Wildfire Modeling Technical Project Manager

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Position Summary

Standard Information Technology Position. Provide project management leadership and coordination for one or more small to medium sized technology projects or project work streams. Responsible for overall project scope schedule cost and risk management.

Essential Responsibilities

• Project Planning: Drive requirements gathering and planning process for approved projects while engaging all key stakeholders. Lead development of a solution design that defines the entire project scope and secure all required internal and external approvals. Ensure coordination with other initiatives assuring dependencies are identified and addressed. Define deliverables and required delivery dates. Develop viable work plans/work breakdown structure budgets milestone schedules and project cost/benefit estimates leveraging standard waterfall and AGILE processes.

• Project Management: Independently define and manage project plans to approved scope and schedule on smaller projects and contribute to larger projects. Provide tracking of large project plans. Identify plan gaps then develop and execute closure plans. Ensure compliance with company governance and compliance processes. Prepare status reports timelines budgets and other documentation as guided by project or program manager. Ensure the successful completion of assigned project deliverables & milestones in a dynamic and complex environment.

• Financial Management: Assist with management of project financials including budgeting forecasting accruals variance analysis and actuals tracking. Support RFI and RFP and contract management processes. Review actuals versus planned budget during project life cycle to identify deviations research reason for deviation and recommend corrective action. Ensure timely project closure payment and reconciliation.

• Resource Management: Manage internal and external project resources. Influence with and without authority. Manage assigned contracts and associated payments and performance requirements. Manage a comprehensive resource plan for a matrixed team of diverse talent to maximize skills and minimize cost.

• Scope & Risk Management: Manage project scope business expectations and change process. Proactively identify risks and issues throughout the project lifecycle steps and assist in definition and execution of mitigation strategies and contingency plans.

• Relationship Management: Communicate project status to all levels of the organization. Convey complex techincal concepts to non-technical audiences. Establish effective collaborative working relationships to maximize project efficiency responsiveness and resource allocation.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science Engineering Project Management Business or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience to the position.

• Minimum 7 years work experience in operations technology finance or comparable function; utility experience preferred

• 3 -5 years experience in project management and process improvement; some formal project management training preferred

• Demonstrated ability to lead and influence others

• Strong presentation and facilitation skills; excellent written/verbal communications skills required

• Understanding of core business processes/ industry trends with ability to understand/apply ongoing changes

• Knowledge of project planning and business need justification process and methodology

• Ability to adapt to change quickly and work within a diverse cross-functional team environment

• Vendor/contract management experience preferred

Preferred Requirements

- Managing Technical Stand Ups

- Managing project development through the Risk Modeling Lifecycle

As a leading combination electricity and natural gas energy company Xcel Energy offers a comprehensive portfolio of energy-related products and services to 3.4 million electricity and 1.9 million natural gas customers across eight Western and Midwestern states. At Xcel Energy we strive to be the preferred and trusted provider of the energy our customers need. If youre ready to be a part of something big we invite you to join our team.

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