Project Manager, ETRM & Trading Systems Implementation

Country USA City HOUSTON Workplace location HOUSTON-LOUISIANA STREET(USA) Employer company TotalEnergies Gas & Power North America, Inc. Domain Information Systems Type of contract Regular position Experience Minimum 3 years

Context & Environment

Fast-paced, dynamic environment with time-sensitive, business-critical activities requiring real-time coordination and decision-making. The role operates within volatile and regulated U.S. energy trading markets and supports TotalEnergies’ broader power transition strategy. 

• Volatile and heavily regulated U.S. energy trading markets that are sophisticated and technical, requiring quick decisions related to time critical activities and high risk/rewards from trading operations. 
• Highly competitive environment for new business and growth opportunities due to new market entrants. 
• Highly skilled and mobile workforce.

Activities

The position leads the deployment of the ORCHESTRADE ETRM system across North America, other trading systems and transactional activities related to ETRM (ex. Hartigen, …), coordinating process and organizational changes across the trade lifecycle. The scope includes organizing and conducting relevant Proof of Concept (POC) implementation, system design, interface integration, process review, reporting procedures, transition from legacy systems and change management.

Your mission as a Project Manager, ETRM & Trading Systems Implementation include: 

• Lead planning and implementation of ORCHESTRADE and other trading systems across multiple phases (scope, schedule, budget, risks).
• Secure the project team and plan/manage TGPNA business teams and ORCHESTRADE resources for the project implementation.
• Establish a project methodology with 2-4 weekly sprints and other forums. Ensure the business/operational readiness for the go live (release) of each project phase.
• Coordinate end-to-end deployment including system interfaces & dependencies, process changes, and organizational impacts.
• Manage transition from BOOK to ORCHESTRADE, including definition of migration strategy, parallel run and cutover.
• Ensure alignment with European implementation and leverage global synergies.
• Collaborate with Front Office, Middle Office, Back Office, Risk, and IT teams to ensure successful delivery and adoption of the product.
• Drive stakeholder engagement and change management across impacted teams. Lead communication actions.
• Monitor project KPIs and ensure timely reporting to the Steering Committee.
• Stay informed of market/technology developments relevant to the scope of work.
• Identify and mitigate project risks, ensuring compliance with intern