* Business Project Manager will manage projects in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire, ensuring all phases are completed efficiently, within scope, on schedule, and within budget. * This position works closely with Customer Group leadership and related business areas, Regulatory and Information Technology (IT) as applicable. * Responsible for the management of all project stages, as well as for ensuring project plans, status, and results are properly documented and communicated in accordance with company and department policies and standards.
Essential Functions: • Responsible for all aspects of capital and expense projects, including: researching and benchmarking all options; recommending solutions; defining the project scope; developing project requirements and estimating project costs; identifying project benefits, risks, contingencies, dependencies, and metrics for success; preparing project authorization and justification documents; establishing project teams; assigning roles and responsibilities; overseeing project progress; providing status updates, project reports, and related communication; and ensuring successful project completion/implementation (on scope, on budget, on schedule, and achieving benefits as planned). • Responsible for leading cross-functional project teams, assigning tasks and responsibilities, and determining actions required to prevent or recover from project-business objective mismatch, schedule challenges, dependency conflicts, execution challenges, resource constraints, scope creep, skill deficiencies, communication failures, and project risks • Manages the team’s creation and review of the project charter; creation of a comprehensive project plan; and development of a project schedule and communications plan. Establishes and oversees the change control methodology. Provides sensitivity/scenario analysis around critical assumptions and quantification of risk parameters • Manages Change Management Strategy for associated projects and initiatives for which they are assigned to lead ensuring all required Change Management documentation is completed accordingly • Works with business areas within the Customer Group, legal department, and enterprise risk management to probe business issues and to gain an understanding of regulatory, legislative, legal, and utility industry environments for the effective development of financial, strategic, and operational project assumptions
Technical Knowledge/Skill: • High degree of personal ownership and accountability • Strong facilitation and communication skills (including written, oral, and public speaking) required • Proven ability to effectively collaborate with various departments and across disciplines • Successful track record in Project/Program Management • Strong ability to provide both strategic insight and perform detail-based analysis • Strong ability to understand and communicate complex issues in a simple and understandable manner verbally and in writing
Education/Certification: • Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration (Finance, Accounting, Economics), Engineering, or other closely-related discipline required. Formal project management certification or completed coursework; or related professional designations are strongly preferred.
Experience: • Minimum of 2-3 years of project management experience, including experience with project management software and applications and agile and waterfall project management methodologies, or equivalent experience, required. Preferred experience with process mapping and customer journey mapping. Other related experience considered. Experience working within a regulated environment, particularly within the electric and gas utility industry, preferred.
Working Conditions: • Remote position and candidate will need to provide their own computer and access to internet.
The main function of an Project Manager is to oversee the application of project management methodology during all phases of the project cycle, with responsibilities including project design, scope management, cost control, quality and performance reporting. Job Responsibilities: - Develops, tracks and manages project budget, project plans, timelines and scope - Manage project resources including procuring project staff, developing, motivating, coaching and advising - Partner closely with other members of functional project teams to define business requirements - Lead teams of developers in the delivery of high-quality software solutions that meet business needs - Define test plans and ensure that products are defect free before User Acceptance Testing - Facilitate the User Acceptance Testing process, developing rollout plans and procedures - Prepare and present cost-benefit analyses - Ensure appropriate systems development and project management processes are being utilized - Make presentations to steering committees or project sponsors
Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required. MBA or other related advanced degree preferred. - PMP or PMI certification - 1-2 years experience - Proven project management experience - People management and team building skills - Demonstrated ability to be flexible/ adaptable in exercising judgment in a changing environment and to manage competing priorities - Proven ability to learn business processes quickly and to work well with business partners at different levels within the organization - Strong ability to assess risk and apply management principles to technology applications/products and business functions - Experience delivering technology and business application solutions in a large-scale, multi-platform systems environment
Interaction with team: Working with employees and contactors in the customer group org. Will be communication with team via teams, teams meetings, SharePoint, email Camera on for any team meetings
Work environment: Remote, must have a quiet workspace with limited distraction.
Any Travel Required: Potential for quarterly meetings that are held in Westborough MA (if local to the tri-state area)
Education & Experience Required: • Bachelor’s degree in business administration (Finance, Accounting, Economics), Engineering, or other closely-related discipline required. • Minimum of 1 year of project management experience, including experience with project management software and applications and agile and waterfall project management methodologies, or equivalent experience, required. Preferred experience with process mapping, customer journey mapping and leading RFP’s. Other related experience considered. • Experience working within a regulated environment, particularly within the electric and gas utility industry, preferred.
Technical Skills (Required) • High degree of personal ownership and accountability • Strong facilitation and communication skills (including written, oral, and public speaking) required • Proven ability to effectively collaborate with various departments and across disciplines • Successful track record in Project/Program Management • Strong ability to provide both strategic insight and perform detail-based analysis • Strong ability to understand and communicate complex issues in a simple and understandable manner verbally and in writing • MS Office- teams, SharePoint, PowerPoint, Excel
(Desired) • Formal project management certification or completed coursework or related professional designations are strongly preferred.
Soft Skills (Required) - Organized - Self-motivated Time management
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