Sr Project Manager GIS
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Job Location:
Newark, DE - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 92300 - 166850
Posted on:
7 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Leidos is seeking a Sr. Project Manager who is motivated by variety is seeking a challenging environment for professional growth and is interested in running large information technology projects in various customer businesses areas at a large utility client headquartered in New Jersey.
This experienced Project Manager will support a GIS upgrade initiative. The Sr Project Manager will be responsible for planning coordinating and delivering project activities in alignment with clients PMO standards.
Location: Client is located in New Jersey with office in South Plainfield. Candidate must be local and able to go into the office 3 days per week.
Salary Range: $
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders which includes IT (OT Testing Infrastructure Cyber Security etc) Line of Business (Electric Operations Asset Management Projects & Constructions) and external partners
- Manage the end-to-end delivery of project scope ensuring scope schedule cost documentation and quality objectives are met.
- Coordinate and govern activities performed by the system integrator including task planning deliverable reviews issue resolution and change control.
- Ensure project execution follows clients EPMO methodologies standards templates and reporting requirements.
- Develop and maintain project plans schedules RAID logs status reports and executive communications.
- Facilitate working sessions design reviews and decision forums related to GIS data modeling workflows and integration impacts.
- Partner with SMEs to validate modeling approaches data standards and implementation readiness.
- Identify project risks and dependencies related to data quality system integration resource availability and cutover activities.
- Manage project communications and ensure alignment across technical and business stakeholders.
- Manage project budget maintain financial plan track actuals vs. plan provide monthly forecasts report monthly accruals.
Required Education & Experience:
- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Information Systems Management Business Administration or another related field required with 10 years of project management experience.
- Basic understanding of OT systems (GIS ADMS SCADA OMS).
- Strong understanding of project management fundamentals (scope schedule budget risk quality contracts).
- Experience leading diverse teams of technical disciplines and support.
- Experience supporting system upgrades migrations or platform modernization efforts.
- Strong communication skills (written and verbal) across a diverse stakeholder group.
- Ability to perform stakeholder management.
- Risk and issue management.
- Technical project coordination.
- Vendor management skills
- Quality assurance and governance
- Ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast paced and complex environment
- Strong skills using Microsoft product tools and PPM tools.
- Excellent customer-facing skills.
- Excellent decision-making and organizational skills are required.
- Excellent written and verbal skills.
- Proven analytical evaluative and problem-solving abilities.
- PMP certification required.
- Must be local to NJ and ability to come to the office - main reporting location to be South Plainfield NJ.
Preferred Experience:
- Utility background (electric gas or combined)
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Original Posting:
January 30 2026For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
Pay Range:
Pay Range $92300.00 - $166850.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job education experience knowledge skills and abilities as well as internal equity alignment with market data applicable bargaining agreement (if any) or other law.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Key Skills
- ArcGIS
- GIS
- PMBOK
- Relational Databases
- Conflict Management
- SQLITE
- IT Service Management
- Project Management
- Relationship Management
- Supplier Management
- Leadership Experience
- negotiation
About Company
Leidos is an innovation company rapidly addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security and health. Our 47,000 employees collaborate to create smarter technology solutions for customers in these critical markets.
