Manager - Programs/Projects

Company: New York State Electric and Gas

Department: Operational Smart Grids

Job Title: Manager, Program/Projects

Location: Rochester, NY

Work Model: Office

The salary range for this position is dependent upon experience, ranging from $85,900 to $107,375.

JOB SUMMARY

Manager, Programs/Projects

Scope of Work - Main duties, settings, geography, reporting relationships, other relationships: Manages and supports various Avangrid Operational Smart Grids (OSG) projects. Responsibilities include but are not limited to procurement activities, managing vendor relations, corporate compliance, ensuring appropriate project accounting for cost recovery, contractor onboarding, budget tracking and adjustments, and support of change management and transition to Operational areas at project implementation to ensure alignment and understanding of responsibilities.

This position reports to the Supervisor PMO of OSG Telecommunications.

MAJOR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (Scope of work - range of responsibilities):

• Provides leadership and support on various OSG programs and projects.
• Procurement responsibilities including the management of Framework Agreements, generation of Purchase Requisitions/Orders, facilitating and expediting procurement activities and variance reporting against contracts.
• Fiduciary responsibilities including the management of budgets, establishing accounting structures, creation of cost collectors (Controlling Orders), budget forecasts, and variance reporting.
• Provides input to and develops status update presentations as required.
• Manages internal and external resources as appropriate.
• Coordinates efforts of cross-functional project teams. Holds regular program/project status meetings.
• Collaborates with various Avangrid business areas (Control, Electric and Gas Operations, IT, Customer Service, etc.)
• Evaluates regulatory filings and responds to interrogatories.
• Maintains compliance requirements (both internal and external).
• Provides expertise and immediacy of decision making, holds project team members accountable for results, coaches and guides team members, resolves disputes and escalates issues when appropriate.

Education & Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree or Associate’s degree with equivalent experience required. Change Management, PMP and/or Lean Six Sigma Certification(s) a plus.
•  5 years' relevant experience including 3-5 of project/program management office of small to medium scale projects.
• Knowledge and experience navigating the Procurement Process. Creation and management of IBuy sourcing requests experience is a plus.
• Proficient in Microsoft tools (Word, Excel, Project, PowerPoint, Visio, Power BI, SharePoint and Teams). Familiarity with other project support tools such as JIRA, Microsoft Projects and Smartsheets a plus.
• Experience and understanding of establishing project accounting according to guidelines to ensure cost recovery through accurate reporting.
• Experience with SAP for financial budgeting, forecasting, tracking and reporting a plus.
• Familiarity working with IT and OSG on the development of technical requirements documentation a plus.

Skills/Abilities:

•  Project management (individual projects, project management office, linked projects)
•  Change Management (people, process, technology) experience
• Interpersonal skills
• Communications/influencing
• Negotiation/dispute resolution
• Analytical capabilities
• Regulatory experience
• Working knowledge of several utility business areas (e.g., Electric Operations, Gas Operations, Customer Service, Asset Management & Planning, IT and OSG)
• Coaching and mentoring
• Agility, versatility, and flexibility; productive in a multi-tasking and rapidly changing environment

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