IT Project Manager
- Job Title
- IT Project Manager
- Job ID
- 27704358
- Location
- Bloomington, MN 55437
- Other Location
- Description
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National Grid Renewables, which includes the renewables development company formerly known as Geronimo Energy, is a leading North American renewable energy company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with satellite offices located in the regions where it develops, constructs, and operates renewable energy projects. As a farmer-friendly and community focused company, National Grid Renewables develops projects for corporations and utilities that seek to repower America’s electricity grid by reigniting local economies and reinvesting in a sustainable future. National Grid Renewables is part of the competitive, unregulated Ventures division of National Grid and has a portfolio of solar, wind, and energy storage projects located throughout the United States in various stages of development, construction and operation.
National Grid Renewables develops high value, competitive renewable energy projects. Our focus on communities and farmers means it’s not just about projects, but about the people we work with, both outside and inside our organization. National Grid Renewables Team Members embody our foundational culture of being entrepreneurial, creative, and nimble and take pride in supporting National Grid’s vision to be at the heart of a clean, fair and affordable energy future for all.
National Grid Renewables is seeking a Project Manager to join our growing Information Technology Team. The Project Manager is responsible for planning, organizing and managing projects to meet scope, timing and budget expectations and overall project outcomes. This role participates in and leads the completion of complex projects & is engaged according to PMO criteria and standards.
Responsibilities:
- Develop, plan and manage implementation of activities for highly complex projects
- Accountable for timely project completion and delivery.
- Develops and analyzes work plans and schedules.
- Responsible for resource requirements/allocation.
- Develops project progress and status reports.
- Coordinate and facilitate project meetings.
- Lead efforts to assess/manage risk, impacts and potential alternatives and escalate as required to the appropriate level of management.
- Set project objectives and establish clear measures to successfully define and meet project deliverables and timelines.
- Utilize the change control process to track schedule changes.
- Acts as project team leader, accountable for successful overall project completion.
- Through partnership with other staff organizations, define Key Performance Indicators (KPI), training, process standards, policies, and procedures.
- Provide executive level status updates.
- Ensure adherence to project related policies and processes
- Understands project goals and objectives as it relates to business strategies and long-term needs.
- Deliverables include project assessment, team formation, schedule preparation, risk analysis, project status reports, and post implementation analysis.
- Uses creative approach in negotiating & problem solving
Background and Skills
- 5 to 8 years of related experience in project management
- Experience in commonly used project management strategies (strong Agile experience) and personnel management practices
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Organizational and multitasking skills
- Strong problem-solving skills
- Effective risk mitigation and issue resolution
- Highly collaborative and influential in a team management capacity