Senior IT Project Manager

About the Role We are seeking a Senior IT Project Manager to support our client, a large organization operating within the agricultural, food production, and industrial manufacturing sectors. This role will support a major plant technology program focused on upgrading technology hardware across multiple locations/sites. The Senior IT Project Manager will provide project management support across approximately five active workstreams, helping establish consistent project processes, coordinate cross-functional activities, and maintain visibility into key deliverables, timelines, dependencies, and risks. The position operates within a hybrid project delivery model, combining Agile project-management activities with traditional project-management practices associated with technology deployment and plant implementations. Key Responsibilities Lead multiple IT projects/workstreams supporting the plant technology modernization initiatives. Manage projects from planning and architecture through deployment and implementation. Coordinate approximately five concurrent workstreams. Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables. Coordinate with IT, infrastructure, network, cybersecurity, architecture, plant operations, and business teams. Support pre-deployment architecture and planning activities. Coordinate site readiness and technology deployment activities. Manage hardware refresh, installation, configuration, and deployment activities. Track project risks, issues, dependencies, assumptions, and decisions. Facilitate project meetings, status meetings, Agile ceremonies, and stakeholder reviews. Provide regular project status reports to leadership. Coordinate internal technical teams, plant personnel, vendors, and third-party partners. Ensure project activities remain aligned with established IT governance and change-management processes. Identify potential schedule or deployment issues and coordinate mitigation plans. Maintain project documentation, RAID logs, action items, schedules, and status reports. Coordinate activities across multiple plant locations and workstreams. Support transition of completed technology deployments into operational support. Conduct lessons-learned and project-closeout activities. Required Experience 7+ years of IT Project Management experience. Experience managing large-scale IT infrastructure or technology deployment projects. Experience managing multiple workstreams simultaneously. Experience coordinating cross-functional technical teams. Experience with hardware refresh, infrastructure modernization, or technology deployment. Experience with Agile and/or hybrid project delivery methodologies. Strong experience with project schedules, dependencies, risks, issues, and deliverables. Strong stakeholder‑management and communication skills. Experience working with vendors and third-party technology providers. Ability to work in a hybrid environment in Wayzata, MN, 2-3 days per week. Methodologies & Tools Methodologies: Agile | Scrum | Waterfall | Hybrid Tools: Jira | Confluence | ServiceNow | Microsoft Project | Smartsheet | MS Office Certifications: PMP | PMI-ACP | CSM | SAFe or equivalent — preferred #J-18808-Ljbffr