IT Project Manager I
$155,000–$175,000 year
HybridSan Diego, California, United States
Job Summary
Lead day-to-day work for Distribution Operations technology projects including outage management, forecasting operations, solar and battery data integrations, automation, and analytics. Turn technical requirements into practical delivery plans, sprint backlogs, and release milestones while coordinating integrations with data engineers, architects, cybersecurity teams, and vendors. Develop detailed project schedules covering sprints, releases, and testing cycles; track scope, schedule, budget, and risks to identify variances and implement corrective actions. Support release readiness through UAT, staging, production deployment, and change control, ensuring solutions meet engineering rigor and client priorities. Maintain comprehensive documentation including technical requirements, test scripts, integration maps, and status reports. Collaborate with Grid Operations, DER Engineering, and business unit stakeholders to validate technical feasibility and facilitate design reviews. Coordinate training, operational readiness plans, and go-live preparation for new tools and workflows. Manage vendor deliverables, SLAs, and issue-resolution activities to ensure alignment with client program standards.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience
- Experience managing technical projects in utilities, energy, operational technology, grid modernization, data engineering, systems integration, or enterprise technology environments
- Working knowledge of project management practices including scheduling, scope management, risk and issue tracking, change control, status reporting, and quality assurance
- Ability to coordinate work across client stakeholders, business units, engineers, architects, analysts, vendors, and technical delivery teams
- Strong communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into practical delivery plans and executive-ready status updates
- Familiarity with Agile, hybrid, or structured project delivery methods and tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, or similar platforms
- Ability to sit/stand for up to 8 hours per day
- Ability to move freely for up to 8 hours per day
- Local Candidates only
- Drug Free Workplace
Desired Qualifications
- Experience supporting DERMS or similar utility operational projects is preferred, including exposure to SCADA, OMS, EMS, GIS, AMI, distribution automation, outage management, forecasting operations, solar or battery data integrations, or other Distribution Operations platforms
- Exposure to data engineering, ETL/ELT pipelines, APIs, cloud analytics, time-series data, automation tools, or Power Platform solutions
- Understanding of IT/OT integration, cybersecurity controls, access management, audit requirements, and production release governance
- Experience supporting UAT, system integration testing, operational readiness, training, cutover, go-live, and post-deployment stabilization
- PMP, CAPM, PMI-ACP, Scrum Master, Agile, ITIL, or utility-domain certifications are a plus
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