Portland General Electric · 4 weeks ago
IT Senior Manager – Risk Management and Middle Office Solutions
Portland, OR
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$144K/yr - $267K/yr
12+ years expPortland General Electric (PGE) is committed to advancing innovative clean energy solutions and enhancing community well-being. The IT Senior Manager – Risk Management and Middle Office Solutions will design and implement strategies to support Power Operations Risk Management and Finance middle-office teams, ensuring alignment with enterprise business strategy while managing a team of professionals.
Electrical DistributionEnergyRenewable Energy
Responsibilities
Manage enterprise-wide business applications for development, implementation, and maintenance to enhance processes and support critical strategies
Direct departmental activities and IT software projects while ensuring optimal application performance and service delivery
Collaborate with business managers, PMO, and architecture teams to meet corporate goals and IT standards
Develop the vision and applications strategy aligned with enterprise technology goals
Maintain a comprehensive applications portfolio, managing lifecycles, project roadmaps, and change management to enable PGE business objectives
Apply specialized functional expertise to resolve complex business challenges
Exercise authority over planning and execution within functional areas
Establish relationships with internal/external stakeholders and industry experts to achieve objectives
Set strategy for department accounting, budgeting, and resource allocation
Manage financial budgets and targets, ensuring adequate funding for objectives
Oversee workforce planning across departments, ensuring skilled resources meet service delivery goals
Identify organizational development needs aligned with business direction
Create and monitor development strategies to achieve required change and evaluate business benefits
Qualification
Required
Requires a bachelor's degree in computer science, management information systems or other related field or equivalent experience
Typically, 12 or more years in information technology, business application management or related field
Demonstrated experience leading technology functions related to power commodity trading
Expert knowledge of IT energy trading risk management applications and related technology
Expert knowledge of software delivery life cycle methodology
Advanced knowledge of financial analysis and modeling
Proven ability to lead software development in a responsive, nimble environment with heightened rigor and discipline in execution
Advanced financial and business acumen
Expert skills in identifying relevant trends and emerging technologies and forecasting their impact and utility
Advanced knowledge of operations planning and budgeting
Advanced knowledge and experience with modern software development life cycles and trends
Advanced knowledge of various technology sourcing mechanisms and ability to lead with teams and partners/vendors
Expert analytical thinking skills
Expert influence skills
Expert interpersonal skills
Expert negotiation skills
Expert organization and prioritization skills
Advanced presentation and facilitation skills
Advanced problem-solving skills
Advanced resource management skills
Advanced written and oral communication skills
Senior Leader Practices: Business Insight, Strategic Mindset, Develops Talent, Manages Ambiguity
Ability to adhere to set response times, deadlines and time-sensitive tasks
Ability to follow accuracy standards
Ability to follow through on decision-making tasks
Ability to interact effectively and collaboratively within a team environment
Ability to communicate and problem solve when under stress
Ability to respond and adapt to frequent change
Ability to accept and demonstrate self-awareness when provided constructive feedback
Ability to discern feedback and acknowledge ownership of areas of improvement
Ability to avoid future mistakes by applying reasonable skills to new but similar work situations or tasks
Ability to successfully collaborate with peers, managers and others within the organization
Demonstrates sound memory
Ability to process new information to be applied consistently to work tasks
Ability to work long hours
Ability to work a variable schedule
Ability to report to work and perform work during periods of severe inclement weather
Ability to consistently meet attendance standards for regular, reliable, predictable, full-time attendance
Ability to work shift schedule
Ability to work on-call schedule
Preferred
Experience with Endur application is strongly preferred
Benefits
Performance based incentive bonus
Total rewards package
Company
Portland General Electric
Portland General Electric (PGE) is a vertically integrated electric utility engaged in the generation, purchase, transmission.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$379.5MKey Investors
US Department of Energy
2023-05-10Grant· $4.5M
2022-10-25Post Ipo Equity· $375M
2006-04-03IPO
Leadership Team
Maria Pope
President and Chief Executive Officer
Joseph Trpik
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
2025-12-09
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