Senior IT Project Manager - Utilities Grid Modernization (Onsite 3x/Wk)

Leidos; Plainfield (NJ); Presencial; USD 130.000 - 150.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Leidos is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to lead large IT initiatives for our Utility Technologies Solutions team in New Jersey. You will drive delivery of projects supporting electric utility operations, grid modernization, and DERMS/ADMS, partnering with IT, business, and vendors to achieve strategic objectives.

The role is onsite in South Plainfield three days a week; requires 8+ years PM experience and PMP certification.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Management, Business Administration or related field with 8+ years PM experience.
• PMP certification required.
• Strong fundamentals: scope, schedule, budget, risk, governance, PMO reporting.
• Experience supporting enterprise system implementations, platform modernization, integrations, or large-scale tech transformation.
• Strong written and verbal communication across technical, operational, and executive stakeholder groups.
• Proven stakeholder management and cross-functional coordination capabilities.
• Experience managing vendors, system integrators, and third-party delivery teams.
• Strong risk, issue, dependency, and change management skills.
• Technical project coordination experience for enterprise/OT platforms.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams in fast-paced regulated environment.
• Strong skills using Microsoft product suite and PM tools.

Responsabilidades

• Manage the full lifecycle of technology projects within established timelines, budgets, and quality expectations.
• Oversee governance activities, planning, milestones, deliverables, issues, and scope control.
• Coordinate with business units, IT teams, vendors, and stakeholders to align execution.
• Apply PMO/EPMO standards, reporting practices, and governance throughout the lifecycle.
• Create and maintain project documentation: schedules, risk logs, status updates, exec communications.
• Lead meetings, requirements workshops, design reviews, testing readiness, deployment planning.
• Monitor risks, dependencies, issues related to integrations, vendors, compliance, technical limits.
• Coordinate readiness, data prep, and interdependencies with concurrent initiatives.
• Facilitate communication between technical teams, leadership, and external partners.
• Support implementation readiness with training, docs, support models, go-live stabilization.

Conocimientos

Project management

Vendor management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Communication

PMO reporting

Cross-functional coordination

Microsoft Office / PM tools

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Herramientas

Microsoft Project

PPM tools

SAP

ERP integrations

Descripción del empleo

Leidos is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager to lead large IT initiatives for our Utility Technologies Solutions team in New Jersey. You will drive delivery of projects supporting electric utility operations, grid modernization, and DERMS/ADMS, partnering with IT, business, and vendors to achieve strategic objectives.

The role is onsite in South Plainfield three days a week; requires 8+ years PM experience and PMP certification.