Southwest Power Pool · 8 hours ago
Project Manager
Little Rock, AR
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$88K/yr - $112K/yr
4+ years expSouthwest Power Pool (SPP) is dedicated to ensuring reliable and affordable electricity delivery. The Project Manager will lead technology, regulatory, and business process initiatives, managing projects through their full lifecycle while collaborating with cross-functional teams and vendors to achieve strategic objectives.
EnergyEnergy Efficiency
No H1B
Responsibilities
Independently manage multiple medium complex projects within established PMO standards and approved scope, budget, timelines, escalating enterprise-level or cross-project risks as appropriate. Requiring cross-functional coordination, stakeholder engagement, and vendor management to ensure alignment on project goals and objectives
Track progress and review project tasks to make certain deadlines are met appropriately
Demonstrate sense of ownership and provide leadership to the project team by driving quality and timely results
Recognize when to challenge and/or escalate decisions or actions that could adversely impact the project and respond appropriately to the circumstances
Identify and document project scope, milestones, deliverables, and budget
Oversee all aspects of project management, including scope, issues, risk, action items, dependencies, quality, cost, financial forecasting, change management, and scheduling, while ensuring adherence to budget and timelines
Lead and coordinate cross-functional project teams of engineers, technical specialists, and vendors, ensuring successful execution of engineering tasks and design deliverables within established deadlines and quality standards
Facilitate effective communication and collaboration among project team members
Maintain comprehensive project documentation and records
Regularly maintain RAID logs so they can be referenced by any stakeholder
Proactively identify, communicate and manage project status, risks and issues, escalating where necessary
Conduct regular status meetings with all stakeholders and vendors, keeping the stakeholder’s needs and requirements continuously in view
Ensure project deliverables are fit for purpose
Manage project scope and use the Change Control process for new or changed scope
Develop a project schedule based on project scope, deliverables, and resource plan
Monitor and control the project by, including but not limited to: 1) measuring project performance, 2) managing changes to project scope, schedule, and budget, 3) identifying and minimizing the impact of negative risk, 4) ensuring project deliverables conform to established quality standards/expectations, and 5) communicating project status to key stakeholders
Ensure the successful execution of project, i.e., achieving the project deliverables within budget and schedule. Unless otherwise waived by the PMO manager, explanations for variances (% to be determined by Project Manager and Business Owner) shall be documented; and collaborate with SPP Departments and project teams to identify, facilitate, and implement business process improvements, and document benefits derived from the implemented business process improvements
Close out the project by, including but not limited to, obtaining final acceptance of the project deliverables, collating lessons learned, and archiving project documents and other materials
Understand and comply with SPP Policies and Procedures
Follow SPP ePMO project management and methodology policies and procedures
Create project resource plan
Ensure that actual work matches the planned effort
Actively maintain resource requests and allocations
Identify and resolve resource overallocations and resource assignments
Review of all project resources and identify allocation issues
Actively manage vendor resources and deliverables per the project SOW
Maintain accurate project financial forecasts
Cost control and budget transparency
Ensure adherence to the approved project budget
Monthly review of project invoices and purchase orders with stakeholders and vendors
Manage project financials within approved thresholds and escalate material variances in accordance with PMO governance
Understand and manage the different types of SOWs including Time and Material (T&M), fixed pricing or milestone-based payments
Review and understand project vendors SOWs. Identify project scope, SPP deliverables vs. Vendor deliverables, timelines, costs and compliance requirements
Ensure that applicable items in the SOW are reflected in the project schedule and/or RAID log
Ensure risk mitigation and compliance across all vendors
Proactively identify and manage potential cost overruns and communicate to stakeholders
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Project Management, or related field; or Project Management Professional Certification plus two(2) years of project management experience may be considered in lieu of educational requirement
Four (4) years of project management experience or closely related discipline (in excess of educational requirements stated above
Demonstrated excellent written, verbal and communication skills
Strong organizational skills
Maintain a professional attitude and appearance
Demonstrated experience with the Microsoft Office Suite (i.e. SharePoint, MS Project, Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint) software or other comparable software
Preferred
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
Experience with project management methodologies, tools and systems
Specific knowledge of existing SPP Technology and SPP business and operating procedures
Track record as Agile Project Manager and Scrum Master. Preferred 2 years
PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) or Agile certification and Scrum.org (PSM) + PSM II) or Scrum Alliance (Certified Scrum Master)
Benefits
Competitive pay with bonus opportunities
Excellent insurance package including three great medical plans to choose from, employer-paid short term disability, long term disability, and life insurance
Relocation assistance
Flexible working environment for positions that are eligible where employees have the flexibility to work from home and come in where collaborative in person work is needed.
Fantastic contributions to your retirement through a 401(k) savings plan with employer-match benefits and a defined benefit plan fully funded by SPP
Company
Southwest Power Pool
SPP oversees the bulk electric grid & wholesale power market in the USA on behalf of a diverse group of utilities & transmission companies.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Lanny Nickell
President & Chief Executive Officer
Antoine Lucas
Vice President of Markets
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