9553 Continuous Improvement Prj Ldr

PSEG•Newark, NJ

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

This highly visible role within PSEG’s centralized performance improvement organization leads complex, cross-functional initiatives to improve how work gets done across the company. The Project Leader partners with business leaders to redesign end-to-end value streams, address persistent performance challenges, and translate improvement opportunities into sustainable changes to processes, business and technology architecture, data, roles, and accountability. The role also connects process improvement with the evolution of business capabilities, technology, data, and operating models. Initiatives may address cost management, performance efficiency, process development, ownership and alignment, operational needs, and large-scale transformation supporting core business results. The position delivers business and value-stream solutions that support PSEG’s performance in operational excellence, financial strength, and disciplined investment. The Project Leader takes initiatives from problem identification through future-state design and implementation, facilitates improvement sessions, and project-manages or coaches business resources through process-improvement and change-management efforts. Only current PSEG employees are being considered. PSEG is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.

Requirements

Undergraduate degree in engineering, business administration, or another analytical field.
Seven years of demonstrated experience in process development, performance efficiency, continuous improvement, or equivalent experience.
Ability to constructively challenge established ways of working, influence leaders without direct authority, and create momentum for change across organizational boundaries.
Working knowledge of value-stream management and value streams.
Technical mastery of Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt Certification) or other process-improvement methodologies.
Project-management skills and ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
Experience driving change management.
Strong training, presentation, and written and oral communication skills.
Strong understanding of analytical tools and statistics.
Ability to lead and coach facilitators.
Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, including ability to work cross-functionally on sensitive issues.
Ability to execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
Ability to foster an inclusive work environment and respect all aspects of diversity.
Prior experience with process documentation.
Compliance with the Department of Energy’s regulation 10 CFR 810 is required; applicable candidates must meet one of the specified citizenship, permanent-resident, or protected-individual eligibility categories.

Nice To Haves

Six Sigma Black Belt certification.
Experience delivering and deploying business transformation projects.
PMI certification.
Experience using business architectural frameworks, defining business capabilities, and collaborating across IT and business teams to align process, technology, and data.

Responsibilities

Deliver business and value-stream solutions that support the company’s performance in operational excellence, financial strength, and disciplined investment.
Independently lead business leaders and complex cross-functional teams from problem identification through future-state design and implementation, using methods such as DMAIC, ADKAR, PDCA, value-stream mapping, Kaizen events, and root-cause analysis as appropriate.
Independently facilitate project chartering, ideal-state brainstorming, current-state process mapping, root-cause analysis, solution brainstorming, future-state process-control-system mapping and development, implementation planning, and 30-60-90-day implementation tracking.
Project-manage and/or coach trained business resources through Value Stream Mapping, Kaizen Events, Lean Six Sigma projects, Root Cause Analysis, and Change Management efforts.