Project Manager

at  NiSource

JOB SUMMARY

The Project Manager plans and manages medium-to-large sized projects of moderate-to-high complexity, or portfolio of medium-to-small projects, and ensures project results contribute positive business value and meet agreed on scope, cost, schedule, and quality objectives. The Project Manager will be accountable for the project team’s day-to-day execution and compliance with prescribed methodology process, including project charter development, project initiation and facilitation, project plan development, risk and issues management, quality planning, and communications planning.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS FOR POSITION

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or related field
• Extensive knowledge and expertise in the use of project management and SDLC methodologies and tools
• Agile process experience for application implementation
• Basic understanding of IT Enterprise technologies
• 3+ years of project management experience
• 7+ years of overall work experience
• Strong project management skills, including the ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines
• Strong planning, organizational, and leadership skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to make effective presentations and communicate technical concepts to non-technical clients
• Extensive knowledge of project management processes, systems development methods, organizational change management concepts, and business process improvement methods
• In-depth knowledge of project planning techniques and automated project planning tools required
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Ability to build strong relationships with NiSource technology partners
• Excellent problem-solving and critical-thinking skills
• Experience with project cost management and resource capacity planning
• Experience with business process development and change management

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS FOR POSITION

• Experience in the utilities industry
• Cloud-based, SaaS, and on premise application implementation and integration experience
• PMP certification
• 2+ years of supervisory experience

• Defines project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders
• Develops and manages cross-functional IT projects, application implementation, and infrastructure initiatives
• Works with business groups to create and manage project priorities and clearly communicate these priorities to technology partners.
• Ability to create and manage a two year technology project road map with high level delivery milestones to manage stakeholder expectations.
• Works with NiSource technology partners to ensure projects are delivered on time Proactively manages changes in project scope, identifies issues, and devises contingency plans
• Identifies and resolves issues and conflicts within the project team
• Ensures that work is carried out to a high standard and complies with the PMO guidelines
• Identifies and manages project dependencies and critical path
• Estimates, Plans, schedules, and tracks project timelines, milestones, financials and deliverables using appropriate tools
• Develops clear and concise documentation to identify processes, problems, and action plans as well as design attractive and simple sketches, charts, diagrams, and other illustrative material to facilitate communication of complicated topics
• Provides frequent on-site monitoring and enforcement of schedules, milestones, and vendor accountability
• Facilitates collaboration across multiple functions, departments, and levels and serves as a role model for teamwork
• Maximizes availability of all IT equipment and infrastructure through continuous improvement and continuously looks to improve efficiencies and cost reductions accordingly
• Liaises and negotiates with contractors and external suppliers to clearly communicate technical issues, and seeks economies of scale
• Improves quality results by implementing unit, system and integration testing cycles
• Proactively identifies and communicates risks to project development and schedule
• Monitors and drives resolution of issues
• Adheres to Governance, PM methods, and tools/templates as appropriate