Project Manager

Leidos is seeking a Project Manager who is motivated by variety, is seeking a challenging environment for professional growth, and is interested in running large information technology projects in various customer businesses areas at an Investor-Owned Utility client headquartered in New Jersey.

This position is responsible for planning, coordinating, monitoring, and implementing complex large-scale projects to meet organizational goals. This person will maintain the efficiency of important aspects of the project management process such as planning, budget, and risk assessment. The ideal candidate is required to have excellent project management skills, with experience in organizing, planning, and executing large-scale projects from vision to implementation involving internal personnel, contractors, and vendors.

Location: This position is located in Newark, NJ. Qualified candidate must be in a commutable distance and able to go into the office as needed. This team typically goes into the office 2+ days a week.

Responsibilities:

Direct project team personnel, manage cost and schedule, ensure contract compliance, and serve as customer interface.

Manage technical, cost, and schedule of assigned tasks or functions.

Provide strong, proactive, and assertive leadership skills that engage multidiscipline work teams to respond to business needs for assigned projects

Lead project team members such as executives, line of business subject matter experts, controllers, and schedulers through the lifecycle of a project

Manage project teams that typically includes multiple vendors with onshore and offshore resources

Create project management plans, set expectations, execute governance reviews and ensure the project plans are driven by organizational procedures

Coordinates with cross-functional project stakeholders to develop project scope, objectives, goals, and deliverables

Ensures that requirements are gathered, documented, reviewed and approved per organizational/PMO standards.

Work with assigned scheduler to create a work breakdown structure that defines all activities required for the project deliverables

Manage project budget, maintain financial plan, track actuals vs. plan, provide monthly forecasts, report monthly accruals

Establish and provide high-quality, informative written and verbal project communications, including weekly status, dashboards, and project updates

Actively monitor, track, and manage project tasks, timelines, attainment of established milestones and overall quality of project activities and deliverables

Required Education & Experience:

Bachelor's degree in business, Information Technology, Computer Science or related degree with four plus (4+) years of experience as a Project Manager. May consider more years of relevant experience in lieu of degree

Previous project management experience for a utility preferred

In-depth Project Management experience handling Project Financials, Schedules, Scope, and Testing with strong communication / presentation skills

Solid understanding and previous experience of Project Management and Project Management Office processes and procedures required

Ability to build and maintain relationships, partnerships, and external networks

Ability to work independently, with minimal supervision and work effectively in a collaborative team environment while keeping the team informed

Excellent customer facing skills

Excellent researching, decision-making and organizational skills are required

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Proven analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities

Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite including Microsoft Project or similar project management tool

Maintain confidentiality and adhere to data protection and other guidelines where appropriate.

Original Posting Date: 2024-12-11

While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

Pay Range $72,150.00 - $130,425.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

REQNUMBER: R-00149700

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. Leidos will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment in accordance with relevant Laws. Leidos is an equal opportunity employer/disability/vet.