Project Manager - Solon, OH

Job Overview

This Project Manager will coordinate multiple Professional Services customer project implementations of Aclara’s innovative enterprise AMI products and work collaboratively with a team of customers, project managers, systems engineers, product managers, business analysts, developers and other Aclara resources.

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What will help you thrive in this role?

Essential Functions: 
•    Work closely with customers and the implementation teams to deliver successful on-time implementations.
•    Provide a consolidated delivery across multiple customer implementations simultaneously by ensuring consistency among deliverables, communication and approach.
•    Thoroughly understand delivery contracts and provide representation internally and to the customer.
•    Coordinate communication between customer and internal resources to facilitate shared expectations.
•    Compile and review project deliverables.
•    Create weekly status reports identifying consolidated project issues, risks, and status.
•    Create and manage implementation schedules to ensure on-time delivery.
•    Coordinate delivery of Aclara internal tasks across multiple departments including ordering, product management, field resources, training, and software configuration.
•    Utilize Project/Portfolio Management Software for tracking and reporting of all project artifacts, aspects of financial tracking, issue/risk tracking, and resource management of assigned projects.
•    Manage customer interactions and ensure satisfaction while minimizing project risk.
•    Manage financial responsibility of projects to guarantee on-budget delivery.
 

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

Required:
•    Bachelor’s or higher-level degree 

• o    In lieu of a degree, at least ten (10) years of experience will be considered, specifically in major account project management.

•    Three (3) or more years of directly relevant experience as a Project Manager, responsible for the implementation of complex hardware or software applications.
•    Experience implementing data-intensive software systems in an enterprise environment.
•    Proven success in driving implementation projects to completion.
•    Client facing experience and relationship-building skills up through C-level organization levels.
•    Demonstrated verbal, written, presentation skills and strong analytical skills.

Certifications:

• PMI's Project Management Professional (PMP) or the ability to obtain certification within 6 months.

Preferred:
•    AMI or Utility industry experience (Gas, Water and/or Electric).
•    Experience in successful delivery of projects containing all elements of field-based communication network deployment, hardware installation, and software integration implementation.
•    Experience with Microsoft Project Professional
•    Experience with OnePlan Strategic Project/Portfolio Management Software or similar tools
•    Familiarity with relational databases, such as Oracle and SQL Server.
•    Big 4 or other major consulting firm experience.

Physical Demands:
•    Willing and able to travel to customer sites or Aclara offices up to 75% of the time
•    Frequent walking, standing, sitting