Program Manager - Regional Markets (Local Hybrid)

Under the general direction of the Executive Director of Enterprise Program Management, is responsible for the successful delivery of strategic programs. Provides leadership and coordination across the organization to deliver value aligned with the corporate goals and strategic objectives ensuring that the organization is prepared to deliver changes to adoption through organizational change management. Provides forward planning of programs, including workforce and budget planning, and oversees execution of multiple projects under assigned programs. Provides leadership in identifying, mitigating and resolving delivery risks at the portfolio level and ensures transparency to portfolio and program delivery performance and outcomes.

What You Will Be Doing: 

• Partners with portfolio sponsors to plan and manage strategic portfolios and programs ensuring project prioritization and sequencing to achieve the intended portfolio and program benefits with feasible work plans. Supports the portfolio sponsor to prepare materials to support timely decision-making.
• Plans and manages programs and related organizational change management. Provides stakeholder analysis and effective engagement strategies to ensure adoption of change throughout the program lifecycle. Develops evaluation methods to assess program strengths and identify areas of improvement.  Implements and manages changes and interventions to ensure goals are achieved. Manages the program scope, schedule, budget, dependencies, and escalated issues and risks for program success.  Facilitates and prepares program-level communications for executives, internal and external stakeholders sharing key updates and portfolio/program performance.
• Provides leadership to assigned project managers and teams supporting the development of decision documents for projects under the program to enable timely decision-making.

Level of Education and Discipline:

A Bachelor's degree (BA, BS) in Portfolio, Program or Project Management, Computer Science, or related field. Advanced degree preferred

Amount of Experience:

Equivalent years of education and training, plus ten (10) or more years related experience including five (5) years at lead level or equivalent.

Certifications:

PMI certification preferred.

Type of Experience:

Strong leadership and management abilities with experience coaching and developing others.  Project Management experience required.  Electric utility industry, fundamental knowledge of electric power systems and markets; experience leading and facilitating team projects. 

Additional skills and abilities:

Ability to think strategically and devise solutions to problems in keeping with multiple considerations. Must demonstrate sound judgment and critical thinking when making decisions.  Excellent leadership and analytical skills required.  Must be able to work effectively in a team environment as team leader, facilitator and team member.  Strong analytical and quantitative skills required.  Excellent interpersonal, communication and writing skills required, including the ability to effectively communicate complex materials and concepts. Must be able to handle a dynamic and changing work environment, and work well independently.

The pay range for the Program Manager - Regional Markets position is $144,150 - $240,250 annually.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.