Enterprise Project Manager, Sr

LCEC•North Fort Myers, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Enterprise Project Manager, Sr is responsible for leading complex projects that improve the performance of the organization in alignment with strategic priorities and objectives. This role requires high competency in project leadership, executive-level communication, analysis, business case development, prioritization, planning, problem solving, standardization, and project lifecycle management. The role will help guide the overall project portfolio program and contribute significantly to the overall portfolio efficiency, while providing training, coaching, and support for project sponsors, managers, and teams. As a collaborative leader, the senior enterprise project manager will contribute significantly to successful project delivery and benefits realization serving as a champion for positive, innovative change. This is a key role for company-wide stakeholder engagement and relationship management.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field. (Required)
10+ Years' experience in project management, including complex project management related to Information Technology and Engineering and/or leading programs. (Required)
Proficiency in MS Office Suite to include Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint. (Required)
Excellent collaboration, communication and negotiation skills. (Required)
Expertise with project management and analysis tools and related methods. (Required)
Ability to adjust multiple and changing priorities while interfacing effectively with all levels of the organization. (Required)
Certified Project Management Professional PMI-PMP; Agile, Waterfall. (Required)

Nice To Haves

2+ Years' experience in leading change management in projects. (Preferred)
2+ Years' experience in portfolio management experience. (Preferred)
2+ Years' experience in project management governance. (Preferred)
Understanding of process management, change management, and strategy. (Preferred)
General understanding of business analysis, ITIL, custom software development lifecycle, commercial off-the-shelf software implementation, emerging technologies, and application support concepts. (Preferred)
General understanding of electric utility industry and cooperative business model. (Preferred)
Agile Certified Practitioner PMI-ACP. (Preferred)

Responsibilities

Support the corporate and divisional vision, strategic initiatives, and objectives.
Apply strong leadership skills and project management expertise to organize and motivate project teams and achieve successful project delivery
Accountable for execution of the full project lifecycle, including defining scope, confirming roles and responsibilities, developing project plans and tasks, securing required resources, maintaining schedules and budgets, allocating resources, tracking deliverables, monitoring progress, managing RAID items, ensuring change management processes are in place, and performing other project management responsibilities as needed.
Produce written and verbal reports on project status and progress, including milestones, risks, actions, issues, and decisions.
Communicate effectively and foster partnership with project sponsor, owner, and stakeholders.
Coordinate project phase gate reviews, ensuring high-quality deliverables and required work products are delivered for governance review and approval to advance to the next phase.
Evaluate project results, including lessons learned and value realization.
Provide expert guidance for business case development and project evaluation.
Perform governance responsibilities related to processes, methods, tools, compliance, and adoption across process management, change request management, project management, policy structure, and other applicable areas of the governance model.
Utilize performance metrics to indicate health and progress.
Analyze, understand, and continuously communicate the overall health and status of the projects, keeping leadership informed to enable effective decision making.
Analyze and prioritize projects based on alignment with strategic priorities.
Facilitate the translation of value propositions into process performance goals.
Partner with sponsors and stakeholders to analyze and report on outcomes of projects initiated to make progress on and/or achieve strategic objectives.
Perform resource analysis during planning cycles and as input to change request management to optimize resource allocation and identify over-allocation risks.
Monitor and evaluate project progress, risks, issues, and dependencies to maintain project control, including developing and communicating delivery metric.
Develop and maintain project management standards, training, and coaching concepts to strengthen project leaders.
Mentor junior and mid-level project managers, supporting their professional growth and career development.
Maintain effective working relationships with employees and customers at all levels within LCEC. Ensure smooth operations, productive communications, and effective understanding during all interpersonal contacts. Provide current and accurate information to all requesters, courteously and in a timely manner.
Support Storm Restoration efforts when needed. Work in emergency storm situations (i.e. hurricanes) and work long hours (>12 hours per day) for many continuous days/weeks as needed
Perform other related duties as assigned.