Senior Manager, Power Delivery Project Management (Remote)

ICF; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

ICF is seeking a Senior Manager, Project Management-Power Delivery to lead the Grid Engineering Project Management Organization and oversee a team of project managers delivering utility projects nationwide.

You will partner with engineering leaders, business development, clients, and corporate support to ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and profitably while growing the organization and strengthening project delivery practices.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited college or university.
• 8+ years of experience delivering projects for electric utilities, EPC firms, engineering consulting organizations, or related infrastructure industries.
• 5+ years of experience leading project managers, project delivery teams, or project management organizations.
• Demonstrated experience managing project portfolios consisting of multiple concurrent projects, clients, and stakeholder groups.
• Deep working knowledge of project management methodology, project controls, and risk management, plus hands-on experience managing project financial performance including revenue forecasting, profitability, earned value, change management, and budget control.
• Strong leadership, communication, negotiation, and organizational skills with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Proven ability to navigate complex business environments and manage competing priorities effectively.
• Ability to travel for client meetings, project reviews, leadership meetings, conferences, recruiting activities, and organizational planning sessions.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the Grid Engineering Project Management Organization, providing leadership, coaching, and professional development to a team of project managers and engineers supporting power delivery projects across multiple disciplines.
• Establish and maintain engineering project management standards, governance processes, tools, and best practices that promote consistent project execution and predictable delivery outcomes.
• Own portfolio performance and the reporting behind it: track schedule, budget, profitability, earned value, change orders, backlog, and client satisfaction across the portfolio, surface the delivery risks and trends the numbers point to, and produce the dashboards and forecasts leadership plans against.
• Partner with engineering managers and technical leaders to sequence project priorities and put the right project manager on each project and pursuit, escalating the resource conflicts that cannot be solved inside the portfolio.
• Provide executive oversight for high‑profile, high‑risk, or strategically important engineering projects and pursuits, stepping in personally when one is in trouble.
• Support project managers in contract administration, scope management, change management, financial forecasting, risk mitigation, and client communications.
• Partner with business development on the technical and commercial substance of a pursuit: project approach, execution plan, schedule and cost basis, risk assessment, and capture strategy.
• Lead project manager recruiting, onboarding, training, succession planning, and performance management activities to ensure the organization maintains a strong project leadership pipeline.
• Work with the Delivery Manager and with finance, contracts, legal, and quality to fix the project execution processes that slow delivery down, bringing the pattern rather than the one‑off ticket.
• Champion company safety, quality, compliance, professional development, and continuous improvement initiatives throughout the Project Management Organization.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Project management

Portfolio management

Risk management

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Deltek Costpoint

Cobra

Power BI

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Job description

ICF is seeking a Senior Manager, Project Management-Power Delivery to lead the Grid Engineering Project Management Organization and oversee a team of project managers delivering utility projects nationwide.

You will partner with engineering leaders, business development, clients, and corporate support to ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and profitably while growing the organization and strengthening project delivery practices.