Information Technology Project Manager

SoftEdge; Portland (OR); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

SoftEdge is looking for an experienced Project Manager in Portland, OR to drive technology transformation, integration, and M&A initiatives within the utilities sector.

You will lead cross-functional teams in Agile or hybrid delivery environments, manage schedules and risks, and coordinate with vendors and partners to ensure on-time, within-budget results. Familiarity with CIS and customer-facing platforms is preferred.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of Project Management experience managing technology, transformation, integration, or business initiatives.
• Experience in utilities, energy, or a complex regulated industry.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end delivery of technology, business transformation, and integration projects across the utilities organization.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, RAID logs, and status reports.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across business, IT, operations, vendors, and implementation partners.
• Support M&A and business integration initiatives, including application integration, system consolidation, data migration, and transition planning.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
• Partner with Product Owners, Business Analysts, technical teams, and stakeholders to manage requirements and delivery timelines.
• Track project scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, and dependencies; escalate as needed using Jira/Asana.
• Support initiatives involving customer-facing utility systems such as CIS, billing, CRM, customer portals, metering, data platforms, and related integrations.
• Coordinate testing and implementation activities including SIT, UAT, defect management, cutover planning, go-live readiness, production stabilization.
• Facilitate project governance meetings and provide clear communication to sponsors and leadership.
• Manage third-party vendors and system integration partners to align with deliverables and timelines.
• Maintain project documentation, decisions, action items, and governance artifacts.
• Identify delivery risks and develop mitigation and contingency plans.
• Drive resolution of cross-functional issues to maintain momentum.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Agile/Scrum

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Asana

MS Project

Smartsheet

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager with approximately 5+ years of hands-on project management experience, preferably within the utilities industry, to support technology transformation, business integration, and M&A initiatives.

The ideal candidate will have experience managing cross-functional business and technology teams, working in Agile or hybrid delivery environments, and supporting complex system or process transformation programs. Familiarity with Customer Information Systems (CIS) or utility customer-facing platforms is preferred, but deep CIS implementation experience is not required.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end delivery of technology, business transformation, and integration projects across the utilities organization.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, RAID logs, and status reports.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across business, IT, operations, vendors, and implementation partners.
• Support M&A and business integration initiatives, including application integration, system consolidation, process alignment, data migration, and transition planning.
• Facilitate Agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives, as applicable.
• Partner with Product Owners, Business Analysts, technical teams, and business stakeholders to manage requirements, priorities, and delivery timelines.
• Track project scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, and dependencies and escalates concerns as needed, using tool such as Jira/Asana.
• Support initiatives involving customer-facing utility systems such as CIS, billing, CRM, customer portals, metering, data platforms, and related integrations.
• Coordinate testing and implementation activities including SIT, UAT, defect management, cutover planning, go-live readiness, and production stabilization.
• Facilitate project governance meetings and provide clear communication to sponsors, leadership teams, and key stakeholders.
• Manage third-party vendors and system integration partners to ensure alignment with project deliverables and timelines.
• Maintain project documentation, decisions, action items, and governance artifacts.
• Identify delivery risks and proactively develop mitigation and contingency plans.
• Drive resolution of cross-functional issues and dependencies to maintain project momentum.

Required Qualifications

• 2+ years of Project Management experience managing technology, transformation, integration, or business initiatives.
• Experience working within the utilities, energy, or another complex regulated industry.
• Strong hands-on experience with Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery methodologies.
• Experience managing cross-functional business and technical teams.
• Experience supporting integration, system consolidation, migration, or organizational transformation projects.
• Strong project planning, risk management, dependency management, and stakeholder management capabilities.
• Experience managing projects involving enterprise applications, data, integrations, or customer-facing systems.
• Strong communication, facilitation, presentation, and executive reporting skills.
• Experience working with vendors, consulting partners, and geographically distributed teams.
• Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, Asana, MS Project, Smartsheet, or similar platforms.