IT Project Manager

Overview

Running with Sasquatch is more than just a clever marketing campaign. As a Jack Link’s team member, Running with Sasquatch means we roll up our buffalo plaid sleeves and do the hard work first. We don’t shy away from challenges. In fact, we push hard and take risks. True to our North Woods roots, we are a team that accomplishes extraordinary things by driving results with innovation, creativity and a clear sense of urgency.

We have an unwavering passion for quality and authenticity. We invite you to run with us, succeed with us, and celebrate with us. Feed Your Wild Side® as we strive to be the dominant global leader of branded protein snacks.

Jack Link's Protein Snacks is a global leader in snacking and the No. 1 meat snack manufacturer worldwide, with headquarters in Minong, Wisconsin, and a large corporate hub in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Jack Link’s family includes brands such as Jack Link's, LK, World Kitchens Jerky, Bifi and Peperami.

Come Run with Sasquatch as our IT Project Manager!

The IT Project Manager will play a dual-impact role, dedicating approximately 50% of their time to facilitate Agile delivery for analytics‑focused projects and teams. This role supports Analytics squads within IT by driving sprint planning, backlog refinement, resource capacity tracking, and iterative delivery of data, reporting, and analytics solutions. The role ensures Agile practices are followed, removes delivery impediments, and strengthens collaboration across Product Owners, data developers and engineers, and Business Relationship Managers.

It also leads IT projects across infrastructure, helpdesk, cybersecurity, and enterprise data platforms, shaping the IT roadmap and driving technology‑enabled business transformation with an emphasis on modernizing data platform capabilities for scalable, future‑ready solutions.

• Lead and manage a portfolio of IT projects across helpdesk, infrastructure, cybersecurity, and enterprise data platforms, ensuring alignment with business goals, standardized delivery practices, and strong cross‑functional coordination.
• Oversee data platform modernization initiatives—including Lakehouse technologies—by collaborating with data engineering, analytics, infrastructure, and security teams to drive enterprise data outcomes.
• Facilitate Agile‑like delivery for analytics teams by coaching on best practices, guiding sprint planning and ceremonies, managing capacity, and maintaining a healthy, prioritized backlog.
• Define project requirements, schedules, resources, and cost estimates while ensuring accurate documentation, proactive risk management, and effective communication with stakeholders and senior leadership.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects by tracking progress, resolving conflicts, escalating issues, and providing leadership with clear, actionable reporting on status, risks, and resource utilization.
• Support strategic IT planning by influencing project prioritization, contributing to new technology implementations, and upholding PMO and IT project delivery standards.
• Perform additional duties as needed to support organizational and technology objectives.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job the team member is regularly required to sit, use hands and fingers, handle, or feel and talk or hear.

The team member is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The team member must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required include close vision.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. The work environment is a plant/office setting with varying temperatures and noise levels, exposure to manufacturing equipment movement and wet/slippery floors. The majority of…