Portfolio Manager

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead battery storage system projects from initiation through installation, commissioning, and closeout.
• Stakeholder Management:
  • Owns executive level relationships.
  • Drives customer centric culture within the executive team.
  • Establishes a trust relationship with their counterpart.
  • Identifies, and fills the gap in customer’s lack of experience.
  • Drives the project for the customer when necessary.
  • Handles negotiations independently.
  • Addresses customer frustrations with minimal escalations.
• Consolidates a larger view on supplier risk/strategy to work as a team with them.
  • Leads and contributes to strategic supplier reviews and discussions.
• Contract Management:
  • Documents and suggests contract changes to better protect VT.
  • Works with legal for contracting framework or process for scoring contracts.
  • Leads high-value customer negotiations.
• Project Controls (Financial and Schedule):
  • Manages financial performance across projects.
  • Develops department wide initiatives to systematically increase revenue forecast accuracy.
  • Owes executive level reporting.
  • Develops best practice contract methods to achieve financial results.
• Technical Design & Engineering Support:
  • Identifies a technical risk, educates the engineering & software team on what our risk appetite is, and guides the technical decision that benefits the project & customer.
• Commissioning:
  • Strategically collaborates with the Commissioning Manager to continually improve PM/Cx practices based on team experience.
• Risk Management:
  • Sees risks happening on other projects, and is proactively planning on how to mitigate them on current project.
  • Saw risk at a strategic or portfolio level.
• Mentoring and Coaching:
  • Has weekly 1:1 with direct reports.
  • Conducts mid-year and end-year evaluations for direct reports.
  • Coaches direct reports on strategy and provides support on issues.
  • Escalates, advocates and provides visibility to Director of PM on resource staffing or other critical technical issues.
• Process Improvements:
  • Active participant in strategically leading continuous improvement for Project Management processes.
  • Identifies gaps and implements best practices.

Key Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Professional, proactive, adaptable individual with a strong results-oriented work ethic.
• Proven record of achieving successful completion of complex projects.
• Customer facing role with excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• A strong, collaborative, team player able to thrive within a matrix organization.
• Comfortable working with international stakeholders.
• Ability to prioritize responsibilities and multi-task in fast-paced environment.
• Embraces LG’s values of Humble, Hungry and Smart.

Education and Experience

• B.S. in Engineering or other technical discipline. Electrical Engineering a plus.
• PMP Certification or demonstrated competency in managing complex projects.
• Number of years of Experience Required: 10+ yrs.
• Project experience with electrical equipment or power/utility/renewables market is a plus.

Travel

• This position requires approximately 30% travel annually.