American Water · 1 hour ago
Senior Project Manager
Camden, NJ
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$81K/yr - $130K/yr
5+ years expAmerican Water is a leading provider of water and wastewater services. The Senior Project Manager is responsible for overseeing technology-related projects, software migrations, and system integrations while ensuring project management methodologies are effectively applied and standards are enforced.
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Responsibilities
Drives accountability for Project Management resources and serves as a subject matter expert
Empower associates to exceed expectations of their role
Defines and oversees effective project management methodologies, tools, and processes in both waterfall and agile methodologies
Assists in overseeing and defining the implementation of IT projects, software migrations, and client system integrations
Acts as a liaison with business/process owners and other T&I groups to coordinate the delivery of information technology solutions to the business
Oversees the identification and documentation of client and contracted technology deliverables and specific requirements while communicating said requirements to the T&I teams
Reports progress and issues to the appropriate teams and management as needed
Partners with the Change Management and Communication resources to enable successful rollout and adoption of IT changes
Understands the available IT tools with respect to complexity, functions, and standards
Ensures business value realization and optimization, from value plans through consultancy, business case development, financial awareness, managing expectations, and identifying technology opportunities to add value
Monitors progress to ensure the emerging solution meets business demands and business requirements
Interacts with internal and external customers to create relationships that deliver value
Understands and documents operational processes for projects as they relate to the use of technology tools
Understands the nature of business process change and oversees the composition of technical specifications outlining the necessary modifications to relevant business applications
Participates in process improvement efforts
Manages budgets and cost center spending, to include external spend with outside vendors
Develops departmental plans and prioritizes to meet demands
Leads engagement initiatives, goal setting and management of innovation within the team
Manages activities through direct staff, team leads, professional staff, or operation staff; may manage indirect staff
May execute performance roll-up
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Computer Science, Information Systems or equivalent
10 + years of total experience on Information Technology / Information Systems
5 + years of experience in an IT Project Management role
Experience with Project Management Institute (PMI) framework and various project management methodologies (e.g., agile/scrum)
Expert knowledge and application of various software development life cycles and techniques (e.g., waterfall and agile)
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and proven ability to work effectively with all organizational levels
Attention to detail and strong organizational skills in order to manage multiple phases of a project plan
Customer-oriented approach in managing communications and issues
Ability to operate effectively in a matrixed organizational structure
Ability to listen, and build rapport and credibility as a strategic partner vertically within the business unit, as well as with leadership and functional teams
Ability to map joint organizational vision and long-term thinking, imagination, and idea generation
Strong leadership, business, technical, analytical, problem solving and verbal and written communication skills
Highly organized and able to manage time effectively
Excellent listening skills in order to successfully interpret business needs
Ability to balance what is “right” with what is “realistic”
Ability to make decisions in situations of ambiguity and the absence of complete facts
Ability to work and team with a multitude of different people and to balance demands
Ability to convey complex process concepts to IT and business organizations in a manner that is easy to understand
Ability to deal effectively with escalations and difficult situations under pressure
PMI Certification
Agile Analysis Certification
Scrum Master Certification
Preferred
PMP/PMI-ACP/Scrum Master/Agile Mythology certified preferred
Company
American Water
American Water is a waste water utility company.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$900.57MKey Investors
Water Research Foundation
2024-02-21Grant· $0.57M
2023-06-27Post Ipo Debt· $900M
2017-11-29Post Ipo Equity
Leadership Team
John Griffith
President and Chief Executive Officer
Susan N. Story
President & Chief Executive Officer
Recent News
2025-12-16
2025-12-07
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