Project/Product Manager

About the Role

Manage projects and initiatives having a major enterprise-wide safety impact on the client in support of the client's safety priorities and goals. Develop objectives and short to long-range strategies.

Responsibilities

• Perform senior project management functions, including analyses, project proposals, project plans, business cases, schedule, project scope definition, risk analysis/mitigation plans, resource requirement identification, developing and implementing metrics to measure and adjust
• Lead company-wide cross-functional teams to drive project objectives from inception to completion; facilitate meetings, presentations, and discussions to identify strategies for continuous improvement, communicate status updates, and drive for project results
• Develop and maintain a master enterprise project plan for complex safety culture projects with high visibility and aggressive timelines (including integrating individual project plans, timelines, interdependencies, alignment, and communication needs)
• Responsible for executing the overarching Safety Culture Transformation Roadmap and other related safety strategies

Requirements

• 7 years' experience managing projects, programs, or contracts
• Experience implementing large-scale programs/projects with major impacts
• Experience facilitating cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated strong analytical, problem-solving, and negotiation skills
• Demonstrated experience managing and/or supporting project budget, scope, schedule, and resources, and overseeing the formal planning, tracking, and reporting of project performance
• Demonstrated experience interfacing and collaborating with team members, all levels of management, different departments, and vendors to develop solutions, facilitate cooperation between different parties, and obtain stakeholder buy-in
• Demonstrated experience coordinating or implementing business readiness activities, including stakeholder analysis, change interventions, training, and communications to ensure business and operational readiness for change
• Demonstrated experience in achieving desired outcomes and actions through negotiation and influence
• Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
• Demonstrated experience prioritizing activities, monitoring assignments, and holding team members accountable for results
• Must demonstrate the ability to integrate work across relevant areas, manage risks appropriately, manage information, and provide exceptional service to internal and external customers
• Must demonstrate effective decision-making, results delivery, team building, and the ability to stay current with relevant technology and innovation
• Must demonstrate strong ethics, interpersonal skills, and the ability to effectively manage stress and engage in continuous learning

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business or related field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• Project Management Certification preferred
• Master's degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology preferred

Pay

$16.50–$75.13 / Hour (USD)

Benefits

• Medical, Vision, and Dental Insurance Plans
• 401(k) Retirement Fund

About the Client

This client is a major utilities and energy organization delivering electric power to millions of customers across a vast region spanning central, coastal, and Southern California. With a workforce that includes project managers, procurement specialists, and construction and engineering professionals, the organization operates one of the largest regulated utility networks in the nation. The company employs thousands of professionals and is a recognized pioneer in sustainable energy solutions, focused on grid modernization, renewable energy integration, reducing carbon emissions, and improving air quality.