5+ years of experience supervising teams or project management.
Proven ability to develop long-term vision and strategic roadmaps for IT projects.
Technical leadership in project portfolio planning and resource optimization.
Master's degree in a relevant field preferred.
Experience with enterprise IT solutions, especially smart meter systems and digital transformation.
3+ years in IT portfolio or product line management.
Familiarity with project delivery methodologies like Waterfall and Agile.
Responsibilities
Develop long-term vision and strategic roadmap for project management.
Cultivate relationships with business partners and vendors for operational excellence.
Direct project portfolio planning and optimize resources for key initiatives.
Enhance program increment planning and manage Agile release trains.
Promote collaboration among project teams to standardize processes.
Coach project managers on Agile principles and remove impediments.
Drive initiatives to improve team metrics and mitigate risks.
Benefits
Hybrid work model with flexibility for remote work.
Opportunity to work on impactful projects that contribute to sustainability.
Access to a comprehensive candidate resource page for benefits and hiring information.
Consideration for applicants with arrest or conviction records under fair chance laws.
Travel opportunities within the SCE service territory.
Full Job Description
Become aSenior Manager, IT Solution Planning & Delivery (AMI 2.0 Program) at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you'll lead a team in the integration and implementation of IT systems in the support of the deployment and operations of 5M+ smart meters across SCE's service territory. This end-to-end AMI network encompasses the meter edge device, communications network, multiple Back Office systems, and analytics capabilities. You'll manage relationships with key stakeholders within SCE, along with third-party product vendors and system integrator partners, in the delivery of this next-generation technology.
As a Senior Manager, IT Solution Planning & Delivery (AMI 2.0 Program), 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
Develops long-term vision and strategic roadmap for the project management competency.
Cultivates relationships with business partners and vendors to achieve operational excellence. Drives adoption of innovative project management methodologies and approaches.
Directs project portfolio planning and ongoing optimization of resources to advance key initiatives.
Enhances program increment planning, dependency management, and synchronization of Agile release trains.
Promotes collaboration between project teams to share knowledge, reuse code, align architecture, and standardize processes.
Provides coaching and mentoring to project managers on Agile principles, removing impediments, and evolving practices.
Drives initiatives to improve team velocity trends, defect rates, and sprint burndown metrics to mitigate risk.
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.
Minimum Qualifications
Five or more years of experience supervising a team of direct reports and/or project management.
Experience developing long-term vision and strategic roadmaps for IT projects.
Experience in technical leadership of project portfolio planning and ongoing optimization of resources.
Preferred Qualifications
Master's degree or higher in Engineering, Computer Science, Economics, Business Administration, or another relevant field.
Demonstrated experience delivering or overseeing enterprise IT solutions, including smart meter system implementation, enterprise system modernization, digital transformation programs, or large, complex ERP implementations.
Three (3) or more years of experience IT portfolio management or product line management.
Demonstrated experience using various project delivery methodologies, including Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid-Agile.
Oversight and leadership of scope, schedule, budget, issues & risks, and people / resource management.
Demonstrated experience managing large systems integrators.
Utility industry experience, ideally including grid technologies, over-the-air network communications, and AMI (advanced metering infrastructure) - in particular with regards to meter data management and meter-to-cash capabilities.
Project Management and / or Agile Certification. Demonstrated interpersonal and leadership skills collaborating with teams consisting of members across a variety of departments and disciplines.
Excellent written and oral communications skills as well as presentation skills to effectively communicate and interact with personnel at all levels, including executive management.
Additional Information
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.
Visit our Candidate Resource page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!
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.
The primary work location for this position is Rosemead, CA.
Position will require up to 20% traveling and being out in the field throughout the SCE service territory.
