Project Manager II or Senior

Eugene Water and Electric Board•Eugene, OR

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) is hiring a Project Manager II or Senior Project Manager for its Information Services team. The role combines hands-on management of selected technology initiatives with portfolio planning across EWEB’s highly integrated, SAP-centric technology landscape. The Project Manager brings together functional and data analysts, developers, technical and security teams, business partners, project and delivery leads, and external delivery partners to establish shared plans, clarify accountability, and work through challenges and dependencies. The role leads complex technology projects from initiation through closeout and partners across Information Services to improve how projects, enhancements, and operational work are planned, sequenced, and delivered. It supports early project scoping and readiness, integrated portfolio visibility, capacity and dependency analysis, and continuous improvement of project management practices. The position offers autonomy to exercise professional judgment, contribute ideas, and develop project management, portfolio, and technology-delivery expertise. The job may be filled at either the Project Manager II or Senior Project Manager level. A Project Manager II independently manages moderately complex projects using established practices with moderate supervision. A Senior Project Manager operates with greater independence, managing large and complex initiatives with minimal supervision and bringing a broader portfolio perspective. Classification is discussed during the offer process based on experience and demonstrated capabilities. The position is based in Eugene, Oregon, with a hybrid arrangement combining telecommuting and onsite work. The selected candidate must live in Oregon. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States; EWEB cannot sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa.

Requirements

Project Manager II: three years of professional project management experience.
Senior Project Manager: six years of professional project management experience.
For either level, a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering, Project Management, Business Information Systems, Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Business Administration, Management, Public Administration, or a closely related field; an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience will be considered.
Must live in the state of Oregon.
Must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States; EWEB is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa.
Demonstrated leadership without positional authority, relationship-building, constructive challenge, and ability to keep teams focused on outcomes.
Ability to learn quickly, ask effective questions, distinguish knowns from unresolved issues, and create a path forward amid complexity and ambiguity.
Ability to build practical plans, maintain accountability, recognize risks, drive issue resolution, and identify when leadership involvement or a decision is needed.
Ability to understand portfolio-wide resource constraints and dependencies and identify practical improvements to planning and delivery.
Ability to work effectively with technical and functional experts, business partners, vendors, consultants, and project professionals.
Project Manager II candidates should be able to develop and manage project plans, coordinate resources and vendors, identify and address delivery risks, communicate with stakeholders, and resolve issues with appropriate support and escalation.
Senior Project Manager candidates should be able to establish a path forward when one is not defined, navigate complex organizational, resource, and vendor dependencies, anticipate significant risks, develop recommendations and alternatives, and bring a broader project and portfolio perspective.

Nice To Haves

Experience managing complex information technology, enterprise systems, or other technology-enabled projects.
Experience working in an SAP or similarly complex enterprise application environment.
Experience managing external vendors, consultants, contracts, or statements of work.
Experience with portfolio, capacity, or resource planning across multiple concurrent projects and work types.
Experience managing highly visible initiatives with significant organizational, operational, or customer impact.
Experience supporting or mentoring others in project management practices.
Project Management Professional (PMP), Program Management Professional (PgMP), or similar project management certification.

Responsibilities

Lead complex technology projects from initiation through closeout.
Identify stakeholders, define scope and deliverables, and translate available information into actionable project plans.
Manage schedules, milestones, dependencies, resources, risks, decisions, and vendor or consultant commitments.
Maintain accountability and meaningful project status visibility, and drive issues toward resolution.
Partner with analysts, project and delivery leads, technical teams, and leadership to develop an integrated view of projects, enhancements, and operational work.
Identify portfolio resource constraints, competing demands, and dependencies, and recommend sequencing or work-adjustment options.
Support early scoping and readiness by identifying workstreams, resource needs, vendor support, dependencies, constraints, level of effort, and timing.
Build partnerships across functional, data, development, technical and security teams, business partners, project and delivery leads, and external delivery partners.
Establish shared goals, clear roles and handoffs, and effective communication and accountability among delivery teams.
Serve as a project management resource and partner to functional and data analysts and others who lead technology delivery.
Share practical project management tools, practices, and lessons learned, and contribute to the project and delivery management community.