Project Manager
ACS Professional Staffing

Job Info

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• Location: Vancouver, Washington
• Type: Contract
• Job #7998

Overview:
ACS Professional Staffing is looking for an employee to work on-site with our client. This Project Manager position will oversee the end-to-end management of product development and strategic initiatives, providing guidance on project methodologies, best practices, and skill development. Responsibilities include coordinating project timelines, resources, and deliverables, ensuring compliance with internal standards, and resolving project risks and issues. The role involves collaborating with stakeholders, drafting project plans, and facilitating communications across teams. Strong experience in project management, risk mitigation, and cross-functional collaboration is required, along with the ability to manage complex projects and drive successful outcomes within prescribed time frames. This full-time position is located in Vancouver, WA.

Pay Rate: $63.61 - $90.88

Benefits:

• Paid holidays: 11
• PTO: Starting at 10 days
• Sick Leave: Up to 56 hours per year (prorated based on start date)
• EAP: Employee Assistance Program
• Benefit Options Available: Medical, Dental, Vision, FSA, DCA, LPFSA, HSA, Group Life/AD&D, Voluntary Life/AD&D, Voluntary Short-Term Disability, Voluntary Long-Term Disability, Voluntary Critical Illness, Voluntary Accident, 401k (immediately eligible for employee and employer contributions - employer match up to 4%)
• Other benefits include the following: Calm App, Access Perks

Responsibilities:

• Provide project management expertise, support and facilitate manager-assigned product development and strategic initiative projects, from beginning to end, providing expert guidance on the PMI-based project management methodology, best practices, and internal skill development as requested by and with guidance from the manager, team lead or other personnel with the authority to do so, including:
• Communicate and collaborate with implementing organizations, as well as supporting product managers and policy developers to facilitate the development of company's products.
• Implement and track the success of management approved products: Point-To-Point (PTP); Network Integration Transmission (NT); Ancillary Services; and Conditional Firm (CF).
• Plan, form and reform develop, and implement management approved transmission products.
• Facilitate evolution of products that are financially strong and meet customer's needs and verify that the product is compliant with Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) and Transmission rate schedules.
• Assist and support wind and solar integrations.
• Re-dispatch and curtailment data analysis.
• Analyze customer usage of products and how customers deploy those products to conduct their business.
• Facilitate the implementation of management approved product design choices within established time frames.
• Recommend improvements in product offerings as agreed to in TC-20 Settlement agreement.
• Provide recommendations regarding project expectations, approach, roadmaps, work plans, deliverables and goals.
• Identify and request necessary subject matter expertise needed during the project.
• Forecast and recommend / request appropriate project resources to fulfill project needs; recommended resource requests must be submitted to, coordinated with and provided by appropriate Performance Managers.
• Collaborate with business units and Performance Managers to resolve resource allocation issues.
• Schedule and facilitate project team meetings.
• Recommend an overall roadmap of efforts required to achieve program initiatives and project objectives.
• Provide recommendations regarding project expectations, approach, roadmaps, work plans, deliverables, and goals.
• Draft project plans, resource strategies, and funding estimates required to advance each assigned project / defined effort.
• Alert manager of and obtain appropriate authorization for any potential changes to project, schedule, or performance.
• Organize, coordinate, and facilitate the work of project team(s) and serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects, includes recommending project stages and assessing business implications for each stage.
• Monitor progress of assigned projects to track timelines, milestones, deadlines, standards, and targets, alerting appropriate manager / personnel of any obstacles / potential delays to project timelines, targets or success; provide corrective action recommendations.
• Coordinate activities manager-assigned projects that enable goals or objectives to be accomplished within the prescribed time frame and funding parameters, escalating concerns to appropriate manager / personnel.
• Collaborate with manager and internal stakeholders to facilitate the tasks and activities of project team(s) and to properly understand related business needs, dependencies on other initiatives, and how best to effectively deploy end products.
• Work with the manager to address and navigate politically sensitive issues.
• Provide background information, technical input, options, and recommendations for project decisions as requested manager / personnel.
• Work with appropriate manager / personnel to facilitate resolution of conflicting priorities and requirements, as well as conflicting team positions to build consensus among stakeholders and project team members.
• Issue project status reports on a regular or as requested basis.
• Maintain consistent communication with project sponsors, performance managers, and clients on the progress of the project vis-a-vis the work plan.
• Collaborate and work with project sponsors and performance managers to remove obstacles impacting timely project completion.
• Draft a final project report, including project "lessons-learned", for appropriate management review and approval / acceptance.
• Gather business requirements and needs analysis from various stakeholder perspectives.
• Perform gap analysis from the "as is" to the "to be" state.
• Take a pro-active stance on project risk management:
• Anticipate and identify potential areas of risk and obtain guidance from appropriate manager.
• Track, monitor, and facilitate resolution of issues and risks identified within the projects, as well as compliance related dependencies.
• Maintain issue, risk, and/or action logs.
• Develop, draft and recommend contingency plans to minimize / eliminate risks on an ongoing basis for review and approval / acceptance by appropriate manager / personnel.
• Communicate regularly with key stakeholders, strategic partners, and managers independently and in team meetings.
• Support and facilitate the following functions as needed:
• Written and verbal sponsor communication.
• Project team communications and coordination.
• Inter-project team communications and coordination.
• Issues and risk management.
• Coordination with IT resources.
• Support and facilitate the following deliverables:
• Scope Definition and Management.
• Process and System Design requirements.
• Communication and project management best practice gap analysis.
• Coordinate and assist management with transitions of identified project resources as needed. This may include gathering information from departing/transitioning resources to identify subject matter expertise, documenting workloads, and identifying training requirements to facilitate smooth transitions.
• Facilitate the implementation of Organizational Design and Change Management requirements as developed and approved by the manager.
• Assist with the identification of organizational alignment and culture change required to advance improvement efforts; draft and prepare revised processes and roles to approval of appropriate personnel.
• When necessary, facilitate the successful transition of a project or program of projects to another project manager including any training, documentation, or meeting coordination required to bring the new PM fully up to speed on all critical aspects of the work and introduce them to executive sponsors and key stakeholders.
• Mark documents and maintain filing system(s), files, emails, and records in accordance with compliance requirements. Share and disperse documents only to appropriate personnel (those with a Lawful Government Purpose (LGP) to know). Mark and maintain all official records in accordance with the Information Security (INFOSEC) and Information Governance & Lifecycle Management (IGLM) standards and procedures. Validate official records are accurately maintained for auditing purposes.

Requirements:

• A master's degree is preferred. A bachelor's degree in economics, business administration or management, organizational development, engineering, computer science, or other technical related discipline is preferred.
• 10 years of experience is required with a bachelor's degree in an applicable field.
• 12 years of experience is required with a bachelor's degree in a non-applicable field.
• 14 years of experience is required without a degree or applicable degree.
• Experience should be in a project management capacity, including all aspects of process development and execution.
• Knowledge of product management as well as process management.
• Strong analytic skills and the ability to perform root cause identification/analysis.
• Experience influencing and integrating change in a large, diverse organization.
• Experience leading project teams, management review, and decision-making sessions supporting organization level improvement efforts.
• Experience managing projects in accordance with industry project management principles.
• Ability to organize and analyze detailed information and present it in a variety of formats for business, executive, and technical audiences.
• Ability to assess and estimate project costs.
• Experience in the utility business.
• PMI or PMP certification.
• Experience in resource planning.
• Valid U.S. Driver's License is required.

Work sponsorship is not available at this time. Third-party candidates will not be considered for this position.

Because we are a federal government contractor, we have special restrictions placed on us for hiring foreign nationals into certain key positions within the company. This particular position requires U.S. citizenship.

ACS Professional Staffing will provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants without regard to the applicant's race, color, religion, sex, gender, genetic information, national origin, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other status protected by federal or state law. The company will provide reasonable accommodations to allow an applicant to participate in the hiring process if so requested.

If you have any questions about the job posting, please contact recruiting@acsprostaffing.com

If you have any questions about our Reasonable Accommodation Policy, please feel free to email hr@acsprostaffing.com

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