Manager - Project Management (Commercial)

Entergy; The Woodlands (TX); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Entergy is seeking an experienced Manager, Project Management Support to lead project management processes, systems, and controls across the enterprise, while delivering commercial management support for capital projects.

The role emphasizes building organizational structure, tools, and guidance to execute projects safely and efficiently in alignment with enterprise standards. Hybrid work arrangement in Texas is supported.

Qualifications

• BS degree or relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
• 10 years of professional experience.
• 5 years of leadership experience preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including presentations.
• Strong collaboration and consensus-building abilities.
• Technical understanding of Project Controls, systems, and PM principles.

Responsibilities

• Understands project safety culture and enables safety across projects. Uses processes, procedures, and systems to behaviorally drive safety culture.
• Defines the project organization structure and identifies technical skills required to achieve project goals. Supports the acquisition of skills and resources needed for project execution.
• Leads project teams to develop and execute projects in accordance with corporate standards and guidelines. Understands Entergy’s project management and project controls standards and ensures projects follow them.
• Enables PM leaders to use Project Execution Planning and related tools. Understands documentation procedures, schedule management, and cost management. Ensures project controls systems and procedures are implemented and understood.
• Helps project managers across the enterprise with reporting and presentations that provide updates on key project pillars.
• Leads the Commercial / Contract Management function, overseeing regional Contract/Commercial Managers responsible for EPC contract administration, including validating and negotiating change orders, managing commercial issues and risks, preparing and responding to commercial letters, ensuring contract compliance, and advising leadership on commercial, legal, and regulatory strategy.
• Collaborates with project leadership and enterprise stakeholders to strengthen commercial governance practices, standardize processes, and ensure consistent application of commercial project management expectations across projects.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Project Controls

Project Management

Education

BS Degree or related experience

Job description

Job Summary / Purpose

The Manager, Project Management Support is responsible for leading project management processes, systems, and project controls integration across the enterprise, while also providing dedicated commercial management support to capital projects. This role ensures project teams have the organizational structure, tools, skills, and guidance needed to execute projects safely, efficiently, and in alignment with enterprise standards.

Work Place Flexibility: Hybrid

Legal Entity: Entergy Services, LLC

Job Duties / Responsibilities

• Understands project safety culture and enables safety across projects. Uses processes, procedures, and systems to behaviorally drive safety culture.
• Defines the project organization structure and identifies technical skills required to achieve project goals. Supports the acquisition of skills and resources needed for project execution.
• Leads project teams to develop and execute projects in accordance with corporate standards and guidelines. Understands Entergy’s project management and project controls standards and ensures projects follow them.
• Enables PM leaders to use Project Execution Planning and related tools. Understands documentation procedures, schedule management, and cost management. Ensures project controls systems and procedures are implemented and understood.
• Helps project managers across the enterprise with reporting and presentations that provide updates on key project pillars.
• Leads the Commercial / Contract Management function, overseeing regional Contract/Commercial Managers responsible for EPC contract administration, including validating and negotiating change orders, managing commercial issues and risks, preparing and responding to commercial letters, ensuring contract compliance, and advising leadership on commercial, legal, and regulatory strategy.
• Collaborates with project leadership and enterprise stakeholders to strengthen commercial governance practices, standardize processes, and ensure consistent application of commercial project management expectations across projects.

Requirements

Minimum Requirements

Education

• B.S. Degree or relevant experience in lieu of a degree.

Experience

• 10 years of professional experience.
• 5 years of leadership experience preferred.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills.
• Strong collaboration and consensus‑building abilities.
• Technical understanding of Project Controls, Project Controls systems, and Project Management principles.

Primary Location: Texas-Woodlands Texas : Woodlands

Job Function: Corporate

FLSA Status: Professional

Relocation Option: No Relocation Offered

Union description/code: NON BARGAINING UNIT

Number of Openings: 1

Req ID: 125437

Travel Percentage: 25% to 50%

An Equal Opportunity Employer, Minority/Female/Disability/Vets.

The Entergy System of Companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a protected veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. The Entergy System of Companies complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

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Additional Responsibilities: As a provider of essential services, Entergy expects its employees to be available to work additional hours, to work in alternate locations, and/or to perform additional duties in connection with storms, outages, emergencies, or other situations as deemed necessary by the company. Exempt employees may not be paid overtime associated with such duties.

Entergy Pay Transparency Policy Statement: The Entergy System of Companies (the Company) will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the Company’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c). Equal Opportunity and Pay Transparency.

Please note: Authorization to work in the United States is a precondition to employment in this position. Entergy will not sponsor candidates for work visas for this position.