Portland General Electric · 7 hours ago
Senior HR Project Manager (Process Improvement)
Portland, Oregon
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$89K/yr - $178K/yr
8+ years expPortland General Electric is dedicated to creating a smarter, cleaner, and more enduring Oregon. The Senior HR Project Manager will lead major business projects focused on process improvement, ensuring strategic alignment and operational efficiency while managing project teams, budgets, and risks.
Electrical DistributionEnergyRenewable Energy
Responsibilities
Responsible for leading a single major project or multiple moderate projects. Types include, but are not limited to, business systems or process improvement, department reorganizations and strategy implementation, training, feasibility studies and pilots
Consults with operations managers to ensure strategic alignment, cost effectiveness and mitigation of negative operational and/or customer impacts of business initiatives and projects; works with project sponsor to develop objectives and scope; assists in or develops business case/justification
Develops or oversees development of project plan(s) including WBS, schedule and cost baselines, dependencies and project roles and resource requirements; identifies project risks and mitigation strategies; partners and strategizes with Supply Chain, Legal, IT and project sponsor on vendor contract negotiations
Leads multiple major projects/initiatives in completing strategic projects
Provides staff leadership to team members; facilitates team meetings, cultivates and reinforces group values, norms and behaviors; provides guidance and motivation to team on performance and productivity issues; ensures compliance with established project management methodologies and standards; takes corrective action as needed
Establishes and maintains formal controls to manage and monitor project budget, scope, quality, schedule and risks to ensure projects are completed on time, within budget and effectively
Negotiates necessary project changes with project sponsor
Maintains, adjusts and updates project plans as needed
Develops communication plans and strategies; provides timely, accurate communication of project plans and status to stakeholders
Leads and/or facilitates business process improvement (BPI) activities; assists managers and subject matter experts to identify, understand and improve or revise processes, practices and policies; assists managers in establishing process controls in order to measure baseline and post-improvement performance to monitor success of improvement initiatives
Acts as a change agent, systematically driving continuous improvement using lean, Six Sigma and other continuous improvement techniques
Ensures all project documents are catalogued and archived in a secure and efficient manner; documents and files all 'lessons learned' along with all project artifacts
Develops and maintains key relationships across the business, including with senior executives; provides subject matter expertise for project management and/or process improvement
Collaborates with, mentors and/or assists in training other PMs or leads to continually improve project standards and methodology
Actively partners and participates with other utilities to strengthen and create opportunities to share best practices
Qualification
Required
Requires a bachelor's degree in business, communications, psychology or computer science or other related field or equivalent experience
Typically eight or more years in project management or a related field
PMP certification required
Advanced knowledge of project management science, methodologies and standards
Advanced knowledge of and ability to integrate project management knowledge areas including project scope, quality, time, cost, communication, procurement, human resources and risk management
Advanced knowledge of and skill in using software applications such as MS Project, PowerPoint, Word, Excel spreadsheet and graphing, Access and Visio, Maximo and Power Plant
Advanced knowledge of, Project Profile system and PGE email system
Advanced knowledge of business process reengineering and continuous improvement methods and concepts
Advanced knowledge of systems thinking concepts and principles
Advanced knowledge of group problem-solving methods and techniques including problem analysis, nominal group and brainstorming techniques and consensus building
Advanced knowledge of Six- Sigma or similar methodologies and the application of human factors
Advanced listening skills, including the ability to draw information out and to see things from another's perspective
Advanced skills in writing technical and business requirements
Advanced communication skills, both written and oral, including negotiation, persuasion and presentation skills
Advanced consulting skills
Advanced analytical thinking skills
Advanced ability to manage stakeholders
Advanced business acumen
Advanced change leadership skills
Advanced conflict management skills
Advanced decision-making skills
Advanced enterprise/business awareness skills
Advanced facilitation skills
Advanced negotiation skills
Advanced problem-solving skills
Advanced risk management skills
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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
Preferred
Prior experience supporting HR functions 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
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