Information Technology Project Manager

Job Title: Project Manager -lab experience

Rosemead, CA (if not local, must be willing to relocate)

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IT Lab Environment Location: Hybrid- 2 days a week in Rosemead, CA

Role Overview:
The Project Manager will oversee the planning, execution, and completion of IT lab-based projects, ensuring alignment with business requirements and adherence to Southern California Edison (SCE) IT and Grid Resilience PMO standards. This role involves managing a portfolio of lab demonstration projects, ensuring they meet milestones and budgetary constraints while efficiently handling scope changes. The PM will focus on pre-deployment testing and proof-of-concept (POC) development in a lab environment. This Project Manager must have experience over large IT projects. Strong leadership, time management, and communication skills are essential to successfully manage multiple concurrent projects and coordinate cross-functional teams.

Key Responsibilities Project Planning and Execution

• Direct planning, scope definition, scheduling, and budgeting for IT lab environment projects.

• Oversee a portfolio of lab demonstration projects, ensuring timely milestone completion and adherence to budgets.

• Manage scope changes while ensuring project goals are achieved.

• Perform analysis, estimation, design, evaluation, and implementation of medium- to high-complexity projects.

• Build and oversee proof-of-concept (POC) testing in the lab to validate project feasibility. Risk and Issue Management

• Proactively identify and manage project risks, issues, and dependencies.

• Implement RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies) processes per Grid Resilience PMO guidelines.

• Monitor and address scope changes, ensuring they are effectively communicated and resolved. Team Leadership and Stakeholder Communication

• Build and lead cross-functional teams, including IT Leads for Cyber, Grid, and Enterprise Architecture.

• Establish clear and effective communication channels with stakeholders, vendors, and project teams.

• Facilitate team and stakeholder meetings, providing regular updates on deliverables, milestones, and risks. Process and Standards Adherence

• Ensure compliance with SCE standards for Release Management, Change Management, Root Cause Analysis, and Financial Reporting.

• Support lab-specific requirements such as testing readiness, security assessments, and environment setup. Vendor and Contract Management

• Coordinate with vendors to ensure delivery of quality goods and services.

• Manage contracts, project metrics, and supplier performance to meet project objectives. Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities for process enhancements and recommend strategies for improvement.

• Maintain and share IT plans for potential new projects and emerging needs.

Qualifications:

Essential Requirements

• 7+ years of project management experience leading IT projects with multi-functional teams (8-12 members).

• 3+ years managing large, complex projects involving software or cloud deployment using both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

• 3+ years of experience leading project quality initiatives, including metrics and quality assurance.

• 2+ years managing vendor contracts, project metrics, and supplier performance.

• Comfortable executing task oriented work and following direction from supervisors to meet team and organizational needs. Preferred Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in business, Computing Information Systems, Engineering, or a related technical field.

• 5+ years of IT experience in the electric utility industry.

• 2+ years of experience in IT portfolio management or customer relationship management.

• Proficiency in Agile tools (
e.g., Jira, Octane, GitHub) and Microsoft Office tools (e.g., MS Project, Visio).

• Familiarity with Product Line and Value Streams methodologies.

• Prior experience in IT lab environments preferred but not mandatory.

• PMP or CSM - or working towards it. Key Deliverables and Milestones

• Ensure timely completion of IT lab-based project milestones, including:

• IT requirements definition and Solution Design Council (SDC) approval.

• Vendor risk assessments, security design assessments, and testing readiness.

• Cyber testing, final risk management reports, and decommissioning activities. Additional Notes

• Role focuses on managing
IT lab environment
s; candidates with
prior lab PM experience
are strongly preferred.

• Potential travel to Westminster and Pomona lab sites.

• California-based candidates are highly preferred.

• A deep understanding of cyber and grid systems is not required, though familiarity is a plus.