Project Manager / Test Manager – EMS Refresh 2.0 - Location: Southern California- Rosemead, CA

Servsys Corporation; Rosemead (CA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Servsys Corporation in Southern California seeks a seasoned Project Manager / Test Manager to lead complex IT/OT testing programs in a hybrid environment, onsite every Tuesday and Wednesday.

You will develop and maintain test strategy, schedules, metrics, and deliverables; coordinate across technical teams, vendors, and business stakeholders; and drive readiness for each testing phase.

Qualifications

• 7+ years delivering or managing complex IT/OT projects.
• 3+ years in PM, Test Manager, or combined role.
• Experience coordinating multi-team testing cycles (functional, regression, UAT).
• Strong SDLC, QA methodologies, and hybrid delivery.
• Proven cross-functional stakeholder management and leadership.
• Familiar with HP ALM, Jira, Zephyr, or qTest.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate project activities with a primary focus on testing cycles and milestones.
• Develop and maintain the overall test strategy, test schedule, testing activities, deliverables, metrics, and resource requirements.
• Coordinate testing across technical teams, business stakeholders, vendors, and external partners.
• Drive readiness and prerequisites required to begin and successfully close each testing phase, including entry/exit criteria.
• Coordinate UAT activities and resource requirements with business stakeholders.
• Track testing progress, issues, risks, dependencies, defects, and resolution activities.
• Coordinate test environment readiness, scheduling, and dependencies across project teams.
• Facilitate test planning, kickoff, status, issue-resolution, and readiness meetings.
• Provide clear testing status, metrics, risks, and progress updates to leadership.
• Coordinate and provide direction to resources supporting testing efforts.
• Ensure testing outcomes align with milestones, releases, and delivery schedules.
• Maintain project documentation, status reporting, RAID items, and action tracking.

Skills

IT/OT project management

Testing management

SDLC & QA methodologies

Agile/Waterfall/Hybrid

Cross-functional collaboration

Test planning & metrics

RAID management

HP ALM/Jira/Zephyr/qTest

Communication & leadership

Onsite availability Tue/Wed

Tools

HP ALM

Jira

Zephyr

qTest

Job description

Location: Southern California - Rosemead, CA

Work Arrangement: Hybrid – required onsite presence every Tuesday and Wednesday

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate project activities with a primary focus on testing cycles and milestones.
• Develop and maintain the overall test strategy, test schedule, testing activities, deliverables, metrics, and resource requirements.
• Coordinate testing across technical teams, business stakeholders, vendors, and external partners.
• Drive readiness and prerequisites required to begin and successfully close each testing phase, including alignment on entry and exit criteria.
• Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) activities and resource requirements with business stakeholders.
• Track testing progress, issues, risks, dependencies, defects, and resolution activities.
• Coordinate test environment readiness, scheduling, and dependencies across project teams.
• Facilitate test planning, kickoff, status, issue-resolution, and readiness meetings.
• Provide clear testing status, metrics, risks, and progress updates to project leadership and stakeholders.
• Coordinate and provide direction to resources supporting the testing effort.
• Ensure testing outcomes remain aligned with overall project milestones, release objectives, and delivery schedules.
• Maintain appropriate project documentation, status reporting, schedules, RAID items, and action tracking.

Required Skills & Experience

• 7+ years of experience supporting or managing complex IT/OT technology projects.
• 3+ years of experience in a Project Manager, Test Manager, or combined Project/Test Management role.
• Strong experience managing multiple software testing cycles, including functional, system/integration, regression, and UAT testing.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, QA/testing methodologies, and Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid project delivery approaches.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional technical teams, business stakeholders, vendors, and third-party testing resources.
• Experience developing and maintaining test plans, schedules, milestones, test metrics, and status reporting.
• Strong RAID management and issue-resolution skills.
• Experience with project/test management platforms such as HP ALM, Jira, Zephyr, or qTest.
• Excellent communication, organization, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.
• Ability to work onsite every Tuesday and Wednesday is required.

Preferred Experience

• Previous experience supporting utilities, energy, grid systems, or operational technology environments.
• Experience with EMS, ADMS, DMS, OMS, SCADA, GIS, Historian, or similar utility operational platforms.
• Experience overseeing third-party or vendor-led testing programs.
• PMP, CSM, ISTQB, or similar certification is beneficial but not required.
• Proven experience managing multiple teams and coordinating with stakeholders and team members across technical, business, and vendor groups.
• End-to-end defect cycle management experience, including triage, prioritization, resolution tracking, retesting, and closure.
• Strong documentation skills, with the ability to maintain test plans, results, and project documentation for all test cycles.
• Ability to work with multiple levels of leadership and to train and guide Junior Project support analysts