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Join the Clean Energy Revolution

At Southern California Edison, IT goes beyond the traditional “service provider” function. Working for us, you’ll have the chance to drive innovation and develop technology solutions that are transforming the power industry and enabling a new generation of clean energy. Our Solutions Planning & Delivery team is filled with talented employees that are working on moving the electricity industry toward a greater connection between the customer, the control room, and all points in between.

Become an Information Technology Project Manager at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this role, you will be responsible for delivering multiple Software projects/ products in the IT Grid Solutions portfolio, with a high degree of quality and within scope, schedule, and budget.

The Project Manager will plan and lead projects of varying size and complexity, which require you to make daily decisions associated with project health, vendor performance, portfolio financials, and risks / issues. You’ll ensure technology investments deliver positive business value and are directly associated with strategic Organizational Unit (OU) goals. In this role, you will collaborate with multiple internal and external partners, at various levels of management including IT vendors, IT Grid Transmission & Innovation clients, IT PMO, Cybersecurity, Change & Release Management, Service Management, Finance, Supply Chain and Operations. Additionally, this role will align multiple collaborators to assess performance against project plans, issue resolution, and escalation; effectively communicate with all levels of leadership.

As an Information Technology Project Manager , your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions, and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?

A day in the life - Get ready to think big, work smart and shine bright!

• Direct project planning (scope, schedule, and budget), product feature initiation, project execution, and project closure by adhering to SCE IT and Grid Solutions PMO standards and processes.

• Perform project planning, analysis, estimation, design, evaluation, demonstration, construction, and implementation for multiple concurrent initiatives with medium or high complexity. Ensures outcomes satisfy business requirements and project deliverables meet quality targets. Ensure project/product adoption within the end user community.

• Handle all responsibilities include dealing with the vendors, negotiating Statements of Work with them, ensuring that the vendors provide quality goods and services, handling various other related tasks/milestones and invoice payments.

• Lead project schedule and budget including cost plans, invoices, unit estimates, and work orders.

• Proactively and independently handle project risks and issues against project scope, timeline, and budget. Ensure the Grid Solutions RAID processes are followed

• Conduct and participate in regularly scheduled project team meetings and Sponsor updates to provide general status on project deliverables, milestones, and overall project work.

• Projects may be both Waterfall and Agile.

• Ensure the Grid Solutions PMO process are followed by their team, such as Release Management, Change Management, Root Cause Analysis, Financial Reporting, Status Reporting, etc.

The essentials

• Seven (7) or more years of project management experience (scope, schedule, and budget)

• Seven (7) or more years of experience as a Project Manager leading or supporting IT projects with balanced business and technical knowledge to provide credible leadership to multi-function project teams with at least 8 -12 team members including Product Owners, Developers, Business Analysts, and QA Personnel.

• Three (3) or more years of experience as a Project Manager handling large, complex projects with multi-function teams with a proven track record of efficiently implementing software or cloud deployment projects using Waterfall and Agile methodologies.

• Three (3) or more years of experience leading project quality, including quality assurance, metrics, and quality controls.

• Two (2) or more years of experience handling suppliers, service contracts, project metrics, and contracts to meet project objectives

The preferred

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business, Computing Information Systems, Engineering, or relevant technical discipline.

• Five (5) or more years of experience working in Information Technology for an electric utility.

• Two (2) or more years of IT portfolio management, product line management, or customer relationship management experience

• Effective interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaborating, and team building

• Experience and solid understanding in using appropriate tools\:

• Agile tools such as Jira/ Octane, GitHub, or equivalent

• Microsoft Project, Visio, and all Office Tools

• Experience with Product Line and Value Streams methodologies.

• Possess one or more of the following certificates\: PMI – Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP) certification, SAFe Scaled Agile Framework Certification, PMI – Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) certification, or equivalent certifications preferred.

You should know…

• This position’s work mode is hybrid. The employee will report to an SCE facility for a set number of days with the option to work remotely on the remaining days.  Unless otherwise noted, employees are required to reside in the state of California.  Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage. The work mode can be changed based on business needs.

• Visit our Candidate Resource (https\://www.edisoncareers.com/page/show/candidate-resources) page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!

• The primary work location for this position is Rosemead. However, the successful candidate may also be asked to work for an extended amount of time out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.

• Position will require up to 10% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.

• This position has been identified as a NERC/CIP impacted position - Prior to being hired, the successful candidate must pass a Personnel Risk Assessment (PRA) or Background Investigation. Once hired, the candidate must complete specified training prior to gaining un-escorted access to assigned work location and performing necessary job duties.

• Relocation does not apply to this position.

About Southern California Edison

The people at SCE don't just keep the lights on. Our mission is so much bigger. We’re fueling the kind of innovation that’s changing an entire industry, and quite possibly the planet. Join us and create a future with cleaner energy, while providing our customers with the safety and reliability they demand. At SCE, you’ll have a chance to grow personally and professionally, making a real impact in Southern California and around the world.

At SCE, we celebrate our differences. We are a proud Equal Opportunity Employer and will not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other protected status.

We are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations at (833) 343-0727.