Enterprise Project Manager (Regulatory)

Portland General Electric • Portland, OR

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

At PGE, our work involves dreaming about, planning for, and realizing a smarter, cleaner, more enduring Oregon neighborhood. Its core to our DNA and we haven’t stopped since we started in 1888. We energize lives, strengthen communities and drive advancements in energy that promote social, economic and environmental progress. We’re always on the lookout for people passionate about leading and being a part of teams that are advancing innovative clean energy solutions that are also affordable and accessible to all. As an Enterprise Project Manager, you will have the unique opportunity to lead multiple minor projects or a moderate-sized project in areas such as business systems improvement, process enhancement, department reorganizations, and strategy implementation. You will establish project controls to manage budget, scope, quality, schedule, and risks while engaging stakeholders through effective communication strategies and leading cross-functional teams to successful project completion. A successful candidate will have advanced communication skills including negotiation and presentation capabilities, along with intermediate knowledge of project management methodologies and business process improvement techniques. Your strong analytical thinking and stakeholder management skills will be essential for navigating complex projects and driving organizational change. Join our dynamic project management team and help shape PGE's sustainable energy future through impactful initiatives. You'll have the opportunity to collaborate with leaders across the organization while contributing directly to innovations that support our clean energy goals and customer service excellence.

Requirements

• Requires a bachelor's degree in business, communications, psychology or computer science or other related field or equivalent experience.
• Typically five or more years in project management or a related field. (e.g., scheduling, project coordination, business analyst)
• Intermediate knowledge of project management science, methodologies and standards.
• Intermediate knowledge of and ability to integrate project management knowledge areas including project scope, quality, time, cost, communication, procurement, human resources and risk management.
• Intermediate knowledge of and skill in using software applications such as MS Project, PowerPoint, Word, Excel spreadsheet and graphing, Access and Visio, Maximo and Power Plant.
• Intermediate knowledge of, Project Profile system and PGE email system.
• Intermediate knowledge of business process reengineering and continuous improvement methods and concepts.
• Intermediate knowledge of systems thinking concepts and principles.
• Intermediate knowledge of group problem-solving methods and techniques including problem analysis, nominal group and brainstorming techniques and consensus building.
• Intermediate knowledge of Six- Sigma or similar methodologies and the application of human factors.
• Intermediate listening skills, including the ability to draw information out and to see things from another's perspective.
• Intermediate skills in writing technical and business requirements.
• Advanced communication skills, both written and oral, including negotiation, persuasion and presentation skills.
• Working consulting skills.
• Intermediate analytical thinking skills.
• Intermediate ability to manage stakeholders.
• Intermediate business acumen.
• Intermediate change leadership skills.
• Intermediate conflict management skills.
• Intermediate decision-making skills.
• Intermediate enterprise/business awareness skills.
• Intermediate facilitation skills.
• Intermediate negotiation skills.
• Intermediate problem-solving skills.
• Intermediate risk management skills.
• Does the job require a valid driver's license? - Yes
• Driving/travel/commute: Daily within service territory - Frequently (at least once a week or more)
• Computer use (use computer regularly for entire work shift)
• Ability to adhere to set response times, deadlines and time-sensitive tasks
• Ability to follow accuracy standards
• Ability to follow through on decision-making tasks
• Ability to interact effectively and collaboratively within a team environment
• Ability to communicate and problem solve when under stress
• Ability to respond and adapt to frequent change
• Ability to accept and demonstrate self-awareness when provided constructive feedback
• Ability to discern feedback and acknowledge ownership of areas of improvement
• Ability to avoid future mistakes by applying reasonable skills to new but similar work situations or tasks
• Ability to successfully collaborate with peers, managers and others within the organization
• Demonstrates sound memory
• Ability to process new information to be applied consistently to work tasks
• Ability to work long hours
• Ability to work a variable schedule
• Ability to report to work and perform work during periods of severe inclement weather
• Ability to consistently meet attendance standards for regular, reliable, predictable, full-time attendance

Nice To Haves

• Experience working within a regulated environment
• PMP certification preferred

Responsibilities

• Project Consultation and Planning - Responsible for leading a single moderate-sized or for multiple minor projects. Types include, but are not limited to, business systems or process improvement, department reorganizations and strategy implementation, training, feasibility studies and pilots. Consults with operations managers to ensure strategic alignment, cost effectiveness and mitigation of negative operational and/or customer service impacts of business initiatives and projects; works with project sponsor to develop objectives and scope; assists in or develops business case/justification. Develops project plan(s) including WBS, schedule and cost baselines, dependencies and project roles and resource requirements; identifies project risks and mitigation strategies; partners and strategizes with Supply Chain, Legal, IT and project sponsor on vendor contract negotiations.
• Team Leadership - Leads multiple project teams or one major team in completing a project. Provides staff leadership to team members; facilitates team meetings, cultivates and reinforces group values, norms and behaviors; provides guidance and motivation to team on performance and productivity issues; ensures compliance with established project management methodologies and standards; takes corrective action as needed.
• Project Controls - Establishes and maintains formal controls to manage and monitor project budget, scope, quality, schedule and risks to ensure projects are completed on time, within budget and effectively. Negotiates necessary project changes with project sponsor. Maintains, adjusts and updates project plans as needed.
• Stakeholder Engagement - Develops communication plans and strategies; provides timely, accurate communication of project plans and status to stakeholders.
• Process Improvement - Leads and/or facilitates business process improvement (BPI) activities; assists managers and subject matter experts to identify, understand and improve or revise processes, practices and policies; assists managers in establishing process controls in order to measure baseline and post-improvement performance to monitor success of improvement initiatives.
• Project Reporting and Documentation - Ensures all project documents are catalogued and archived in a secure and efficient manner; documents and files all "lessons learned" along with all project artifacts.
• Internal Collaboration - Partners with project managers (PMs) to improve overall organizational competencies in project management; collaborates with PM peer group to continually improve.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level