IT Project Manager

We are seeking a temporary IT Project Manager to join JBS for a 3-month assignment, working 20-25 hours per week. This position is based onsite at the Corporate Office in Greeley, Colorado, and will report directly to company leadership.

The IT Project Manager is responsible for leading technology projects from initiation through completion, ensuring delivery aligns with business goals, timelines, and company standards. This role requires strong client‑facing experience, excellent communication skills, and the ability to manage cross‑functional teams while maintaining thorough project documentation in accordance with company policies.

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end project management for IT initiatives, including planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for clients, ensuring clear communication, expectation management, and strong relationship building.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, status reports, risk logs, and all required documentation per company standards.
• Coordinate with technical teams, business stakeholders, and external partners to ensure alignment and timely progress.
• Identify project risks, issues, and dependencies, and drive mitigation strategies to keep projects on track.
• Facilitate project meetings, including kickoffs, status updates, and post implementation reviews.
• Ensure all deliverables meet quality standards and comply with internal processes and policies.
• Drive projects to successful completion, ensuring on time, on budget, and in scope delivery.
• Support continuous improvement by contributing to process enhancements and best practices.
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications: 

• 4+ years of experience managing IT projects in a professional environment.
• Proven success in a client-facing role with strong relationship building skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication abilities, including the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and drive them to completion.
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and documentation accuracy.
• Experience with project management tools (e.g. MS Project, Smartsheet).
• Understanding of SDLC, Agile, or hybrid project methodologies.
• Can perform the functions of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation
• As a salaried position with the company, you may be required to travel at some point to other facilities, to attend Company events, or as a representative of the Company in other situations. Unless otherwise specified in this posting, the amount of travel may vary and the most qualified candidate must be willing and able to travel as business needs dictate.

The applicant who fills this position will be eligible for the following compensation and benefits:

• Base hourly range of $40,00-$50.00/hour.

For individuals assigned and/or hired to work in states where it is required by law to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for any given position, compensation ranges are specific to those states and takes into account various factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to a candidate’s relevant experience, qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiencies for the role.

This position does not have an application deadline. We will continue to recruit until the position has been filled.

The Company is dedicated to ensuring a safe and secure environment for our team members and visitors. To assist in achieving that goal, we conduct drug, alcohol, and background checks for all new team members post-offer and prior to the start of employment. The Immigration Reform and Control Act requires that verification of employment eligibility be documented for all new employees by the end of the third day of work.

About us: JBS USA is a leading global food company providing diversified, high-quality products to customers in approximately 100 countries on six continents. Our team members and facilities in the United States allow us to offer a diverse portfolio of fresh, value added and branded beef, pork, chicken and prepared foods products. JBS USA is also the majority shareholder of Pilgrim’s, the largest poultry company in the world. JBS USA employs more than 72,000 team members in 31 United States and Canada. Our corporate office is located in beautiful Greeley, Colorado, where our 1,200 team members onsite enjoy more than 300 days of sunshine a year.
 

Our mission: To be the best in all that we do, completely focused on our business, ensuring the best products and services to our customers, a relationship of trust with our suppliers, profitability for our shareholders and the opportunity of a better future for all of our team members.

Our core values are: Availability, Determination, Discipline, Humility, Ownership, Simplicity, Sincerity

EOE, including disability/vets

Unsolicited Assistance: JBS and its companies do not accept unsolicited assistance from any recruitment vendors for any of our open jobs. All resumes or candidate profiles submitted by recruitment vendors or headhunters to any employee at JBS and its companies or via the applicant tracking system, in any form without a valid written request and search agreement previously approved by HR, will be solely owned by JBS and its companies. No fees will be paid should the candidate be hired by JBS and its companies because of an unsolicited referral.