Jenna Vanderzee

About Jenna Vanderzee

I probably would have been a ropes course instructor had I not found a career in program management and team leadership. There are many similarities: motivating others to achieve goals and build trust among teammates, solving complex puzzles, and occasionally holding the rope while people try to climb things. As it turns out I get to do 90% of that in my career as a PMO leader, and I get to work with teams to build and deliver technology and services that improve the lives of many more people. My deep sense of empathy drives my approach at work. I am constantly putting myself in the shoes of my customers, my users, and my teammates. Much like technology development, I love that there are no perfect formulas for building teams or delivering solutions, and that constant puzzle is why I love what I do. I thrive in the space between strategy and execution, and love breaking down strategic visions into meaningful, measurable, and achievable goals. My areas of expertise include:• project, program and product management• managing cross-functional technology teams• launching Cloud, Saas, and enterprise systems• customer and stakeholder management• building PMO process, portfolio resource planning and forecasting • Agile Leadership (CSM, CSPO, CAL-1) • software development lifecycle (SDLC)• web application development• change management• strategy development• BI and analytics

Experience

1. Director, IT Operations (Chief of Staff)

   Fred Hutch

   May 2025 — Present

Education

• UW Foster School of Business

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Technology Management

  2015 — 2017

• University of Idaho

  Bachelor's Degree, Applied Mathematics

• University of Idaho

  Bachelor's Degree, Psychology

Skills

• Project Management
• Data Analysis
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office
• Budget Process
• Research
• Recruiting
• International Security
• Leadership
• Microsoft Word
• Team Leadership
• Oral & Written Communication Skills
• Nuclear
• Outstanding Interpersonal Communication Skills
• Financial Analysis
• Customer Oriented
• Strategic Communications
• Program Management
• Strategy
• Manage Complex Projects
• Process Improvement
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Software Project Management
• Collaborative Problem Solving
• Business Process Improvement
• Product Management
• Operations Management
• Web Applications
• Technical Staff Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Management
• Team Building