Senior Project Manager, GIS

For this U.S.

based position, the expected compensation range is $112,000 - $168,000 per year, which includes base pay and short-term incentive.

Location: Remote / Fort Collins, Colorado / Dallas, TX

The Senior Project Manager - GIS is responsible for the successful delivery of projects from handover with the sales team to the delivery team, through project execution stages, culminating in closure and eventual handover to the support team.

This includes working with digital grid team leads in assembling a project team and monitoring and controlling the project to ensure quality execution per the contract Scope of Work.

Key Responsibilities


* Project Planning and Coordination


* Timeline and Resource Management


* Budget and Cost Management


* Stakeholder Management


* Risk Management

Project Management Responsibilities


* Plan, initiate, and manage information technology (IT) projects, GIS and ADMS (Advanced Distribution Management System) projects with Electrical Utilities.


* Manage project scope, budget, timelines throughout the project lifecycle.


* Lead and guide the work of technical staff.

Serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects.


* Plan project stages and assess business implications for each stage, monitor progress to assure deadlines, standards, and cost targets are met, and maintain the partner relationship between Schneider Electric and the client.


* Responsible for the delivery of complex, multi-phase Digital Grid projects (typically between $5m and $10m).


* Maintains a high-level knowledge of business processes, challenges, disruptions in the electric distribution industry, as well as the drivers and concerns around the deployment of Operations Technologies including DMS, SCADA, OMS, EMS.

Maintains a general knowledge of other systems that make up electrical utility systems such as Arc FM, Esri GIS, MDM, CIS, Work Management, etc.


* Manages project execution through all stages of the SE Customer Project Process (Initiate and Setup, Design, Install and Commission and Closure)


* Builds and manages a cost and invoicing plan, including subcontractor invoices, which ensures positive cash flow and a high probability of achieving project finance KPI targets.


* Monitor project costs and track financial performance against budgetary targets.


* Engages Schneider Electric Contract Management through all stages of the project for advice on protecting program/project margin while identifying and exploiting opportunities to increase margin.


* Document and address stakeholder concerns / inquiries and proactively manage expectations throughout the project.


* Identify and resolve conflicts between project team, end client, external vendors and partners.


* Document project risks and apply mitigating procedures when required.


* Maintains a log of project travel expenses and receipts per Digital Grid PMO processes.


* Reports to...