contingent workforce platforms, or global rollout initiatives is a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience preferred.

Compensation: Up to $62.68/hr. (DOE)

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