Project Lead, Business Systems

The Energy Authority Inc•Jacksonville, FL

About The Position

At The Energy Authority (TEA), our business moves fast. We operate at the intersection of energy markets, technology, clients, and innovation—and keeping all of those pieces moving together takes more than project management. It takes someone who can see the big picture, connect the dots, anticipate what’s coming next, and turn complexity into coordinated action. We’re looking for a Project Lead, Business Systems to serve as a program-level integrator across TEA’s business systems, vendor partnerships, operational initiatives, and market-driven changes. This is a highly collaborative role that sits at the center of Client Services, Operations, IT, vendors, and leadership, helping ensure projects and system changes are aligned, sequenced, communicated, and delivered successfully. If you’re someone who thrives on bringing order to complexity, enjoys working across teams, and can confidently move a project from “What are we doing?” to “Here’s how we’re getting it done,” this could be the role for you.

Requirements

A Bachelor’s degree; MBA preferred.
Experience leading cross-functional projects and coordinating organizational change.
Experience working with vendors and managing vendor relationships.
Strong project governance, organizational, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
The ability to influence without direct authority and bring people together around a common goal.
Experience navigating complex systems, operational processes, and competing priorities.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Energy Trading and Risk Management (ETRM) systems preferred.
Knowledge of Allegro, PowerOptix, OATI, Microsoft 365, and SharePoint preferred.
Additional experience across multiple products or systems may qualify for senior-level opportunities.

Responsibilities

Serve as TEA’s program-level connector, maintaining visibility across vendor initiatives, system enhancements, operational changes, and strategic projects.
Coordinate project sequencing, dependencies, cross-team impacts, and release timing to keep TEA’s systems and operations moving cohesively.
Build and maintain project roadmaps and release calendars that align business priorities, vendor capacity, market requirements, and organizational needs.
Bring structure to project intake, scoping, estimation, resource planning, testing readiness, and release governance.
Establish consistent release-readiness practices, including documentation, change control, testing, and acceptance.
Identify operational risks and dependencies early and bring the right people together to address them before they become problems.
Prioritize, coordinate, and deliver cross-functional projects through structured project governance.
Facilitate project meetings, workshops, working sessions, and stakeholder discussions.
Set clear expectations with project teams, vendors, leadership, and business stakeholders.
Coordinate resources and keep teams focused on milestones, deliverables, and outcomes.
Coach and motivate project team members and contractors through influence and collaboration.
Develop leadership updates, dashboards, risk assessments, project communications, and release updates.
Represent projects and releases at portfolio councils and leadership forums.
Evaluate dependencies, coordinate readiness, and support proactive risk management.
Lead structured monthly vendor meetings focused on roadmaps, capacity, priorities, releases, and upcoming needs.
Translate vendor release information into clear, actionable guidance for TEA teams.
Help ensure vendor priorities and capabilities align with TEA’s strategic direction and operational requirements.
Monitor regulatory and market-driven changes and coordinate the operational and system impacts across teams.
Lead coordination of market-mandated changes, ensuring appropriate testing, readiness, and acceptance.
Keep TEA prepared for what’s coming next—not just reacting to what’s happening today.
Serve as a trusted point of connection across Client Services, Operations, IT, vendors, and business leadership.
Provide clear, consistent visibility into project status, risks, dependencies, metrics, and release timing.
Build strong relationships across the organization and create alignment among teams with competing priorities.
Communicate complex information clearly and confidently with leaders and employees at all levels.
Help strengthen TEA’s culture of accountability, collaboration, and execution.