Senior IT Project Manager

American Unit, Inc.; Bothell (WA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

American Unit, Inc. is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager to lead enterprise IT initiatives within a regulated electric and gas utility environment. The role focuses on delivering a GIS project, stabilizing execution, and driving the program forward from planning through implementation.

You will own the full project lifecycle, manage budgets and schedules, and provide leadership to cross-functional teams while navigating a compliance-focused setting. This is a hybrid role based in Bothell, WA.

Qualifications

• 8+ years IT project management experience, including 5+ years leading enterprise apps end to end.
• Experience delivering IT projects in regulated utility environments.
• GIS project delivery experience in enterprise geospatial platforms.
• Cross-functional team leadership with budget accountability.
• Structured change management and change control in regulated settings.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of enterprise IT projects from definition to implementation.
• Own active GIS project at a critical stage and assess current state.
• Stabilize execution and drive milestone progress.
• Create and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, and reports.
• Ensure delivery meets scope, cost, schedule and quality targets.
• Lead cross-functional teams including business and IT.
• Establish and execute stakeholder communications plan.

Skills

IT project management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Budgeting & cost control

Risk management

Cross-functional leadership

Change management

Problem solving

Tools

MS Project

Visio

Excel

Word

ArcGIS Utility Network

Job description

Title: Senior IT Project Manager

Location: Bothell, WA - Hybrid role (3 days onsite/week)

We are seeking a seasoned Senior IT Project Manager to lead enterprise IT initiatives within a regulated electric and gas utility environment. This role is ideal for a delivery-focused leader who can step into a critical, in-flight GIS project, quickly assess the current state, stabilize execution, and drive the program forward with confidence. You will own the full project lifecycle while ensuring alignment to scope, schedule, budget, quality, and stakeholder expectations in a governed, compliance-sensitive setting.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of enterprise IT projects from project definition through implementation.
• Assume ownership of an active GIS project at a critical stage and rapidly assimilate existing scope, plans, risks, dependencies, and stakeholder dynamics.
• Stabilize project execution, re-establish momentum, and drive milestone achievement without a prolonged ramp-up period.
• Develop, maintain, and manage detailed project plans, schedules, budgets, status reports, and project documentation.
• Ensure project delivery meets agreed scope, cost, schedule, and quality targets.
• Provide day-to-day leadership and direction to cross-functional project resources, including business stakeholders, internal IT teams, and third‑party system integrators.
• Establish and execute an effective communication plan for project teams, sponsors, and key stakeholders.
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• Lead plan recovery efforts and support re‑baselining activities where required to restore delivery confidence.
• Drive structured change management and formal change control processes throughout the project lifecycle.
• Facilitate stakeholder alignment, expectation management, negotiation, and escalation resolution under schedule pressure.
• Support a disciplined, transparent delivery approach within a regulated utility and compliance‑focused operating environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of IT project management experience, including 5+ years leading enterprise application projects end to end.
• Demonstrated experience delivering IT projects within a regulated electric, gas, or combination utility environment.
• Working knowledge of utility network and asset landscapes.
• Proven GIS project delivery experience, including implementation, upgrade, migration, or integration of enterprise geospatial platforms in operational environments.
• Demonstrated success taking over an in‑flight project mid‑lifecycle, including rapid current‑state assessment, delivery recovery, and re‑baselining when needed.
• Strong track record of accountability for scope, cost, schedule, and quality on projects of similar size and complexity.
• Experience leading cross‑functional teams spanning business users, IT, and external implementation partners.
• Experience with structured change management and change control in governed, compliance‑sensitive organizations.
• Strong capability in project documentation, executive status reporting, and budget tracking.
• Excellent oral and written communication, interpersonal, negotiation, planning, leadership, decision‑making, analytical, and problem‑solving skills.
• Demonstrated composure, credibility, and sound judgment when managing stakeholders in high‑pressure situations.
• Specialized proficiency in MS Project, Visio, Excel, and Word.
• Preferred: Experience with ArcGIS Utility Network or comparable geospatial utility platforms.