Expert It Project Manager

Requisition ID # 161839

Job Category: Project / Program Management
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Business Unit: Information Technology
Work Type: Hybrid
Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview
Information Systems Technology Services is a unified organization comprised of various departments which collaborate effectively in order to deliver high quality technology solutions.

Position Summary
Leads a team that develops new applications, designs and installs new IT technical architecture and infrastructure systems, or enhances existing systems. Assembles the project team and utilizes the provided cost and scheduling tools to define the scope, budget, and resource needs, and controlling other project variables. Functions as a liaison between IT and the Business Client. Acts as the go-to person that represents the entire project from the planning through to the deployment stage.

PG&E is providing the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might pay for this position at the time of the job posting. This compensation range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will be based on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience, market value, geographic location, and internal equity. We would not anticipate that the individual hired into this role would land at or near the top half of the range described below, but the decision will be dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.​

A reasonable salary range is: ​
Bay Area Minimum: $144,000.00
Bay Area Maximum: $244,000.00

Job Responsibilities
Accurately and consistently forecasting project resource, material and contract costs within a standard PG&E tool(s)
Actions and recommendations impact achievement of department goals
Acts as lead on IT cross-functional projects/initiatives
Assessing project performance and implementing changes as necessary to ensure the projects remains within specified cost, schedule, scope and quality objectives
Clearly defining and communicating roles, responsibilities and expectations for all members of the project team
Communicating individual project roles and expectations
Communicating status of all projects to stakeholders and management
Conducting and site visits as necessary
Conducting project kick-off meetings
Consistently demonstrates advanced knowledge and technical competence
Coordinating any required contract work within defined PG&E policy
Developing and maintaining a productive working relationship with project sponsors, vendors and key clients
Developing and maintaining up-to-date detailed project schedules and work plans
Developing metrics, procedures, objectives and methods to assess project progress while using established standards and quality objectives
Driving all project related tasks to completion
Ensuring all project team members have the tools and training necessary to perform effectively
Exercising independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance with moderate scope and complexity
Functioning in a process oriented environment
Gathering, defining and documenting project requirements
Independently planning all associated work to meet project goals
May act as a team lead and/or coach to developing employees
Monitoring critical project milestones, and identifying ways to resolve schedule issues
Obtaining and defining staffing requirements and forming project teams
Often serves as a technical coach, trainer, or mentor for others.
Preparing all project documentation for closure, storage, and possible auditing activities, ensuring technical accuracy
Providing direction and leadership to project management analysts and schedulers
Recognized as “go to” expert among peers.
Recording, tracking and communicating issues, risks, changes, and status reports within a PG&E standard tool
Resolving problems of project specific scope within procedural guidelines
Responsible for leading one or more projects typically between $100,000 - $10,000,000
Responsible for the concurrent management of one or more complex projects. These projects are one-time, multitask jobs that have clearly defined start and end dates, a specific scope of work, a budget, required resources, and a specified performance objective to be achieved.

Qualifications

Minimum:
Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
Experience in IT-Information Technology product development cycles, complex, 8 years
Experience in project management, 8 years
Experience in IT-Information Technology, 8 years
Experience in IT-Information Technology professional service agreements
PMI-Project Management Institute PMP-Project Management Professional certification

Desired:
Graduate Degree in Computer Science or job-related discipline or equivalent experience
Knowledge of Salesforce, AWS, and SaaS technologies is a plus
Leadership experience, job-related
Experience in PMO-Program Management Office development
Experience as Project Manager, high complexity
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