Senior IT Project Manager - Oracle CCB/MDM Systems

OUC - The Reliable One, is presently seeking a Senior IT Project Manager - Oracle CCB/MDM Systems to join the Technology division. At OUC, we don't just work - we're building a bright future of innovation and transformation for future generations.

We are seeking an experienced Senior IT Project Manager to oversee and manage various IT projects within the utility sector for the Meter-to-Cash team. This individual will work closely with cross-functional teams, including Quality Engineering, IT teams, vendors, and business units, to ensure that IT systems meet the business's operational needs.

OUC is an industry leader and the second largest municipal utility in Florida committed to innovation, sustainability, and our community, OUC's mission is to provide exceptional value to our customers and community by delivering sustainable and reliable services and solutions.

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The ideal candidate will have:

• A strong background in IT project management, preferably within the utilities sector, and the ability to manage multiple small- to medium-sized projects simultaneously (typically under $100K and less than 3 months in duration).
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure business needs are met through effective IT solutions
• Oversee project work such as patching, data cleanup, email updates, and purging legacy data
• Lead the implementation of data subsetting and obfuscation processes, and support customizations to enhance business operations
• Coordinate with testers, SMEs, knowledge providers, and environment managers to track and manage environment utilization
• Provide timely updates and documentation, including project status reports and monthly scorecard contributions
• Utilize tools such as Jira, spreadsheets, and Microsoft Project to manage project plans and timelines

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration or directly related field from an accredited university. In lieu of a degree, equivalent combination of education, certification, training, and directly related project management experience may be substitutable on a 1:1 basis.
• PMP or other project management certification (required).
• Minimum of seven (7) years of experience in IT project management; including successful oversight of large, complex projects or programs (required).
• Strong familiarity with PSERM, CCB, or Oracle MDM
• Experience using Jira and Microsoft Project (or spreadsheets for project tracking)
• Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently while ensuring timely delivery and stakeholder satisfaction
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to manage stakeholder expectations and report on project status

Salary Range: $116,618.40- $145,773.89 annually- commensurate with experience

Location: Reliable Plaza 100 W. Anderson St. Orlando, FL 32801

Please see below a complete Job description for this position.

Job Purpose:

Senior Project Manager leads, oversees and ensures the successful delivery and management of single or multiple projects varying in size and complexity. The Senior Project Manager must do this within scope, to a certain quality, and within time and cost constraints. These factors may be clearly defined or may require dynamic change management to deliver business value.

Primary Functions:

• Engage in complete life-cycle management of projects, varying scopes, sizes and numbers including planning, design, and scheduling, costing, and deliverable management in partnership with internal and external stakeholders.
• Review project proposals or plans to determine a time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing projects, staffing requirements and the assignment of available departmental resources to various project phases.
• Identify and schedule project deliverables, milestones, and acquire/collaborate with stakeholders on acquisition of resources, budget, personnel and technology for successful completion of assigned projects.
• Provide leadership and motivation to project team members throughout the project life cycle and confer with project staff to outline a work plan. Direct and coordinate the activities of project personnel to ensure projects progress on schedule and within budget.
• Implement a project communication plan and facilitate on-going dialog with stakeholders to ensure proactive management of expectations.
• Establish a work plan and staffing for project activities, iterations or phases, and arrange for recruitment or assignment of project personnel. Review/approve the work plan of any external service providers or consultants contracted to execute the project.
• Conduct risk assessment and create and implement mitigation plans.
• Monitor project activities, ensuring the currency, quality and integrity of information, while providing consistency in content and "look and feel" across the organization.
• Ensure that project goals are in line with business objectives and achieved.
• Prepare status reports and modify schedules or plans as required. Establish standards and procedures for project reporting and documentation.
• Benchmark project management performance continuously to identify the potential for improvements and increase capability in project and portfolio management. Support the creation and implementation of metrics to track and improve project management process and outcomes.
• Assist with the creation and maintenance of a knowledge repository with industry best practices.
• Coach junior team members, executives and others who need assistance and advice regarding project management practices. Assist with training and mentoring of rising project managers within PMO and Business units.
• Support the continuous improvement of creation, coordination and implementation of PMO templates, policies, procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Technical Requirements:

• Working knowledge in all, but not limited, to the following:
• Distinctive blend of business, IT, financial and communication skills. This blend is vital because this is a highly visible position with substantial impact.
• Good understanding of current and emerging technologies, and of how other enterprises are using them to drive digital business.
• Knowledge of project management methodology and experience or familiarity with major, defined program management approaches (for example, that of the Project Management Institute or agile approaches).
• Significant knowledge of project planning/scheduling tools (for example, Microsoft Project), with a solid track record of practical application.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills; expertise in setting and managing customer expectations.
• Effective influencing and negotiating skills in an environment in which this role may not directly control resources.
• Strong knowledge and understanding of business needs, with the ability to establish and maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence.
• Ability to support a tactical resource plan by mapping future demand to forecast project completions in the project portfolio
• Excellent use of verbal communication skills to influence project teams and decision makers with or without direct leadership involvement
• Making critical decisions or recommendations related to approving, rejecting and discontinuing projects;
• Understand and apply governmental accounting practices in maintenance of financial records;
• Ability to make arithmetic computations using whole numbers, fractions and decimals, rates, ratios and percentages;
• Ability to use Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.) and standard office equipment (telephone, computer, copier, etc.).

Education/ Certification/ Years of Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Administration or directly related field from an accredited university. In lieu of a degree, equivalent combination of education, certification, training, and directly related project management experience may be substitutable on a 1:1 basis.
• PMP or other project management certification (required).
• Minimum of seven (7) years of experience in IT project management; including successful oversight of large, complex projects or programs (required).
• Five (5) years of the above mentioned project management experience in utility industry (preferred).

Working Conditions:

This job is absent of disagreeable working conditions. This job is performed in an office work environment. This role may require availability outside of regular business hours, particularly during project implementation phases to accomplish the goals of the project.

Physical Requirements:

This job includes very frequent speaking/hearing, typing, writing, and detailed inspection. This job requires frequent standing, walking and sitting. There may be occasional lifting up to twenty (20) lbs.

OUC-The Reliable One is an Equal Opportunity Employer who is committed through responsible management policies to recruit, hire, promote, train, transfer, compensate, and administer all other personnel actions without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information and any other factor prohibited under applicable federal, state, and local civil rights laws, rules, and regulations.

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