Senior IT Project Manager - Hybrid PM Leader

Entergy; New Orleans (LA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Entergy is seeking an IT Project Manager Senior to lead capital IT projects with scope, cost, and schedule certainty. You will guide project teams, manage risks, and align initiatives with the IT telecommunications capital plan, delivering value to business stakeholders.

The role supports a hybrid workplace across multiple locations (The Woodlands TX, New Orleans LA, Jackson MS, Little Rock AR) with opportunities to interact across Entergy management and vendor partners.

Qualifications

• Experience managing Information Technology projects
• Technical understanding of IT and/or systems operations
• Experience in creating and managing project schedules

Responsibilities

• IT Project Manager Sr.
• Potentially manage a portfolio of projects on behalf of the business customer, identifying priorities, dependencies and conflicts
• Proactively manage risks; actively create and execute mitigation plans to prevent increases in scope, schedule, and budget
• Assess necessary skill sets and competencies of team members to accomplish project objectives; identify and recommend specific resource and/or training requirements
• Advanced knowledge of company accounting and regulatory policies; ability to apply this knowledge to meet program objectives
• Recommend and take action to direct the analysis and solution of problems; adjust project as necessary to meet changing requirements
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to improve processes and tools
• Lead project team to establish leading indicators and proactive requirements to deliver customer value and business outcomes; execute projects in accordance with applicable corporate standards, guidelines, policies and processes; adhere to all reporting and submission deadlines, including monthly financial cost analysis
• Define the project organization structure required for the project and identify the technical resources required to achieve project goals; work with appropriate Entergy management and/or vendor partner for assignment of resources to the project team; manage vendor contracts and change orders, and approve vendor invoices
• Manage assigned projects to meet scope, budget, and schedule commitments and maintain communication channels to provide IT and customer stakeholders with insight into the programs and its status; resolve and/or escalate risks and issues as necessary
• Provide clear, timely and accurate project status reports; prepare reports and presentations to stakeholders as necessary
• Provide leadership, oversight and coordination with various internal and external resources providing services for the projects assigned
• Provide support where necessary in developing business cases and initiate projects to align with departmental strategy
• Participate in the acquisition of related software, products, and service
• Manage the integration of vendor tasks; track and review vendor deliverables (as appliable)
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to improve processes and tools

Skills

IT project management

IT project scheduling

Technical IT knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or Computer Science

Master’s degree is a plus

Job description

Entergy is seeking an IT Project Manager Senior to lead capital IT projects with scope, cost, and schedule certainty. You will guide project teams, manage risks, and align initiatives with the IT telecommunications capital plan, delivering value to business stakeholders.

The role supports a hybrid workplace across multiple locations (The Woodlands TX, New Orleans LA, Jackson MS, Little Rock AR) with opportunities to interact across Entergy management and vendor partners.