Senior Project Manager (Remote)

Qualus•, FL

1d•Remote

About The Position

Power your future with Qualus as a Senior Project Manager. The Senior Project Manager is a highly skilled, hands-on technical leader who will lead complex software and integration projects for leading utility customers across the United States and Canada. Project Managers at Qualus blend traditional PM discipline with utility-specific regulatory, operational, and vendor complexity. This role leads the day-to-day execution of projects ensuring they're delivered efficiently and to the highest standards. The incumbent must possess a strong technical background and extensive experience in both project leadership and utility operations to help guide projects to successful completion. The Project Manager is accountable for delivery governance and execution, while coordinating internal utility teams, system integrators, and third-party vendors.

Requirements

Mastery of scope, schedule, cost, and risk management
Strong change control and dependency management
Experience with large, multi-year, multi-vendor programs
Ability to accurately manage project budgets
Capable of accurately managing project schedules, resource allocations and project dependencies using Microsoft Project
Above average ability to perform advanced project financial analysis using Microsoft Excel and other internal tools
PMP Certification
Understanding of electric utility operations (Transmission, Distribution, Generation, Customer Operations)
Familiarity with IT/OT convergence
In depth understanding of project delivery methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid) as it relates to power control systems
Ability to manage/oversee complex integrations through coordination with technical delivery leads and customer architects
Understanding of APIs, message queues, batch interfaces
Experience coordinating system integration, user acceptance and other key testing stage gates
Leads without direct authority
Ability to communicate effectively with internal teams and customers
High accountability and ownership mindset
Strong conflict resolution and negotiation skills
Decisive but collaborative
Resilient in bureaucratic environments
Ability to build and sustain trusted, long-term relationships with utility stakeholders
Acts as an accountable point of contact across delivery, governance, and issue resolution
Demonstrates a strong understanding of the utility’s business drivers, constraints, and strategic priorities
Positions self and organization as a solution provider, not just a delivery resource
Proactively identifies additional needs, risks, or improvement opportunities during delivery
Recognizes and communicates new sales opportunities
Partners with business development and sales teams to shape opportunities
Provides delivery-informed input for proposals and statements of work.
Bachelor’s degree in business, computer science or engineering from an accredited university
5+ years of overall project management experience
2+ years managing enterprise software implementation and system integration projects
1+ years supporting projects in a regulated utility, energy, or critical infrastructure environment
Demonstrated experience managing multi-vendor, multi-workstream initiatives
Experience working directly with electric utilities or similar asset-intensive organizations
Experience coordinating projects involving OMS, ADMS, SCADA, AMI or equivalent enterprise platforms
Project Management Professional or equivalent project management certification.

Nice To Haves

Power Control Systems Software & Integration Literacy

Responsibilities

Lead the successful execution of electrical utility technology projects related to ADMS, OMS, EMS and DERMS operational control systems.
Act as a client interface, from initial assessment and qualification of project opportunities to handling correspondence, inquiries, and submittals.
Ensure project success through detailed planning and compliance, which involves reviewing and briefing stakeholders on all project specifications, instructions, and contractual requirements, as well as organizing bids.
Project Governance & Delivery Management: Own the project plan, schedule, budget, and milestones
Establish and enforce project governance
Coordinate across IT, OT, cybersecurity, operations, and compliance
Manage dependencies across multiple programs
Ensure alignment with internal and utility PMO standards
Scope, Schedule & Cost Control: Drive project execution and resource coordination by maintaining and overseeing schedules
Ensure delivery team and customer align with project scope
Tightly track and forecast operating budgets
Manage not-to-exceed (NTE) and time-and-materials (T&M) contracts
Provide accurate and timely resource demand forecasts and financial variance reporting
Manage change control and scope creep
Risk, Issue & Dependency Management: Identify and manage project, technical, and operational risks
Maintain risk and issue logs with mitigation plans
Manage cross-system and cross-program dependencies
Testing & Quality Assurance Oversight: Oversee SIT, UAT, performance, and security testing
Track defects and readiness criteria
Enforce go-live readiness gates
Stakeholder & Communication Management: Manage a wide range of stakeholders
Participate in regular Production/Client Meetings to ensure alignment and address ongoing project needs.
Lead status meetings, steering committees, and executive updates
Translate technical issues into business impacts
Manage expectations across competing priorities