IT Program Manager – ERP Transformation Portland

Position: IT Program Manager – ERP Transformation - (Portland, OR)
IT Program Manager – ERP Transformation
- United States | Hybrid
- Portland, OR Position Summary As an IT Program Manager – ERP Transformation, you will lead complex, enterprise-wide technology initiatives focused on ERP implementations, business process modernization, system integrations, and digital transformation. This role is ideal for an experienced IT program leader who can guide strategic initiatives from planning through execution, go-live, and stabilization. You will collaborate with business leaders, technology teams, vendors, system integrators, and executive stakeholders to deliver transformation outcomes that are aligned, measurable, and built for scale.

Responsibilities Lead end-to-end delivery of complex enterprise technology programs, including ERP implementations, ERP transformation, system integrations, business process modernization, and digital transformation initiatives.

Develop, manage, and maintain integrated program plans, schedules, milestones, budgets, forecasts, resource plans, and delivery roadmaps.

Drive Agile execution across multiple teams, work streams, and stakeholder groups to ensure alignment, transparency, and measurable progress.

Use Agile delivery management tools to manage backlogs, sprint planning, release planning, user stories, dashboards, reporting, and delivery governance.

Facilitate Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.

Manage program scope, risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, assumptions, and change requests with a proactive, solutions-focused approach.

Coordinate cross-functional teams across business, technology, operations, vendors, system integrators, and consulting partners.

Oversee requirements gathering, solution delivery, system integration testing, user acceptance testing, release planning, deployment readiness, go-live, and production stabilization.

Lead ERP transformation activities, including business process alignment, system integration, data migration coordination, testing, cutover planning, and post-go-live support.

Provide executive-level status reporting, program health updates, governance materials, financial insights, and escalation recommendations.

Manage program financials, including budgets, forecasts, resource allocation, vendor spend, and delivery performance.

Partner with senior stakeholders to align program outcomes with business objectives, transformation priorities, and enterprise technology strategy.

Manage multiple concurrent initiatives, delivery work streams, and cross-functional teams while ensuring schedule, scope, cost, and quality objectives are achieved.

Ensure adherence to organizational delivery standards, Agile frameworks, documentation requirements, and governance best practices.

Drive continuous improvement across delivery processes, Agile practices, reporting standards, and program execution.

Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
10+ years of IT program and delivery management experience, including large-scale enterprise technology initiatives.

Proven experience leading ERP implementation, ERP modernization, or enterprise transformation programs.

Strong Agile delivery and Agile program management experience.

Experience using Agile delivery management tools for backlog management, sprint planning, dashboards, reporting, and delivery tracking.

Experience leading multiple concurrent enterprise initiatives, work streams, and cross-functional teams.

Strong background in program and portfolio management, delivery governance, execution oversight, and executive reporting.

Experience managing program budgets, forecasts, resource plans, vendor relationships, and third-party delivery partners.

Strong risk, issue, dependency, change request, and stakeholder management experience.

Experience overseeing requirements, solution delivery, system integration testing, user acceptance testing, release planning, deployment, and stabilization activities.

Experience coordinating ERP transformation activities across business processes, integrations, data migration, testing, and deployment.

Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with executive leaders, business stakeholders, technical teams, vendors, and delivery partners.

Excellent leadership, facilitation, negotiation, problem-solving, decision-making, and organizational skills.

Preferred Qualifications Hands-on experience with Azure Dev Ops for backlog management, sprint…