Southern California Edison/Westminster, CA
Basic Qualifications:
Must have experience working with regulatory/legislative programs. Must have experience leading cross-functional teams.
Core Competencies:
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business, Public Policy or Technical Discipline or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Typically possesses seven or more years experience in managing projects or organizational programs, plus five or more years of supervisory or project management experience.
- Demonstrated experience in project/portfolio management, related to emerging technologies.
- Demonstrated experience creating project management plans that specify charter, scope, approach, management plans, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), cost estimates, schedule, milestones and target dates, risk management plans and project change control plans.
- Demonstrated experience developing and delivering presentations to diverse stakeholders and upper management.
- Demonstrated experience in analysis requiring critical thinking of complex issues.
- Demonstrated experience providing management and strategic direction to a project team through establishing goals and negotiating project commitments.
- Demonstrated experience managing project budgets.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate ideas and information effectively, in oral and written formats, to diverse audiences, including senior management and external stakeholders.
- Must be customer focused to understand and respond appropriately to clients# business needs.
- Must demonstrate the ability to take initiative, be accountable for results, and motivate self and others to set and achieve high performance standards.
- Must demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate with internal and external personnel.
- Demonstrated experience using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project and Visio.
- Must demonstrate the ability to integrate work across relevant areas, manage risks and safety appropriately, develop and execute business plans, and manage information.
- Must demonstrate effective resource and project planning, decision making, results delivery, team building, and the ability to stay current with relevant technology and innovation.
- Must demonstrate strong ethics, influence and negotiation, leadership, and the ability to effectively manage stress and engage in continuous learning.
COMMENTS: Additional testing may be required as part of the selection process for this position. Candidates for this position must be legally authorized to work directly as employees for any employer in the United States without visa sponsorship.
Preferences:
Master's Degree in Business, Finance or Public Policy preferred. Five years experience in a strategic planning or project management role within the regulated utilities industry.
Typical Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will be a project manager in the Advanced Technology (AT), located within the Transmission and Distribution Business Unit (TDBU), at Southern California Edison (SCE). The successful candidate will lead AT's Smart Grid strategy efforts and the Research, Development and Demonstration (RD&D) portfolio. This individual will act as the project lead on various smart grid planning and regulatory activities, such as the Smart Grid Order Instituting Rulemaking (OIR). The successful candidate will provide leadership on large collaborative projects with other utilities and industries such as the California Energy Commission (CEC) California Smart Grid Visioning Project. This project manager will utilize critical thinking skills to understand strategic business impacts of emerging Smart Grid technologies and policy. This individual will manage responses to regulatory/legislative issues which involve coordination across business units and other California utilities. The successful candidate will manage the team responsible for the RD&D portfolio. The successful candidate will develop ad hoc reports, presentations, and analyses of strategic issues related to smart grid technology or policy. The successful candidate will make presentations of strategic planning and smart grid technology concepts to executive management, industry collaboration groups, and state/federal regulatory officials as needed. The successful candidate will engage Smart Grid engineers and subject matter experts in technical discussions to understand and communicate alignment to business goals, alignment to policy objectives, overall technical maturity, and potential cost effectiveness of emerging smart grid technologies. The successful candidate will manage and direct cross-functional teams. The successful candidate will provide leadership and motivation to team members and manage complex issues. The successful candidate will perform other duties and responsibilities as required.
Edison International and Southern California Edison reserve the right to close or cancel a posting at any time.
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If you are interested in this position, please submit your resume in confidence by visiting www.edisonjobs.com.
Edison International is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Basic Qualifications:
Must have experience working with regulatory/legislative programs. Must have experience leading cross-functional teams.
Core Competencies:
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Business, Public Policy or Technical Discipline or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
- Typically possesses seven or more years experience in managing projects or organizational programs, plus five or more years of supervisory or project management experience.
- Demonstrated experience in project/portfolio management, related to emerging technologies.
- Demonstrated experience creating project management plans that specify charter, scope, approach, management plans, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), cost estimates, schedule, milestones and target dates, risk management plans and project change control plans.
- Demonstrated experience developing and delivering presentations to diverse stakeholders and upper management.
- Demonstrated experience in analysis requiring critical thinking of complex issues.
- Demonstrated experience providing management and strategic direction to a project team through establishing goals and negotiating project commitments.
- Demonstrated experience managing project budgets.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate ideas and information effectively, in oral and written formats, to diverse audiences, including senior management and external stakeholders.
- Must be customer focused to understand and respond appropriately to clients# business needs.
- Must demonstrate the ability to take initiative, be accountable for results, and motivate self and others to set and achieve high performance standards.
- Must demonstrate excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to collaborate with internal and external personnel.
- Demonstrated experience using Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project and Visio.
- Must demonstrate the ability to integrate work across relevant areas, manage risks and safety appropriately, develop and execute business plans, and manage information.
- Must demonstrate effective resource and project planning, decision making, results delivery, team building, and the ability to stay current with relevant technology and innovation.
- Must demonstrate strong ethics, influence and negotiation, leadership, and the ability to effectively manage stress and engage in continuous learning.
COMMENTS: Additional testing may be required as part of the selection process for this position. Candidates for this position must be legally authorized to work directly as employees for any employer in the United States without visa sponsorship.
Preferences:
Master's Degree in Business, Finance or Public Policy preferred. Five years experience in a strategic planning or project management role within the regulated utilities industry.
Typical Responsibilities:
The successful candidate will be a project manager in the Advanced Technology (AT), located within the Transmission and Distribution Business Unit (TDBU), at Southern California Edison (SCE). The successful candidate will lead AT's Smart Grid strategy efforts and the Research, Development and Demonstration (RD&D) portfolio. This individual will act as the project lead on various smart grid planning and regulatory activities, such as the Smart Grid Order Instituting Rulemaking (OIR). The successful candidate will provide leadership on large collaborative projects with other utilities and industries such as the California Energy Commission (CEC) California Smart Grid Visioning Project. This project manager will utilize critical thinking skills to understand strategic business impacts of emerging Smart Grid technologies and policy. This individual will manage responses to regulatory/legislative issues which involve coordination across business units and other California utilities. The successful candidate will manage the team responsible for the RD&D portfolio. The successful candidate will develop ad hoc reports, presentations, and analyses of strategic issues related to smart grid technology or policy. The successful candidate will make presentations of strategic planning and smart grid technology concepts to executive management, industry collaboration groups, and state/federal regulatory officials as needed. The successful candidate will engage Smart Grid engineers and subject matter experts in technical discussions to understand and communicate alignment to business goals, alignment to policy objectives, overall technical maturity, and potential cost effectiveness of emerging smart grid technologies. The successful candidate will manage and direct cross-functional teams. The successful candidate will provide leadership and motivation to team members and manage complex issues. The successful candidate will perform other duties and responsibilities as required.
Edison International and Southern California Edison reserve the right to close or cancel a posting at any time.
To view job at edisonjobs.com please select the "Southern California Edison" or "Edison International" logo.
If you are interested in this position, please submit your resume in confidence by visiting www.edisonjobs.com.
Edison International is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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Source: Venture Beat