Consulting Project Management Specialist - Oil, Gas & Energy
About The Position
Microsoft Industry Solutions is seeking a Consulting Project Management Specialist for the Oil, Gas, & Energy industry in Industry Solutions Delivery. The role supports customer satisfaction and represents Microsoft with customer stakeholders. It analyzes customer feedback and advocates for the customer, working with senior and executive stakeholders to support delivery and resolve complex delivery matters. The specialist leads or supports the initiation and execution of complex, multi-track programs for major Oil, Gas, and Energy customers by coordinating delivery resources, managing work breakdown structures, and aligning delivery with customer plans and longer-term strategies. The role also involves partner contracting, resource selection and onboarding, opportunity shaping, program planning, and management of project metrics, risks, and financials to support timely, high-quality delivery. The position may contribute across domains and geographies by sharing knowledge and influencing industry practices. The role requires residence in the Houston area and travel of 50–75% to customer sites within the Houston region. Microsoft describes its culture as grounded in a growth mindset, innovation, collaboration, respect, integrity, accountability, and inclusion.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a related field and 3+ years of project management experience, or equivalent experience.
- Residence in the Houston area and ability to travel 50–75% to customer sites within the Houston region.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's degree in a related field and 8+ years of project management experience, or equivalent experience.
- Demonstrated experience in the Oil and Gas industry.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
- 4+ years of financial management experience.
- Agile certification, Scrum Master certification, PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), or Professional Scrum Master One (PSM1) certification.
Responsibilities
- Support customer obligations across the delivery lifecycle, including envisioning, solution development, delivery planning, cloud consumption and usage, and delivery management.
- Drive initiation for low-complexity projects and support senior colleagues on project components, including delivery-resource commitments, resource assignments, work breakdown structures, status reporting, and financial tracking.
- Engage with other project managers at customer sites, support stakeholder relationships, and escalate issues or ambiguous situations to senior colleagues as needed.
- Initiate contracting processes for customer contractual amendments or partner resourcing, including coordinating partner resources and collecting resource requirements.
- Develop project management plans, such as stakeholder maps and communication plans, and align scope, resources, and Microsoft project schedules with customer plans.
- Monitor and track project risks and issues, record mitigation plans, and seek guidance from senior colleagues in identifying and evaluating risks.
- Apply project management principles to execution and delivery, and develop capability through peer mentorship.
- Identify or create opportunities to maximize timely cloud consumption through current deliveries.
- Use technical expertise to engage customer stakeholders and build strong business relationships.
- Collaborate across groups to support consumption activities and fulfill customer obligations throughout the delivery lifecycle.
- Build trusted customer relationships through feedback review, guidance, expectation management, and adherence to key performance indicators.
- Embody Microsoft's culture and values.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
