Power Marketing Project Manager
Project Manager needed for a contract opportunity with SOC's client to work onsite in Seattle, WA. Responsibilities include :
- Leading the full Request for Proposal (RFP) process with Procurement, including solicitation, evaluation, award, and contract execution
- Managing planning and implementation from initiation through cutover and stabilization
- Developing and maintaining comprehensive project plans, schedules, budgets, and resource allocations
- Directing and holding vendors accountable for delivering contracted scope, schedule, budget, and quality, ensuring performance is tracked and issues escalated / resolved
- Coordinating cross-functional teams including Power Marketing, Risk, IT, and vendors
- Ensuring requirements, solution design, configuration, integration, and testing are completed, validated, and traceable to business needs
- Ensuring training, transition, and documentation deliverables are produced and accepted as part of operational readiness
- Overseeing System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), cutover planning, and operational readiness
- Maintaining risk, issue, and change control logs; driving mitigation strategies and governance reviews
- Ensuring compliance with regulatory and audit standards
- Driving cutover execution and hypercare to ensure successful transition
- Providing clear, accurate, and timely reporting to stakeholders and leadership
Required Education & Experience :
Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field with 10+ years of project management experience, focusing on power marketing, portfolio optimization, or Energy Trading and Risk Management (ETRM) platform implementations. Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.Proven track record managing multiple full-cycle technology implementations, including at least one full implementation of a power marketing, portfolio optimization, or ETRM platform, with procurement, vendor oversight, testing, and cutoverDemonstrated leadership of RFP processes with Procurement, from solicitation through contract executionAbility to direct large cross-functional teams and hold vendors accountable for scope, schedule, budget, and qualityKnowledge of utility power marketing operations and portfolio optimization practices, with ability to quickly build domain fluencyDemonstrated expertise with project controls, scheduling, forecasting, and risk management practices; proficiency with Microsoft Project or equivalent toolsProven ability to communicate effectively with executives, prepare governance materials, and engage stakeholders at all levelsPreferred :
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalentAgile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) certificationUnderstanding of utility market operations, portfolio risk analytics, and integration with forecasting or historian systemsEmployment Prerequisites : The following requirements must be met to be eligible for this position : successful completion of a background investigation and drug urinalysis.
SOC, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants are welcome to apply. Estimated Min Rate : $45.31 Estimated Max Rate : $64.73 EOE AA M / F / Vet / Disability