IT Project Manager III

Arizona Public Service generates clean, reliable and affordable energy for 2.7 million Arizonans. Our service territory stretches across the state, from the border town of Douglas to the vistas of the Grand Canyon, from the solar fields of Gila Bend to the ponderosa pines of Payson. As the state’s largest and longest-serving energy provider, our more than 6,000 dedicated employees power our vision of creating a sustainable energy future for Arizona.

 

Since our founding in 1886, APS has demonstrated a strong commitment to our customers in one of the country’s fastest growing states, earning a reputation for customer satisfaction, shareholder value, operational excellence and business integrity.

 

Our present and future success depends on the creative and dedicated people of our company who demonstrate the principles outlined in the APS Promise: Design for Tomorrow, Empower Each Other and Succeed Together.  

Summary

The IT PROJECT MANAGER III/IV leads and manages all aspects of IT technology projects to ensure they are completed on-time and within scope and budget.  Has overall responsibility for managing scope, cost, schedule, internal staffing and outside vendors, and contractual deliverables. Manages and oversees the management of multi-year projects or projects with highly compressed schedules. Leads large, cross-functional, multi-disciplinary project teams, with project scopes identified as high complexity as defined within the APS  Project Complexity guidelines.  Develops comprehensive execution plans.  . Communicates status updates and results to senior executives, enterprise-wide stakeholders and, at times, external stakeholders

Minimum Requirements

IT PM III

• Bachelors' degree in Information Technology or related field and 8 years of prior relevant experience managing large scale IT projects in the area of software applications, IT infrastructure or cybersecurity or equivalent combination of education and directly related experience. 

• Working project management knowledge and experience developing or updating project plans for information technology projects (including information such as project objectives, technologies, systems, information specifications, schedules, funding, and staffing). 

Preferred Special Skills, Knowledge, or Qualifications: 
- Experience delivering business results through IT Deployment, excellent communication, negotiation, and leadership skills
- Experience managing large, complex, high impact projects.

- Experience managing facilities and/or audio-visual projects

- Interior renovations, space planning, hybrid office space design/build

- Construction management

- Coordination between Internal/External architectural & engineering resources

- Experience managing networking projects

- Low voltage structured cabling and fiber

- Switches, routers, and firewalls

- Extensive understanding of project management processes, principles and methodologies
- Ability to build strong Client/Customer relationships

Major Accountabilities

1)  Under broad supervision, lead other departments and disciplines to ensure development of complex scale project plans, effective resource planning, project estimates, project organization and roles and responsibilities

2)  Manage project dependencies, critical path, and monitor and update risk mitigation and contingency plans as necessary

3)  Present comprehensive project plans to project sponsors and management. Obtains all necessary stakeholder support and sponsor and executive approvals.

4)  Manage project dependencies, critical path, and monitor and update risk mitigation and contingency plans as necessary

5)  Control and manage impact of scope-creep throughout the project life cycle document as needed and revise work authorizations as necessary

6)  Assess additional and/or consultant needs and make the appropriate recruitments as necessary

7)  Participate in the coordination of production change management for the project

8)  Develops project plan documentation, provides status reports, negotiates change orders and adjusts schedules as needed. 

9)  Develop and conduct formal presentations for assigned projects as required

10) Manage activities within the project team or impacted area/s to ensure project objectives, budget, quality standards and scheduling requirements are met.

11) Ensures project deliverables and overall results meet or exceed sponsor and stakeholder expectations

12) Regularly coaches, mentors, motivates and supervises project team members and contractors and provide performance assessment input as needed, coordinate vendor resources, identify and resolve issues and conflicts within project team

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