Portland General Electric
Situation Awareness Technical Program Manager
Tualatin, Oregon
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 13 days ago
Data ScienceProject ManagementNegotiationForecastingExcelSupply ChainProcess ImprovementProcurementHRResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingMicrosoft OfficeRemote Sensing
About the role
- At PGE, our work involves dreaming about, planning for, and realizing a smarter, cleaner, more enduring Oregon neighborhood.
- Its core to our DNA and we haven't stopped since we started in 1888.
- Key Job Information: Senior Technical Program Manager 7096 Grade 8 Career Level: P4 Specialist: Requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise Interprets internal or external business issues and recommends best practices.
Responsibilities
- develops company best practices
- 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 work breakdown structure, schedule and cost baselines, overall budget management, dependencies and project roles and resource requirements
- partners and strategizes with Supply Chain, Legal, IT, Fleet and project sponsor on vendor contract negotiations.
- Owns the wildfire situational awareness technology portfolio, including identification, evaluation, prioritization, and execution of strategic technology investments.
- Leads technology assessments, proof-of-concept initiatives, pilot programs, and operational demonstrations for emerging wildfire detection, monitoring, forecasting, intelligence, and response capabilities.
- Develops business cases and investment strategies to support wildfire technology modernization and operational readiness objectives.
- Strategy and Team Leadership Assists leadership in developing program strategy
- Develops or oversees development of project plan(s), including work breakdown structure, schedule and cost baselines, overall budget management, dependencies and project roles and resource requirements; identifies project risks and mitigation strategies; partners and strategizes with Supply Chain, Legal, IT, Fleet and project sponsor on vendor contract negotiations.
Requirements
- Ability to adhere to set response times, deadlines and time-sensitive tasks
- Ability to follow accuracy standards
- Ability to follow through on
Nice to have
- Master's degree preferred.
- Experience Typically eight or more years in related field.
- Certifications, Licenses and Training Specialized licenses, certification and training may be preferred.
- PE and/or PMP certification preferred.
Skills
- Advanced knowledge of project management science, methodologies and standards.
- 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 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 decision-making skills
- Functional Competencies
- General Competencies
- Intermediate enterprise/business awareness skills
Benefits
- Establishes and monitors technology performance measures, operational value realization metrics, adoption targets, and benefit tracking associated with wildfire situational awareness investments.
Visa & Work Authorization
- 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
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