Telecom - Project Manager II

Duke Energy Corporation•Raleigh, NC

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Project Manager II role is responsible for overseeing projects within a broad Telecom portfolio, effectively managing, or assisting in managing, several initiatives concurrently. The role demands a high degree of collaboration, including comprehensive vendor management, engagement with external agencies and coordination with internal agile teams across multiple departments to achieve annual project objectives. You will leverage your expertise to proactively identify and mitigate risks, formulate and control budgets, and adapt schedules in response to evolving priorities and project activities. This position typically is assigned to multiple “Green I” or “Green II” projects per the Project Management Center of Excellence Project Profile Matrix. These projects are typically between $100,000 and $50M with a Low to Moderate level of complexity which may impact the facility, department or enterprise level within the Company as well as some Senior Management and/or External Agencies.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and seven (7) or more years of prior work-related experience
Eleven (11) years of prior work experience in lieu of a degree
Thorough understanding of Microsoft Office Suite (e.g., Excel, PowerPoint) and tools utilized for work management (e.g., JIRA), with the ability to learn new systems quickly
Strong servant leadership, communication, presentation, and influencing skills
Adept in risk and issue management with a good understanding of when and how to escalate to leadership
Ability to build consensus across distinct teams with varying working styles
Ability to collaborate effectively with remote team members
Ability to absorb change and continue with positive results
Ability to work with limited supervision
Self-motivated and at ease in a constantly changing environment

Nice To Haves

Project Management Professional
Demonstrated experience leading large-scale IT projects/programs
Experience with managing budgets for multiple projects simultaneously
Prior experience working in the Utility Nuclear environment
Prior experience working on large scale $10M+ Telecom projects, specifically in the Utility Sector
Prior experience working on large scale Utility Projects
Experience working with teams using Agile (SAFe) and waterfall delivery methodologies
Experience conducting routine analysis and reporting, including identification of impacts and levers for deceleration/acceleration of work
Working knowledge of Duke systems used for project and financial management (e.g., Maximo, PowerPlan, Power BI)
Masters – business (MBA), project management, or equivalent
PMI (PMP) / CMII / AACE / Utility Technical Certifications

Responsibilities

Provide leadership, oversight management, delegation, and coordination to the various internal and external organizations that are providing services to the project (development, engineering, project controls, estimating, construction management, supply chain, legal, EHS, QA/QC, operations, communications, regulatory, security, fuels, transmission, etc.).
The PM manages all matrixed members of the team daily and is responsible for interfacing with functional managers of team members regarding placement, development and conflict resolution.
Establish and maintain communications among all project/program stakeholders.
Structure, lead, and/or assist in leading all project related meetings and reports required to ensure open communication between all team members, key stakeholders, and management (monthly project reviews, kickoff meetings, weekly reports, monthly reports, etc.) and to properly report project status.
Assure that Project Plan, all appropriate reports and reporting means are developed and managed according to PMCoE Standards.
Present reports to appropriate management / governance team skillfully.
Plan the project (s) assigned to, including scope, schedule, cost, safety, and quality aspect of the project.
Drive the process of project planning including scope definition, estimating, schedule formation and monitoring, cost control measures, procurement/contracting strategies, equipment selection, vendor selection, start-up and commissioning plans, and integration processes.
This includes project planning and execution activities like scope definition, detailed design, construction, start-up and commissioning, turnover to operations, and warranty management.
Execute projects according to Plan within designed scope, cost and schedule limits.
Ability to create, develop and deliver project / business case presentations to Senior Management / project sponsors.
Share tools, learnings, expertise in manner consistent with organization standards and PMCoE.