Enterprise Project Manager, Sr

LCEC; North Fort Myers (FL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual incentive

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401(k) with match

Pension plan

On-site wellness

Disability insurance

HSA with employer

FSA

Paid time off

Wellness program

Tuition reimbursement

Group life insurance

Critical illness insurance

Job summary

LCEC is seeking an Enterprise Project Manager, Sr in North Fort Myers, FL to lead complex initiatives aligning with strategic goals. You will drive executive communications, shape business cases, plan roadmaps, manage budgets, and guide project sponsors to successful delivery.

The role emphasizes governance, training, and cross-functional collaboration, with storm duty support and long work hours during emergencies as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years of project management experience, IT/engineering focus.
• Strong leadership, communication, and governance capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex IT and engineering projects end-to-end.
• Manage full lifecycle, scope, budgets, and timelines.
• Coach sponsors, managers, and teams to deliver benefits.
• Provide governance, reporting, and status updates to executives.
• Foster stakeholder engagement and value realization.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Executive communication

Budgeting

Risk management

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS/Business

Tools

MS Office

PM software

Job description

JOB TITLE: Enterprise Project Manager, Sr

Location: North Fort Myers, FL

Work Hours: Monday - Friday 8:00 - 5:00

Our Benefits Include

• Company-wide annual incentive plan
• Medical, vision and dental insurance
• 401(k) plan with a generous 6% company match
• Company funded Pension Plan
• On-site wellness/medical facility
• Company paid Short & Long-Term Disability insurance
• Health Savings Account with an employer contribution
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Paid time off and paid holidays
• Wellness program with financial rewards
• Tuition reimbursement
• Group life insurance
• Critical Illness and Accident Insurance

LCEC provides reliable, cost-competitive electricity to more than 250,000 members throughout a five-county service territory located in Southwest Florida. We employ approximately 485 skilled employees and are one of more than 900 electric distribution cooperatives located throughout the United States. LCEC has been recognized locally and statewide as an industry leader and continually receives acknowledgment for the work that our employees do in the community along with other civic, environmental and professional honors.

Position Summary

The Enterprise Project Manager, Sr is responsible for leading complex projects that improve the performance of the organization in alignment with strategic priorities and objectives. This role requires high competency in project leadership, executive-level communication, analysis, business case development, prioritization, planning, problem solving, standardization, and project lifecycle management. The role will help guide the overall project portfolio program and contribute significantly to the overall portfolio efficiency, while providing training, coaching, and support for project sponsors, managers, and teams. As a collaborative leader, the senior enterprise project manager will contribute significantly to successful project delivery and benefits realization serving as a champion for positive, innovative change. This is a key role for company-wide stakeholder engagement and relationship management.

Position Responsibilities

• Support the corporate and divisional vision, strategic initiatives, and objectives.
• Apply strong leadership skills and project management expertise to organize and motivate project teams and achieve successful project delivery
• Accountable for execution of the full project lifecycle, including defining scope, confirming roles and responsibilities, developing project plans and tasks, securing required resources, maintaining schedules and budgets, allocating resources, tracking deliverables, monitoring progress, managing RAID items, ensuring change management processes are in place, and performing other project management responsibilities as needed.
• Produce written and verbal reports on project status and progress, including milestones, risks, actions, issues, and decisions.
• Communicate effectively and foster partnership with project sponsor, owner, and stakeholders.
• Coordinate project phase gate reviews, ensuring high-quality deliverables and required work products are delivered for governance review and approval to advance to the next phase.
• Evaluate project results, including lessons learned and value realization.
• Provide expert guidance for business case development and project evaluation.
• Perform governance responsibilities related to processes, methods, tools, compliance, and adoption across process management, change request management, project management, policy structure, and other applicable areas of the governance model.
• Utilize performance metrics to indicate health and progress.
• Analyze, understand, and continuously communicate the overall health and status of the projects, keeping leadership informed to enable effective decision making.
• Analyze and prioritize projects based on alignment with strategic priorities.
• Facilitate the translation of value propositions into process performance goals.
• Partner with sponsors and stakeholders to analyze and report on outcomes of projects initiated to make progress on and/or achieve strategic objectives.
• Perform resource analysis during planning cycles and as input to change request management to optimize resource allocation and identify over-allocation risks.
• Monitor and evaluate project progress, risks, issues, and dependencies to maintain project control, including developing and communicating delivery metric.
• Develop and maintain project management standards, training, and coaching concepts to strengthen project leaders.
• Mentor junior and mid-level project managers, supporting their professional growth and career development.
• Maintain effective working relationships with employees and customers at all levels within LCEC. Ensure smooth operations, productive communications, and effective understanding during all interpersonal contacts. Provide current and accurate information to all requesters, courteously and in a timely manner.
• Support Storm Restoration efforts when needed. Work in emergency storm situations (i.e. hurricanes) and work long hours (>12 hours per day) for many continuous days/weeks as needed
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree Computer Science, Management Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related field. (Required) or
• An equivalent combination of education, relevant experience, and certifications may be considered in lieu of a degree. (Required)

Experience

• 10+ Years' experience in project management, including complex project management related to Information Technology and Engineering and/or leading programs. (Required)
• 2+ Years' experience in leading change management in projects. (Preferred)
• 2+ Years' experience in portfolio management experience. (Preferred)
• 2+ Years' experience in project management governance. (Preferred)

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Proficiency in MS Office Suite to include Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint. (Required)
• Excellent collaboration, communication and negotiation skills. (Required)
• Expertise with project management and analysis tools and related methods. (Required)
• Ability to adjust multiple and changing priorities while interfacing effectively with all levels of the organization. (Required)
• Understanding of process management, change management, and strategy. (Preferred)
• General understanding of business analysis, ITIL, custom software development lifecycle, commercial off-the-shelf software implementation, emerging technologies, and application support concepts. (Preferred)
• General understanding of electric utility industry and cooperative business model. (Preferred)

Certifications

• Certified Project Management Professional PMI-PMP; Agile, Waterfall. (Strongly Preferred)
• Agile Certified Practitioner PMI-ACP. (Preferred)

Physical Demands and Working Environment

• Physical Demands: Standing Occasionally, Walking Occasionally, Sitting Constantly, Lifting Rarely, Carrying Rarely, Pushing Rarely, Pulling Rarely, Climbing Rarely, Balancing Rarely, Stooping Rarely, Kneeling Rarely, Crouching Rarely, Crawling Rarely, Reaching Rarely, Handling Occasionally, Grasping Occasionally, Feeling Rarely, Talking Constantly, Hearing Constantly, Repetitive Motions Frequently, Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination Frequently.
• Working Environment: Constantly Air-conditioned office environment, Rarely Extreme cold, Rarely Extreme heat, Rarely Humidity, Rarely Wet, Occasionally Noise, Rarely Hazards, Rarely Temperature Change, Rarely Atmospheric Conditions, Rarely Vibration.

STORM DUTY REQUIREMENTS.... Responding to storms may be considered a condition of employment:

LCEC provides critical services to our community during an emergency. Employees may be required to participate in the response/recovery activities related to emergencies/disasters to maintain service to our LCEC members. Employees are required to work in their normal job duties or other assigned activities. Proper compensation will be made in accordance with the company's guidelines and procedures.

Please note that at the time a candidate is made a job offer, the candidate will be subject to a background check and a drug screening.