Situation Awareness Technical Program Manager

Situation Awareness Technical Program Manager

Responsibilities

• Project Consultation and Planning
• Develops or oversees development of project plan(s)
• Identifies project risks and mitigation strategies
• Partners and strategizes with Supply Chain, Legal, IT, Fleet and project sponsor on vendor contract negotiations
• Owns the wildfire situational awareness technology portfolio
• Leads technology assessments, proof-of-concept initiatives, pilot programs, and operational demonstrations
• Defines operational use cases, success criteria, performance metrics, and transition plans
• Develops business cases and investment strategies
• Strategy and Team Leadership
• Develops and maintains a multi-year wildfire situational awareness technology roadmap
• Provides leadership in translating emerging technologies into operational capabilities
• Provides staff leadership to team members
• Project Controls
• Establishes and maintains formal controls to manage and monitor project budget, scope, quality, schedule and risks
• Maintains, adjusts and updates overall project and program plans as needed
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Develops and promotes adherence to communication and reporting standards
• Facilitates alignment between technology development teams and field users
• Process Improvement
• Ledges and/or facilitates business process improvement activities
• Assists managers and subject matter experts to identify, understand and improve or revise processes, practices and policies
• Internal Collaboration
• Develops and maintains key relationships across the business
• External Relationships
• Partners and participates with customers and/or other utilities
• Develops and maintains strategic relationships with technology vendors and external subject matter experts
• Wildfire Technology Strategy and Operational Integration
• Leads the evaluation, selection, deployment, and operationalization of wildfire situational awareness technologies
• Coordinates the transition of technologies from concept, pilot, and testing phases into sustainable operational programs

Qualifications

• Education: Requires a bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, business, communications or fire science from an ABET-accredited engineering program or program accredited by an equivalent agency in a related field or other related field or equivalent experience. Master’s degree preferred.
• Experience: Typically eight or more years in related field.
• Certifications, Licenses and Training: Specialized licenses, certification and training may be preferred. PE and/or PMP certification preferred.