Project Manager

Hydrogen Group; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 105,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

Hydrogen Group seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead multi-project initiatives from initiation through completion in a San Diego, CA environment.

You will develop plans, manage budgets, coordinate cross-functional teams, and drive projects to successful outcomes with strong stakeholder engagement and robust documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 2-5 years of relevant project management experience managing small-to-medium projects with multiple stakeholders, contractors, vendors, or departments.
• Experience with process improvement, business analysis, or continuous improvement initiatives preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred.
• Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt or higher preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead all phases of project execution from scoping to closeout.
• Develop and maintain project requirements, schedules, budgets, and forecasts.
• Establish project parameters and ensure deliverables align with objectives and stakeholders.
• Monitor performance and adjust schedules, costs, or resources as needed.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks and issues throughout the lifecycle.
• Coordinate input from multiple departments to achieve objectives.
• Develop status updates and executive-ready presentations.
• Document requirements with traceability and change control.
• Support application user management and technology-enabled improvements.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Requirements management

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Meeting facilitation

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Process improvement

Documentation

Data analysis

Time management

Leadership

Independence

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

PMP certification

Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt

Tools

Power Platform

Power BI

Smartsheet

Microsoft Office

Job description

SCHEDULE: Wednesday onsite (day may be subject to change), 7:00 AM-4:00 PM with 1-hour lunch OR 7:00 AM-3:30 PM with 30-minute lunch

DURATION: 2-year contract

PAY: $76-81/hr

LOCATION: San Diego, CA

Job Responsibilities:

In this role, you will lead and coordinate multiple small-to-medium projects from initiation through completion, ensuring deliverables meet quality, schedule, budget, and business requirements. Key responsibilities include:

• Managing multiple projects within a department or business unit, including:
  • Defining project scope, requirements, timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
  • Developing project plans, cost estimates, resource plans, and schedules.
  • Monitoring project progress, risks, issues, budgets, and performance metrics.
  • Coordinating project teams, contractors, consultants, vendors, and cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Driving projects to successful completion while maintaining accountability across teams.
• Analyzing business processes and identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, effectiveness, and operational performance.
• Building business cases and project justifications for process improvement and technology enablement initiatives.
• Supporting technology integration and low-code solutions that improve workflows, reporting, and business processes.
• Evaluating project benefits, value realization, and change impacts to ensure expected outcomes are achieved.
• Developing project documentation, user guides, training materials, status reports, and executive-ready presentations.

Essential Duties and Job Functions:

• Lead all phases of project execution, including project scoping, planning, design, implementation, monitoring, and closeout.
• Develop and maintain project requirements, schedules, milestones, resource plans, budgets, and forecasts.
• Establish project parameters and ensure deliverables align with business objectives and stakeholder expectations.
• Monitor project performance and recommend schedule changes, cost adjustments, or additional resources as needed.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues throughout the project lifecycle.
• Analyze regulatory impacts and requirements applicable to assigned projects.
• Provide direction and coordination to contractors, consultants, vendors, and project teams.
• Coordinate input and participation from multiple departments to achieve project objectives.
• Facilitate project meetings and document meeting notes, decisions, action items, project status, and follow-up activities.
• Develop and deliver project status updates and presentations to management, Directors, and Executives as needed.
• Establish team and project goals and support performance evaluation.
• Manage workforce planning, budget analysis, and budget forecasting activities related to assigned projects.
• Perform value realization activities to identify project benefits, outcomes, and organizational change impacts.
• Analyze data and KPIs to identify trends, inefficiencies, errors, and opportunities for improvement.
• Develop, refine, and maintain end-to-end process flows supporting system functionality, user experience, and operational efficiency.
• Document and manage project requirements, including analysis, prioritization, traceability, approvals, and change control.
• Support application user management by serving as a liaison between stakeholders and third-party application providers.
• Troubleshoot application and user issues and coordinate updates to custom forms, configurations, and related functionality.
• Develop and maintain user guides, training materials, and other project documentation.
• Perform special projects in support of departmental objectives.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge & Skills:

• Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Demonstrated ability to develop project plans, track milestones, manage risks and issues, and drive projects to completion.
• Strong requirements management skills, including documenting, analyzing, prioritizing, tracing, and controlling requirements.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to facilitate meetings, document action items, and communicate project status clearly to stakeholders and leadership.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, critical-thinking, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to analyze complex data and identify errors, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement.
• Knowledge of project risk management, quality management, budget management, and KPI/metric monitoring.
• Strong documentation and records management skills.
• Ability to influence without authority and work effectively with diverse stakeholder groups.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize competing demands, and solve problems proactively in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong understanding of process improvement and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Experience developing process flows and identifying opportunities for technology-enabled process improvements.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote.
• Experience with Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power BI, preferred.
• Experience with Smartsheet, including dashboards, automated workflows, forms, and project trackers, preferred.
• Ability to develop clear documentation, reporting dashboards, presentations, and organized project materials.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 2-5 years of relevant project management experience.
• Experience managing small-to-medium projects involving multiple stakeholders, contractors, vendors, or departments.
• Experience with process improvement, business analysis, or continuous improvement initiatives preferred.
• Experience with Microsoft Power Platform, Smartsheet, Power BI, or similar process automation and reporting technologies preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred.
• Lean Six Sigma certification, minimum Yellow Belt, preferred.
• Working knowledge of Lean Six Sigma and continuous improvement tools and methodologies preferred.