Project Manager - $80,000-$100,000/DOE Missoula, Montana

ELM Utility Services • Missoula, MT

13h • $80,000 - $100,000 • Remote

About The Position

ELM Utility Services is an EEO Employer - M/F/Disability/Protected Veteran Status ELM Utility Services, with a team of over 1300 employees nationwide, is offering a great opportunity for a Project Manager in the Missoula, Montana area. This position can be offered as a remote position to the right candidate pending interview. This role is to help drive execution across customer-facing and internal IT initiatives. This role partners closely with IT leadership and technical teams to keep projects moving—managing customer communication, roadmaps, budgets, timelines, and day-to-day coordination. If you’re organized, proactive, and strong at turning ideas into clear plans and tickets, this is a great role with real ownership and visibility. This Project Manager will support a portfolio of initiatives spanning operations systems, customer deliverables, reporting/analytics, GIS, and platform improvements. You’ll be the glue between customers, internal stakeholders, and technical teams—keeping priorities clear, work-tracked, and outcomes delivered. Our Total Rewards Package Includes: Optional benefits like Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, FSA, H.S.A., and Teledoc. Company Paid Life Insurance Paid-Time Off (PTO) for vacation and sick time (Accrues up to 80 hours per full year and increases with years of service.) 6 Paid Holidays 401(k) plan Bonuses for milestone anniversaries Competitive pay based on experience Long history of stable employment and promoting from within Opportunity to lead and modernize production systems with meaningful operational impact

Requirements

• 2–5+ years of project management, program coordination, customer success/implementation, or related experience
• Experience working with technical teams (IT, software, data, GIS, or infrastructure) and translating between business and technical stakeholders
• Strong written communication (clear tickets, status updates, meeting notes, customer-facing summaries)
• Excellent organization and follow-through; comfortable juggling multiple concurrent projects
• Ability to ask good questions, surface ambiguity, and turn it into a plan
• Calm under pressure; able to prioritize, escalate, and de-risk work
• Professional customer presence and ability to manage expectations
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid delivery models
• Experience with Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar ticketing/roadmapping tools

Nice To Haves

• Comfort with SQL/Power BI/SSRS concepts, GIS/ArcGIS terminology, or analytics workflows (not required, but helpful)
• Basic understanding of IT service management, change control, and release coordination

Responsibilities

• Customer & Stakeholder Management (core)
• Own customer communication for assigned projects: kickoff coordination, status updates, action items, and follow-ups
• Translate customer needs into clear requirements, success criteria, and deliverables
• Run structured meetings (agenda, notes, decisions, risks, next steps) and drive accountability
• Project Execution & Delivery (core)
• Manage project plans, milestones, dependencies, and schedules across multiple workstreams
• Write high-quality tickets/user stories (acceptance criteria, scope boundaries, definitions of done) and maintain a healthy backlog
• Coordinate cross-functional teams (IT, data, GIS, operations, vendors) to remove blockers and keep work flowing
• Maintain risk/issue logs and escalate early with proposed options
• Roadmaps, Reporting, and Portfolio Tracking (core)
• Build and maintain project roadmaps and quarterly plans; ensure alignment to business outcomes
• Provide regular portfolio reporting (status, KPI progress, burn-up/burn-down where applicable)
• Track deliverables and ensure documentation and handoffs are completed
• Budget, Purchasing, and Vendor Coordination (core)
• Track project budgets, forecast spend, and support approvals/purchase requests
• Coordinate vendor engagements (SOW support, scheduling, deliverables tracking)
• Help manage renewals, licensing, and project-related procurement as needed
• Process & Operations (core-to-growing)
• Improve repeatability: templates, playbooks, meeting rhythms, stakeholder updates, and reporting standards
• Support change management: release notes, training coordination, rollout plans, and stakeholder comms

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability, FSA, H.S.A., and Teledoc
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Paid-Time Off (PTO) for vacation and sick time (Accrues up to 80 hours per full year and increases with years of service.)
• 6 Paid Holidays
• 401(k) plan
• Bonuses for milestone anniversaries
• Competitive pay based on experience
• Long history of stable employment and promoting from within
• Opportunity to lead and modernize production systems with meaningful operational impact

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed