Project Manager/Business Analyst

Eliassen Group; United States; On-site; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Eliassen Group is seeking an experienced Project Manager/Business Analyst to lead planning, requirements development, procurement, and transition for an enterprise Real Estate Records Management System. The role requires managing scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, and vendors, including the System Integrator.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience with real estate, land-management, or GIS platforms and a proven track record delivering complex enterprise projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems, GIS, or related field.
• Over 10 years of project management and business analysis experience, including 7+ years leading complex enterprise system implementations.
• Experience delivering real-estate, land-management, or GIS-enabled property-management enterprise projects.
• Direct experience with real-estate platforms such as Pandell, ENKON Integral-LIS, Quorum Land, Flairdocs Electric Track, or similar.
• Ability to document current-state processes, detailed requirements, RFPs, and SOW.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, requirements development, procurement, implementation, testing, cutover, and transition to operations for a Real Estate Records Management System.
• Create and manage comprehensive project plans, schedules, budgets, risks, and dependencies.
• Lead cross-functional teams across Corporate Real Estate, Right-of-Way, GIS, Legal, Procurement, Finance, Cybersecurity, IT and System Integrator.
• Document requirements, current and future-state processes, and detailed technical/functional data and reporting needs.
• Oversee vendor and System Integrator management to ensure contractual compliance and PMO alignment.

Skills

Analytical skills

Facilitation

Written communication

Stakeholder engagement

Executive reporting

Conflict resolution

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business / CS / IS / GIS

Tools

ArcFM GIS

PeopleSoft ERP

Oracle assets/work

Job description

Our client is seeking an experienced Project Manager/Business Analyst to lead planning, requirements development, procurement, implementation, and transition to operations for an enterprise Real Estate Records Management System. The PM/BA will manage project scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, vendors, and the System Integrator, ensuring that business and technical deliverables meet our client's needs.

Location: Remote but will need to attend PST meetings

COMPENSATION NOTE: This position offers competitive market salary, the posted range reflects Charlotte, NC however we are competitive within each market, taking into account geographic factors such as cost of living, local talent demand, and economic conditions. We want to ensure fair and equitable pay across different regions.

Salary Range: $130,000-$150,000

The PM/BA will represent our clients interests throughout the project, collaborating closely with internal teams, Procurement, and the System Integrator.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience with utility real estate, land-management, or right-of-way systems such as Pandell, ENKON Integral-LIS, Quorum Land, Flairdocs ElectricTrack, or similar platforms. They should also have proven skills in developing detailed requirements, documenting business processes, preparing technical terms and conditions, and creating RFPs for complex enterprise systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the planning, requirements development, procurement, implementation, testing, cutover, and transition to operations of the Real Estate Records Management System.
• Create and manage comprehensive project plans, schedules, resource management plans, budgets, risks, issues, decisions, and dependencies.
• Lead cross-functional teams including Corporate Real Estate, Right-of-Way, Utility Technology, GIS, Legal, Procurement, Finance, Cybersecurity, Engineering, Operations, ITD, third-party vendors, and the System Integrator.
• Serve as the lead Business Analyst by planning and facilitating requirements workshops; documenting current- and future-state business processes; and developing detailed business, functional, technical, data, reporting, security, and integration requirements.
• Ensure requirements are complete, accurate, unambiguous, traceable, and testable; identify missing or conflicting requirements; and obtain formal approval from accountable business and technical owners.
• Develop or support the RFP, technical terms and conditions, Statement of Work, vendor evaluation criteria, deliverables, milestones, acceptance criteria, and payment requirements.
• Lead requirements for core real-estate functions, including parcels, deeds, easements, rights-of-way, property acquisition and disposition, title and survey records, leases, permits, encroachments, payments, obligations and legal records.
• Coordinate data assessment migration, cleansing, validation, and reconciliation, and manage integrations with ArcFM GIS, ERP (Peoplesoft) and financial systems, document repositories, Oracle asset and work-management systems, etc.
• Manage the product vendor and System Integrator, verify compliance with contractual requirements, and ensure alignment with our client's PMO, technology, cybersecurity, procurement, and City records-management standards.
• Oversee unit testing, system integration testing, data-conversion testing, user acceptance testing, performance testing, and quality assurance, with traceability from approved requirements to test results.
• Manage cutover planning and execution, including production data migration, integration activation, access provisioning, contingency planning, and transition to operational support.
• Oversee the development of system documentation, operating procedures, training materials, user training, change management, and knowledge transfer.
• Proactively manage scope, schedule, budget, risks, issues, and changes; document decisions and corrective actions; and escal…
• Prepare timely project reports and presentations for stakeholders, leadership, and project governance bodies.
• Maintain transparent communication with business and technical stakeholders and drive timely resolution of issues affecting requirements quality, procurement, integration, or implementation.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems, GIS, or a related field.
• Over 10 years of project management and business analysis experience, including at least 7 years leading complex enterprise system implementations in a utility or infrastructure environment.
• Proven record of successfully delivering at least two full-lifecycle real-estate, land-management, right-of-way, GIS-enabled property-management, or closely comparable enterprise system projects, including requirements, procurement, vendor oversight, data migration, integration, testing, cutover, and stabilization.
• Direct experience with at least one major real-estate or land-management platform, such as Pandell, ENKON Integral-LIS, Quorum Land, Flairdocs Electric Track, or a comparable system, including a strong understanding of its core modules and integrations.
• Demonstrated experience documenting current state process documentation, detailed and testable requirements, RFPs, technical terms and conditions, Statements of Work, and contractual acceptance criteria.
• Demonstrated ability to manage project controls, schedules, budgets, risks, vendors, System Integrators, and cross-functional stakeholders in complex utility environments.
• Excellent analytical, facilitation, writing, communication, conflict-resolution, stakeholder-engagement, and executive-reporting skills.

Preferred

• PMP, PMI-PBA, or equivalent certification demonstrating formal project management or business analysis proficiency.
• Strong understanding of electric-utility real-estate processes, including parcels, easements, rights-of-way, acquisition, title, leases, encroachments, legal records, and property access.
• Proven experience integrating real-estate or land-management systems with ArcFM GIS, ERP and financial systems, document repositories, asset and work-management systems, and enterprise reporting platforms.