IT Project Manager

Jobtailor; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in San Diego is seeking a seasoned Technical Project Manager to lead outage management, data integrations, and analytics initiatives across Grid Operations and OT teams.

You will translate technical requirements into delivery plans, coordinate vendors, manage risks, and ensure release readiness through testing, go-live, and stabilization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in engineering, CS, IS, or business.
• Experience managing technical projects in utilities, energy, OT, grid modernization, data engineering, systems integration, or enterprise technology environments.
• Strong scheduling, scope management, risk and issue tracking, change control, status reporting, and quality assurance.
• Ability to translate technical concepts into practical delivery plans and executive-ready status updates.
• Familiarity with Agile, hybrid, or structured project delivery methods.
• Familiarity with Jira, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, or similar platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day outage management and forecasting operations.
• Turn technical requirements into delivery plans, sprint backlogs, testing activities, and release milestones.
• Coordinate integrations, automations, data models, system updates, data pipelines, APIs, real-time feeds, and analytics solutions.
• Support UAT, staging, production deployment, cutover planning, change control, release readiness, and stabilization.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, and track scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and corrective actions.
• Lead defect management, root-cause analysis documentation, regression tracking, and readiness assessments.
• Maintain technical requirements, test scripts, integration maps, release notes, status reports, and decision logs.
• Collaborate with Grid Operations, Distribution Operations, engineering, data science, IT, OT, business units, vendors, and technical delivery teams.
• Facilitate design reviews and support technical decisions regarding feasibility, performance, operational risk, and maintainability.
• Coordinate training, documentation, knowledge transfer, operational readiness, field testing, pilot deployments, parallel runs, and go-live preparation.
• Coordinate software vendors, integration partners, system integrators, and data or analytics service providers.
• Keep client sponsors, business-unit leaders, project teams, and consulting firm leadership informed of progress, risks, and next steps.

Skills

Project Management

Data Integration

Agile Methodologies

Technical Project Management

Communication Skills

Stakeholder Coordination

Collaboration

Outage Management

Data Analytics

Forecasting Operations

Defect Management

Root-Cause Analysis

Change Control

Risk Tracking

Testing Activities

Release Readiness

System Integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Business, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

Job description

• Lead day-to-day work for outage management, forecasting operations, solar and battery data integrations, automation, analytics, and Distribution Operations technology projects
• Turn technical requirements into delivery plans, sprint backlogs, testing activities, and release milestones
• Coordinate integrations, automations, data models, system updates, data pipelines, APIs, real-time feeds, and analytics solutions
• Support UAT, staging, production deployment, cutover planning, change control, release readiness, and stabilization
• Develop and maintain project schedules, and track scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and corrective actions
• Lead defect management, root-cause analysis documentation, regression tracking, and readiness assessments
• Maintain technical requirements, test scripts, integration maps, release notes, status reports, and decision logs
• Collaborate with Grid Operations, Distribution Operations, engineering, data science, IT, OT, business units, vendors, and technical delivery teams
• Facilitate design reviews and support technical decisions regarding feasibility, performance, operational risk, and maintainability
• Coordinate training, documentation, knowledge transfer, operational readiness, field testing, pilot deployments, parallel runs, and go-live preparation
• Coordinate software vendors, integration partners, system integrators, and data or analytics service providers
• Keep client sponsors, business-unit leaders, project teams, and consulting firm leadership informed of progress, risks, and next steps

Requirements

• 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 and ability to translate technical concepts into practical delivery plans and executive-ready status updates
• Familiarity with Agile, hybrid, or structured project delivery methods
• Familiarity with Jira, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, or similar platforms
• Local candidates only
• Ability to sit/stand for up to 8 hours per day
• Ability to move freely for up to 8 hours per day
• After accepting an offer, applicants may be required to undergo background checks, drug testing, and/or fit-for-duty physical examination

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in managing technical projects within utilities and energy sectors, focusing on outage management, data integrations, and analytics solutions. Proficient in project management practices, including risk tracking, change control, and stakeholder coordination.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Project Management
• Data Integration
• Agile Methodologies
• Technical Project Management
• Communication Skills

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Outage Management
• Data Analytics
• Forecasting Operations
• Defect Management
• Root-Cause Analysis
• Change Control
• Risk Tracking
• Testing Activities
• Release Readiness
• System Integration

Soft Skills

• Strong Communication
• Stakeholder Coordination
• Collaboration

Industry Keywords

• Utilities
• Energy
• Operational Technology
• Grid Modernization
• Data Engineering

Tools & Technologies

• Jira
• Azure DevOps
• Microsoft Project
• Smartsheet