Senior IT Project Manager - Energy Utility
Company: Zones
Location: Oakland
Posted on: April 28, 2024
Job Description:
Details: - - - - Term: 12 month contract - renewable Location:
100% remote - PT hours - FLSA: non-exempt $60-72/hr We offer
medical/dental/vision, generous PTO, 401K match and much much more!
- - - Position Overview The Senior IT Project Manager will work on
behalf of our major utility client based in Oakland, CA. - The
individual's role is to plan, manage, and execute multiple IT
project initiatives that create and sustain comprehensive solutions
to deliver a world-class customer experience. These deliverables
are managed from initiation to project close-out to ensure the
quality of deliverables and timely completion. The role reports
within the Program Management Office and oversees a portfolio of
large, high-budget customer projects by managing the day to day
operational activities across various internal functional
departments. - This role ensures projects align with the business
strategy and deliver on time, boosting productivity and scalability
while improving profitability. Projects will be IT related
technology such as networking, data center, clouds, Vmware,
storage, transport and telephony. What you'll do as the Sr. IT
Project Manager The requirements listed below are representative of
the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities
to perform the essential functions.
- Manage the day to day operational activities of large-scale,
high budget projects across various functional departments.
- Responsible for a successful delivery for all of the project
deliverables. -
- Set and continually manage project expectations with team
members and other stakeholders through regular and proactively
scheduled meetings. -
- Manage project activities through the effective use of project
management principles and the specific methodologies adopted by the
PMI to achieve timely project completion and meet the defined
project business objectives. -
- Develop and execute project plans for major customer
initiatives, with project team members throughout the client
organization. -
- Present recommendations for effective consensus decision
making, taking into consideration risk analysis and impact
assessment for project milestones. - -
- Develop project resource and cost estimates. -
- Monitor actual project expenditures against project estimates
and budgets. -
- Provide accurate and timely budget reporting.
- Meet or exceed project budget profit targets. -
- Maintain effective communication and coordination with the
project sponsor/business owner to ensure that business objectives
are met and any changes are clearly communicated. -
- Communicate effectively with project team members, senior
management and other managers whose staff are involved in
projects.
- Conform to customer service level agreements (SLA's) to ensure
decreased liability and penalties for not meeting SLA
requirements.
- Use advanced technical knowledge to perform and apply new
technical procedures.
- Provide technical direction, guidance and support to Associate
Project Managers and Project Coordinators.
- Recommend and implement improvements to existing technical
procedures based on understanding of new technologies.
- Other duties as assigned What you'll bring to the table:
- PMP or PMI certification -
- Bachelor's Degree - preferably in IT related field
- Minimum of 10 years project management experience with at least
three years managing large, complex IT projects which demonstrate a
broad and deep understanding of complex business processes,
multiple platforms and language technologies and financial
management.
- A minimum of ten years of hands-on large-scale project
management experience will be considered to replace the educational
requirement.
- Experience in Utility (Energy) highly preferred. Mandatory:
- Proficient in Budget analysis and understands and has used
standard PMI-based financial formulas to analyze earned value
- Demonstrated track record for managing complex operational
projects, including awareness of business activities.
- Demonstrated success at influencing people and initiating
changes in business practice
- Proven experience effectively interacting with customers,
including relationship building.
- Ability to work with customer management teams to provide
status and set expectations to ensure project success.
- PMI member with expert skills using PMI methods in work
products/project execution including change management, risk
management, and issues management.
- Experience delivering presentations to customers.
- Negotiation skills to achieve coordination and results.
- Ability to demonstrate clear understanding of managing all
project phases
- Ability to effectively and proactively manage changes in
project scope
- Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a
high-pressure environment
- Ability to proactively develop and implement strategies that
significantly mitigate risk
- Ability to work and adapt to change in a fast-paced
environment
- Proficient in Planisware -(proj mgmt. tool), knowledge of SAP
and Ariba (client's system tool for financials and material
tracking).MS Project, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Smartsheet
and Outlook - While we're committed to providing top-tier
solutions, we're just as committed to supporting our own team. Our
employees enjoy a variety of comprehensive benefits, including
medical/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, a 401(k) plan with
matching provision, paid time off, and much more. And as a Minority
Business Enterprise, a Corporate Plus member of the Northwest
Minority Supplier Development Council, and an Equal Employment
Opportunity Employer, our community is just as diverse.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation,
gender identity, national origin, veteran status or on the basis of
disability.
At Zones, work is more than a job -with exciting careers with a
global team who are client centric, have a passion for tech, who
embrace change and lifelong learning in a collaborative culture. If
you're interested in working on the cutting edge of IT innovation,
sales, engineering, operations, administration, and more, Zones is
the place for you!
Keywords: Zones, Union City , Senior IT Project Manager - Energy Utility, Executive , Oakland, California
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