Senior Project Manager - ADMS

Job Description

Description

At Exelon, we've got a place for you!

Join the nation's leading competitive energy provider, with one of the largest electricity generation portfolios and retail customer bases in the country. You will be part of a family of companies that strives for the highest standards of power generation, competitive energy sales, and energy delivery. Our team of outstanding professionals is focused on performance, thought leadership, innovation, and the power of ideas that come from a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Exelon will provide you the tools and resources you need to design, build and enhance a successful career. We are also dedicated to motivating the success of our employees through competitive base salary, incentives, and health and retirement benefits.

Join Exelon and share your passion at a forward-thinking Fortune 100 company. Establish yourself in a place where you can truly shine and create a brighter, more sustainable tomorrow. Energize your career at Exelon!

Position may be required to work extended hours, including 24 x 7 coverage during storms or other energy delivery emergencies. 

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF POSITION

Manage Information Technology projects consisting of cross-functional teams involving multiple IT disciplines and areas including contract resources. Responsible for managing the scope, schedule, budget projects and programs. Leads project teams through business case / funding approval process, initiation, execution and project closeout in accordance with IT Management Model and PMI standards. These projects have budgets that will typically range from $250K to $15 million.

 

PRIMARY DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES 

- Support the Advanced Distribution Management System Program for the Exelon Utilities IT Real Time organization
- Interact with Exelon Utility Business personnel, Operational Technology engineers, IT Real Time support, OT support and other IT personnel 
- Assist both IT and Business partners with planning the introduction of new technologies and/or identifying the most appropriate technology choices to accomplish business goals 
- Lead solution design and development activities (security, integration, deployment, maintenance, troubleshooting, etc.) for Exelon Utilities Real Time strategic solutions to deliver the Advanced Distribution Management System
- Collaborate with peer organizations and vendors to design various interfaces with related systems
- Assist with planning and management of project scope, schedule, and budget to provide a quality solution on time and on budget.  This includes establishing project milestones, working through issues, forecasting resource needs, and monitoring and controlling project scope and schedule. 
- Support the management of project financials including budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis
- Proactively identify and manage project risks and issues
- Assist with effective stakeholder relationships by providing consistent communication and transparency through effective status reporting
- Review and identify the impact of system changes, builds, and installations to ensure that all service level agreements and operational compliance requirements are met
- Maintain technical knowledge and business acumen

JOB SCOPE

The Project Manager is an individual contributor accountable for project budgets, team performance and developing strategic plans to implement projects for various organizations. Responsibilities also include managing scope, budget and schedule within approved parameters and providing structured and detailed reports to the appropriate Management team. Tasks include but are not limited to, ensuring the completion of business cases, budgetary approvals, project scheduling, design and engineering tasks, vegetation management reviews, project reporting, project financial analysis, major equipment procurement, environmental analysis, obtaining real estate and relationship management with external customers, vendors, townships and regulatory agencies. Interacts routinely with key internal and external stakeholders including senior management, the Business customers, and governmental and regulatory officials.

Qualifications

Minimum:

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline and at least 5-8 years of practical IT experience
- CAPM certification (PMP certification will fulfill this requirement)
- Experience in large scale project delivery and system development lifecycles 
- Project management experience and skills
- Strong knowledge of business practices and processes 
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to see the big picture while prioritizing the work of multiple project teams
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to discuss a project in the context of what is most important to the intended audience
- Strong judgment and excellent analytical ability
- Ability to influence, enable, and challenge stakeholders towards commitment and execution of project deliverables within a matrix organization
- Ability to navigate through complex problem solving 
- Ability to learn in a dynamic and fast paced environment
- Travel is expected to the various Exelon Utility geographies (e.g. Chicago, Washington D.C., Philadelphia, and Baltimore)

Preferred:

- Experience with multi-vendor, multi-partner solution implementations
- Experience with platform and business process consolidation projects
- PMP certification
- Experience with Utility real-time applications (e.g. SCADA, Outage Management, DMS)
- Experience with various aspects of application consolidation/rationalization projects 
- Experience with leading cross Business Unit technology projects which includes both Business and Vendor resources
- Experience in managing and reporting project budget, accruals, and resource forecasting
 

Exelon is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and employees or applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to: age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.

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