Lead Project Manager - Construction

Job Summary

Join Alliant Energy and help deliver some of the company's largest and most impactful energy infrastructure projects. As a Lead Project Manager, you'll provide strategic leadership for complex construction programs that strengthen reliability, support growing energy demand, and help shape the future of energy for our customers and communities.

About the Role

At Alliant Energy, we are passionate about powering beyond the market challenges of today, while powering what's next in energy. Our employees take pride in the work we do when disaster strikes, as well as all the days in between. We prioritize safety, offer volunteer opportunities, and provide competitive pay, comprehensive health and retirement benefits, tuition reimbursement, and paid time off.

Responsibilities

• Cover conduct of project stage gate and periodic quality reviews for high-risk, costly, value-added, or large, complex projects.
• Support program and project governance responsibilities.
• Actively work to promote the value and improve effectiveness of program and project management methodology processes and tools through development and delivery of updated processes and training materials.
• Provide a thorough understanding of program and project management and execution to sponsors, customers, and other key stakeholders, and guide project managers successfully through the project lifecycle.
• Have a solid understanding of the overall project portfolio and communicate to sponsors, customers, and other key stakeholders.
• Ensure portfolio risks and issues are escalated appropriately and conduct triage as needed to lead troubled initiatives back on course for a successful completion.
• Have a thorough understanding of program management methodology including how it supports strategic alignment, benefits management, stakeholder engagement, integration management, and program risk management.
• Provide support and mentor others in the use of organizational change management methodology within the context of program and project management.
• Provide direct program management services for large strategic programs.
• Engage in other duties as needed that support Alliant Energy’s Values and help deliver on our Purpose to serve customers and build stronger communities.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Project Management, Information Technology, Engineering, or related area. Preferred: Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Experience

8 years professional experience in program or project management managing multiple large projects.

Key Skills

• Ability to analyze and solve problems of a complex nature and implement an effective solution.
• Ability to organize large program and project plans and effectively document accordingly.
• Demonstrated understanding of project management methodology and the ability to promote and improve program and project management practices.
• Demonstrated ability to plan and carry out responsibilities with a minimum of direction.
• Demonstrated effective leadership and team skills.
• Ability to develop and apply performance measures.
• Demonstrated effective interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to use computer software programs (e.g., e-mail, word processing, spreadsheet, and project management).
• Ability to work effectively in a collaborative and inclusive work environment.

Pay

Pay Range: $106,000 - $146,000. This position is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant.