Senior Technical Project Manager

About this role

Position Information Job Title: Senior Technical Project Manager Location: Rochester, NY Salary Range: $116,640 - $145,800 Schedule: On Site - Office

Job Summary

This Senior Technical Project Manager position, which reports to the Senior Manager of Compliance Operations, Digital Identities and Pi Systems, will lead cross-functional projects and programs for Avangrid with objectives to successfully implement vi Agile and Waterfall methodologies timely and cost-effective technical initiatives to deliver business efficiencies.

The current range of projects include but are not limited to: Pi Electric Implementation, Pi Gas Implementation, Compliance focused Projects and Protection System Projects.

Dependent on project assignments, intermittent travel within Avangrid Territory will be required.

Key Responsibilities • Leads the development of project / program scope, schedule, design, execution, and transition to day-to-day operations.

• Provides expertise, direction, and immediacy of key decision making. Coaches, guides, and holds team members accountable. Resolves disputes.

• Leads cross-functional teams of internal and external resources and hosts regular project / program status meetings.

• Conducts technical workshops to identify functional system requirements.

• Obtains approval for project funding

• Develops resource plans

• Generates and leads the execution of Testing and Training plans.

• Develops business processes, protocols, and tools.

• Responsible for various fiduciary responsibilities including investment planning, budgets, forecasts, variances, accounting, cost-benefit development.

• Evaluates regulatory documents and directives, understands potential project / program impacts, and assures compliance.

• Understands overarching policy, strategy, and business finances, including but not limited to Company documents, interrogatories, orders, and reports.

• Designs, implements, and tracks KPI’s, and implements corrective actions as appropriate.

• Implement change management to accelerate process standardization and technology utilization to improve organizational effectiveness.

• Responsible for project presentations, reports, and regulatory requests.

• Develops & maintains SharePoint / MS Teams sites.

• Provides linkage to management by communicating progress through regular status updates with KPI’s, detailed schedule tracking, explanation of corrective actions, and escalation.

• Collaborates across all areas of the organization.

• Makes recommendations to business areas and management and implements solutions to promote efficiencies.

• Collaborates with global colleagues to leverage technical synergies. • Responsible for Avangrid Networks Pi, Compliance and Protection Systems Projects including, investment planning, budgets, forecasts, variances, accounting, cost-benefit development and measurement adherence and cost recovery. • Understanding of regulatory impacts on project in matters related to compliance with regulatory directives. • Evaluates and summarizes documents for regulatory, policy, strategy, and business financial implications, including but not limited to Company documents, regulatory filings, interrogatories, orders, and reports. • Provides leadership on various aspects of the Networks Pi, Compliance and Protection Systems related projects.  Management includes development of scope (schedule), project design execution and transition to day-to-day operations. • Develop cybersecurity metrics to gauge how conformance to cyber standards, policies, and technical requirements • Educate members and government agencies as required during cyber and physical events • Engage suppliers for purposes of framing appropriate mitigation/remediation countermeasures in operational and nonoperational environments • Ensure that all elements of the NERC Reliability Standards Program are completed to schedule • Establish and monitor Compliance Program milestones for all programs • Establish vendor process and metrics for cyber assurance • Establishes, administers, and monitors departmental standards, procedures, and performance to minimize risk and ensure compliance with • Hold regular Program meetings and document key decisions and progress toward compliance requirements • Identify, analyze, track and resolve risk and non-compliance program issues

Required Qualifications • Bachelors degree or equivalent work experience; Change Management, PMP, NIST experience are a plus.

• 7 years relevant business experience required, 3 to 5 years of project / program management a plus.

• Experience leading technical and business teams.

• Knowledge of Operational Technology systems.

• Knowledge and experience navigating the Procurement Process, including the development of RFPs, contract requirements, and Statements of Work with milestones

• Understanding and experience with establishing project accounting to ensure cost recovery through accurate reporting.

• Experience with SAP both local and corporate.

• Experience in leading internal and external resources.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, Project, SharePoint, MS Teams, Visio).

• Knowledge and experience with ECC Spectrum, Pi, AMI, Various Protection Systems

• Knowledge and experience in software applications and defect resolution a plus.

• Experience developing roadmaps to align future initiatives.

• Skills/Abilities Required: Problem Solving, Program Leadership, Change Management (people, process, technology) experience, Interpersonal skills, Communications / influencing, Analytical capabilities, Regulatory awareness, Working knowledge of utility business areas (e.g., Electric Operations, Gas Operations, or Customer Service), Coaching and mentoring capabilities, Agility, versatility, and flexibility; productive in a multi-tasking and rapidly changing environment

Competencies • Growth & Continuous Improvement

• Initiative & Change

• Focused on Results

• Customer Centric (internal and/or e

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