Operations Project Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience managing IT or OT projects across Waterfall, Agile, or hybrid environments.
• Strong track record of delivering large-scale infrastructure projects on time and within scope.
• Ability to build and own project artifacts such as charters, schedules, and communication plans.
• Ability to manage multiple high-visibility projects simultaneously while balancing internal teams and external vendors.
• Proactive approach to identifying, assessing, and mitigating risk throughout the project lifecycle.
• Solid understanding of project management processes, controls, and best practices.
• Interest in learning and working in a regulated utility environment, including frameworks such as FERC and NERC CIP.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and comfort using project and productivity tools.
• Ability to communicate complex technical information clearly and effectively to varied audiences.
• Hold or be working toward a PMP, ITIL, or similar certification.

Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive project plans and governing documents, including project charters, scope definitions, reports, and Statements of Work (SOWs).
• Assess and communicate project risks and their impact on individual projects and the broader portfolio.
• Build, maintain, and adjust project timelines and milestones to keep deliverables on track.
• Analyze actual versus planned costs and forecast, monitor, and report project spending throughout each project lifecycle.
• Manage end-to-end project deliverables, align task timelines with deadlines, and address delivery gaps proactively.
• Identify, document, and manage project risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies.
• Serve as Project Controller in OT and EMS project meetings, providing oversight, structure, and accountability.
• Lead infrastructure projects, including storage implementations and upgrades, network upgrades, and Identity/Privileged Access Management (IAM/PAM) deployments.
• Assess the relationship between resource assignments, timelines, risk assessments, and milestones across projects and the portfolio.
• Facilitate and participate in meetings with technical and non-technical stakeholders to capture requirements, define milestones, communicate timelines, track actions, and monitor project health.
• Monitor daily project progress, detect deviations, resolve conflicts, and prevent issues from escalating into schedule or scope impacts.
• Build and maintain relationships with stakeholders across the organization to support alignment and communication.
• Protect the integrity of project charters and SOWs and identify and manage scope creep.
• Develop, compile, and distribute standardized project portfolio reports on weekly and biweekly cadences, and respond to stakeholder reporting inquiries.
• Manage a portfolio of hardware and software infrastructure projects and maintain consistent oversight and delivery across workstreams.
• Monitor project resource allocation, identify over- and underutilization, and rebalance assignments.
• Develop and maintain project metrics and reporting frameworks for portfolio performance visibility.
• Produce cost reports tracking budgeted versus actual expenses.
• Use working knowledge of servers, storage, networking, telecommunications, and applications to engage in project discussions and bridge technical and non-technical communication.
• Own meeting administration, including preparing and distributing agendas, taking notes, and following up on action items.
• Participate in hands-on service delivery, including unpacking, installation, build-out, and configuration of workstations, servers, and other equipment.
• Travel to remote sites as needed for hands-on, in-person project oversight and support.

Benefits

• 100% employer-paid premium healthcare.
• Paid parental leave.