Emerging Technology Project Manager

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become an Emerging Technology Project Manager at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you will drive the execution of projects that support the company's grid infrastructure by managing them from development into implementation into normal business operations. Projects can include physical grid equipment, energy storage components, or wildfire related solutions. The project manager will be responsible for project activities related to scope, schedule, procurement, and budget management, including earned value calculation. Projects will be managed through established gates and governance protocols, ensuring initiatives are ready for smooth transition to organizational units. The projects will drive progress toward a smarter grid and cleaner energy future

As an Emerging Technology Project Manager, your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?

Responsibilities

• Manages the activities of one or more moderate to large, short to mid-term projects with responsibility for results in terms of costs, methods and outcomes.
• Exercises considerable latitude and judgement in developing plans, budgets, and resources, directing activities and actions, and determining deliverables.
• Decides appropriate methods, procedures for new projects with significant independence.
• Engages with all levels of management and acts as a key consultant for both functional and business issues. Leads technology implementation projects, including project planning, execution, and stakeholder coordination.
• Develops technical implementation plans including phased rollout strategy, network and infrastructure requirements, and system interfaces.
• Facilitates complex technology integrations, custom configurations, and enterprise-scale deployments of new solutions.
• Leads troubleshooting efforts for complex technical issues during pilots and implementations to rapidly resolve bugs and defects.
• A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.

• Seven or more years of experience in emerging technology project management.

• Bachelor's or Masters Degree in Business, Engineering, or similar field
• Project Management Certification
• Experience developing project plans and schedules using project management tools and templates, such as MS Project, Visio, etc.
• Experience managing multi-million dollar project budgets, incorporating earned value methodology
• Experience leading and implementing small to large scale electric utility projects
• Experience understanding and relaying technical information and translating it into action plans
• Experience in leading cross-functional teams, setting clear stakeholder expectations, identifying critical path activities, and driving teams to meet milestones
• Experience identifying business needs and developing business requirements
• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence internally and externally, both verbally and in writing

• This position's work mode is hybrid. The employee will report to an SCE facility for a set number of days with the option to work remotely on the remaining days. Unless otherwise noted, employees are required to work and reside in the state of California. Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage. The work mode can be changed based on business needs.
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• Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
• Relocation does not apply to this position.