Vice President, Enterprise Project Management

Wabash Valley Power Alliance•Indianapolis, IN

19h

About The Position

The Vice President, Enterprise Project Management provides executive leadership for Wabash Valley Power’s enterprise project portfolio, ensuring major strategic initiatives and capital investments are planned, prioritized, governed, and executed effectively. The position leads the Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO) and works across the organization to align projects with strategic objectives and deliver them safely, efficiently, and within approved scope, schedule, and budget. Serving as an enterprise integrator, the Vice President coordinates resources and manages interdependencies across Engineering, Operations, Power Supply, Finance, Technology, and other functions. The role also resolves barriers and provides executive leadership with clear visibility into project performance and risk. The successful candidate is a strategic, collaborative, results-oriented leader who combines project discipline and sound business judgment, operates at both enterprise and project levels, and fosters transparency and accountability.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Finance, Project Management, Construction Management, or a related field.
10 or more years of progressively responsible experience leading complex projects, programs, or capital portfolios, including significant leadership responsibility.
Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional initiatives in the electric utility, energy, infrastructure, cooperative, or another regulated industry.
Strong understanding of capital planning, project controls, budgeting, risk management, contract administration, and organizational change.
Ability to communicate effectively with executive leadership, Boards, technical professionals, business leaders, contractors, and external stakeholders.
Ability to safely and successfully perform essential job functions consistent with the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards, including meeting qualitative and/or quantitative productivity standards.
Ability to maintain regular, punctual attendance consistent with the ADA, FMLA, and other federal, state, and local standards.
Ability to talk, listen, and speak clearly verbally and through email.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree.
PMP, PgMP, PfMP, or comparable professional certification.

Responsibilities

Lead the EPMO and establish consistent governance, prioritization, project controls, reporting, and accountability across the enterprise portfolio.
Translate strategic priorities and Board direction into actionable programs, projects, milestones, and measurable outcomes.
Provide enterprise oversight of significant technology and infrastructure investments, including scope, schedule, cost, risk, procurement, and change control.
Partner with executive leadership to evaluate competing investments, resource requirements, organizational capacity, project dependencies, and enterprise risk.
Coordinate complex initiatives spanning multiple business units and facilitate timely resolution of issues affecting project execution.
Establish executive dashboards and portfolio-level KPIs; identify emerging cost, schedule, resource, regulatory, and execution risks and drive corrective actions.
Develop project management standards, tools, talent, and disciplines throughout the organization.
Foster a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

Benefits

Continuing education funding and in-house training.
Flexible schedule.
Health benefits, including a payroll credit for medical insurance through the wellness program.
401(k) match and pension plan.
On-site fitness center.
Extra vacation days for wellness program participation.
Fitness device reimbursement.
Ongoing development through the internal GROW program.
Generous vacation time of up to five weeks per year.
Credit for prior work experience for new employees.