IT Project Manager II

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IT Project Manager II / III | IT Technology | Utilities & Renewables Focus

Are you a strategic IT leader with expertise in utility, renewable energy, and IT project management? We are looking for an experienced IT Project Manager II / III to drive the successful delivery of complex IT projects across technology, infrastructure, and energy sectors. With experience in solar, BESS, PPA agreements, and other critical utilities technologies, you will be essential in advancing our innovative and transformative projects.

What Your Day Will Look Like:

You are responsible for:

• Project Leadership: Manage and lead large, cross-functional teams on projects with high complexity, including renewable energy and battery storage systems (BESS) initiatives. Ensure timely, efficient, and successful project completion.
• Scope, Cost, and Schedule Management: Oversee the end-to-end project management, including scope definition, budget planning, resource management, and vendor relationships, ensuring all contractual deliverables are met on time and within budget.
• Execution Planning: Develop robust execution strategies using Waterfall methodologies to support diverse infrastructure projects, including PPA and IT technology initiatives.
• Stakeholder Communication: Engage regularly with senior executives, cross-functional teams, and external stakeholders, providing transparent, insightful updates and maintaining alignment across the project lifecycle.
  

The Ideal Candidate:

• Industry Expertise: Proven experience managing complex IT projects in the utility, renewable energy, and power purchase agreement (PPA) sectors, with a solid background in solar and BESS technologies.
• Technical Proficiency: Strong knowledge of IT infrastructure management, with expertise in executing projects using Waterfall methodology.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Skilled in overseeing multi-disciplinary teams, coordinating between internal resources, vendors, and stakeholders, and ensuring seamless collaboration.
• Analytical and Communication Skills: Exceptional problem-solving, organizational, and communication abilities with a talent for presenting complex updates to senior leaders and external partners.
  

If you're ready to lead pivotal technology projects that shape the future of energy and IT infrastructure, apply today

IT Project Manager II |IT Technology

• Bachelors' degree in Information Technology or related field
• ANDfive (5) years of prior relevant experience managing large scale IT projects in the area of software applications, IT infrastructure or cybersecurity or equivalent combination of education and directly related experience.
• Working project management knowledge and experience developing or updating project plans for information technology projects (including information such as project objectives, technologies, systems, information specifications, schedules, funding, and staffing).
  

IT Project Manager III |IT Technology

• Bachelors' degree in Information Technology or related field
• ANDeight (8) years of prior relevant experience managing large scale IT projects in the area of software applications, IT infrastructure or cybersecurity or equivalent combination of education and directly related experience.
• Working project management knowledge and experience developing or updating project plans for information technology projects (including information such as project objectives, technologies, systems, information specifications, schedules, funding, and staffing).
  
  

Preferred Special Skills, Knowledge or Qualifications:

• Experience delivering business results through IT Deployment, excellent communication, negotiation and leadership skills
• Experience managing large, complex, high impact projects.
• Extensive understanding of project management processes, principles and methodologies
• Ability to build strong Client/Customer relationships
• Strong critical thinking and creativity skills along with the ability to exercise sound judgment by making decisions based on accurate and timely analyses
• Able to understand needs and values of stakeholders and team members and apply that understanding to motivate behaviors and results
• Experience in managing multi-discipline teams and technical functions
• Demonstrated leadership and organizational skills.
• PMP certification preferred
  

1) Under broad supervision, lead other departments and disciplines to ensure development of complex scale project plans, effective resource planning, project estimates, project organization and roles and responsibilities

2) Manage project dependencies, critical path, and monitor and update risk mitigation and contingency plans as necessary

3) Present comprehensive project plans to project sponsors and management. Obtains all necessary stakeholder support and sponsor and executive approvals.

4) Manage project dependencies, critical path, and monitor and update risk mitigation and contingency plans as necessary

5) Control and manage impact of scope-creep throughout the project life cycle document as needed and revise work authorizations as necessary

6) Assess additional and/or consultant needs and make the appropriate recruitments as necessary

7) Participate in the coordination of production change management for the project

8) Develops project plan documentation, provides status reports, negotiates change orders and adjusts schedules as needed.

9) Develop and conduct formal presentations for assigned projects as required

10) Manage activities within the project team or impacted area/s to ensure project objectives, budget, quality standards and scheduling requirements are met.

11) Ensures project deliverables and overall results meet or exceed sponsor and stakeholder expectations

12) Regularly coaches, mentors, motivates and supervises project team members and contractors and provide performance assessment input as needed, coordinate vendor resources, identify and resolve issues and conflicts within project team

This position may require access to and/or use of information subject to control under the Department of Energy's Part 810 Regulations (10 CFR Part 810), the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 CFR Parts 730 through 774), or the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) (22 CFR Chapter I, Subchapter M Part 120) (collectively, 'U.S. Export Control Laws'). Therefore, some positions may require applicants to be a U.S. person, which is defined as a U.S. Citizen, a U.S. Lawful Permanent Resident (i.e. 'Green Card Holder'), a Political Asylee, or a Refugee under the U.S. Export Control Laws. All applicants will be required to confirm their U.S. person or non-US person status. All information collected in this regard will only be used to ensure compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws, and will be used in full compliance with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination on the basis of national origin and other factors. For positions at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Stations (PVNGS) all openings will require applicants to be a U.S. person.

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Home based: Home based employees primarily work from their home offices and come into an APS facility on an as-needed basis.

*Employees are expected to reside in Arizona (or New Mexico for Four Corners-based employees).

*Working from a home office requires adequate technology and an appropriate ergonomic set up.

*Role types are subject to change based on business need.