[Hiring] Project Manager @E Source

Role Description

As a Project Manager, you'll lead complex utility technology initiatives for electric, gas, and water clients. Engagements may include AMI (advanced metering infrastructure) feasibility studies, business cases, planning, procurement, implementation, and deployment support. You'll be responsible for planning and coordinating projects from initiation through implementation, balancing scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, vendors, and client expectations.

In this role, you will:

• Lead day-to-day project management for complex AMI and related utility technology initiatives.
• Develop and manage integrated project plans, schedules, budgets, milestones, dependencies, resources, and deliverables.
• Coordinate activities across client teams, E Source subject matter experts, AMI vendors, system integrators, field deployment contractors, and other third parties.
• Manage project risks, issues, decisions, actions, assumptions, and changes, driving timely resolution and escalation as appropriate.
• Facilitate project meetings, executive updates, workshops, and cross-functional working sessions.
• Monitor vendor performance and contractual commitments, including milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and acceptance activities.
• Coordinate across AMI workstreams such as meter and network deployment, systems integration, testing, data readiness, operational readiness, and customer-facing activities.
• Provide clear, decision-oriented reporting on project status, schedule, budget, risks, issues, and upcoming decisions.
• Maintain effective project documentation and governance, while building trusted client relationships and identifying opportunities to provide additional value.
• Forecast project resource needs and maintain resource bookings, and monitor project financial performance to support accurate, timely monthly client invoicing and revenue forecasting.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of project or program management experience within the utility industry.
• Demonstrated experience managing or supporting an advanced metering infrastructure implementation for an electric, gas, or water utility.
• Working knowledge of AMI program components such as meters and endpoints, communications networks, head-end systems, meter data management systems, systems integration, testing, deployment, data management, and operational readiness.
• Experience managing complex project schedules, budgets, risks, issues, dependencies, changes, and executive reporting.
• Proficiency with project-management tools and Microsoft Office applications.
• Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience.

Requirements

• Are skilled at coordinating complex, cross-functional technology implementations involving utility business teams, IT and/or OT organizations, vendors, system integrators, and field resources.
• Bring strong facilitation skills and can communicate effectively with executives, technical teams, business stakeholders, vendors, and field personnel.
• Can identify emerging project challenges, develop practical courses of action, facilitate decisions, and drive issues through resolution.
• Act as an effective bridge between business, operational, and technical teams.
• Are comfortable working independently in environments where all information may not yet be available, and can maintain momentum across complex initiatives.
• Work effectively in hybrid, virtual, and in-person environments, collaborating with geographically distributed client and project teams.

Benefits

• Excellent insurance options, including medical, dental, and vision plans; company-paid life insurance; company-paid long- and short-term disability insurance; medical and dependent-care flexible spending plans, and paid parental leave.
• A flexible time off (FTO) policy that provides paid time away from work, approved by your manager, while ensuring business needs, workload commitments, and appropriate coverage are maintained.
• A 401(k) plan with a 3% employer match.
• The budgeted salary for this position is $140,000 – $170,000 USD + annual bonus. Actual pay will be adjusted based on experience.
• This role is remote when not traveling to client sites. Travel is dependent on project and client needs (up to 50%).