Senior Project Manager

Columbia Distributing • Wilsonville, OR

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About The Position

The Senior Project Manager (PM) leads complex, high-visibility projects with a
high degree of independence, applying and modeling best practices across the
project lifecycle

Projects span a broad range of business contexts including operational changes,
process improvements, technology implementations, supplier or brand
acquisitions, and facility or infrastructure changes. The PM serves as the
central hub of project activity: facilitating alignment among cross-functional
teams, managing stakeholder relationships, surfacing and mitigating risk, and
ensuring that leaders and sponsors have accurate, timely information to support
good decisions throughout the project lifecycle.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), Scrum or other project management certification required
• 5+ years of project management experience, including demonstrated experience managing cross-functional projects
• Expert at navigating competing stakeholder priorities and driving alignment across complex, cross-functional teams.
• Proven track record managing risk across complex, high-visibility initiatives
• Expert with both waterfall and agile project delivery approaches
• Advanced proficiency with project management tools such as MS Project, Smartsheet, or equivalent

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in distribution, supply chain, logistics, or a similarly operational environment preferred
• Change management training or certification (e.g., Prosci or Kotter)

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of concurrent projects or lead complex, multi-phase programs, maintain visibility across interdependencies, shared resources, and competing priorities without loss of delivery quality on any workstream.
• Independently leads scope definition and charter development with executive sponsors and key stakeholders to define scope, objectives, success criteria, and change management needs.
• Constructs and drives comprehensive project plans and determines the most appropriate methodology to use.
• Provide informal coaching and peer review to Project Managers and Project Coordinators, sharing expertise to elevate team capability
• Negotiate clear expectations with vendors, enforce contractual accountability, and escalate performance gaps with recommended resolution paths.
• Facilitate project team meetings, working sessions, and decision points, creating conditions for productive dialogue, shared ownership, and clear accountability across functions.
• Build and maintain a stakeholder engagement plan; identify stakeholder interests, concerns, and influence levels early and maintain consistent, tailored communication throughout the project.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for project communication and provide regular, structured status updates to sponsors, stakeholders, and leadership that are accurate, transparent, and actionable.
• Develop and maintain a proactive risk register; identify, assess, and track risks and issues throughout the project lifecycle and drive mitigation and contingency planning with the appropriate team members.
• Manage project ensuring impacts are clearly documented and decisions are made at the appropriate level.
• Monitor and report on project performance against baseline scope, schedule, and budget using clear metrics and project dashboards; escalate variances with recommended corrective actions.
• Manage vendor and supplier deliverables by clearly communicating expectations, tracking performance, and holding parties accountable to contractual commitments.
• Produce accurate and thorough project documentation including charters, RACI documentation, decision logs, action trackers, bug trackers and lessons learned that support continuity and organizational learning.
• Adapts and optimizes methodology to fit project complexity.

Benefits

• Employees (and their families) are eligible for medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance.
• Employees are able to enroll in our company's 401k plan.
• Employees are also eligible for 80 hours of vacation every year and 7-8 days of paid holidays throughout the calendar year (depending on location).
• Hired applicant may be eligible for incentives/ bonuses/ annual bonuses.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees