Senior Project Manager
Clean Energy Fuels
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Job summary
Clean Energy Fuels is seeking a seasoned Project Manager to lead enterprise-wide initiatives focused on business process modernization, operational efficiency, and ERP optimization. You will collaborate with senior leadership, business stakeholders, and technology teams to deliver projects on time and within budget.
The role requires strong cross-functional leadership, stakeholder communication, and experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Power Platform.
Qualifications
- Proven success delivering medium-to-large scale transformation initiatives.
- Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations and/or Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement.
- Strong understanding of project management methodologies including Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid delivery models.
- Experience managing cross-functional teams and multiple workstreams simultaneously.
- Strong budgeting, forecasting, and resource management skills.
- Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and facilitation abilities.
- Experience working with executive stakeholders and steering committees.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Azure DevOps, Jira, Planner, or similar project management tools.
Responsibilities
- Lead multiple concurrent enterprise transformation initiatives from initiation through implementation and post-deployment stabilization.
- Develop and manage project charters, detailed project plans, schedules, budgets, resource allocations, and delivery milestones.
- Establish project governance structures and facilitate steering committee, executive, and stakeholder meetings.
- Manage project scope, schedules, dependencies, risks, issues, assumptions, and decisions.
- Maintain RAID logs, project status reports, dashboards, and executive presentations.
- Ensure project deliverables meet governance standards and business objectives.
- Drive accountability across business and IT teams to achieve project commitments.
- Lead MS Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations and related initiatives including Power Platform integrations.
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Job description
4675 MacArthur Court, Suite 800
Newport Beach, CA 92660, USA
Clean Energy is changing the way the world fuels its' vehicles. Reducing pollution from the transportation industry is an important goal for our nation, and we at Clean Energy know just how realistic and attainable that goal is with natural gas fuel.
401K, Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, AD\&DD and more.
Salary range: $140,000 - $160,00 Depends on Experience
*Local Southern California Candidates only
The Project Manager will collaborate with senior leadership, business stakeholders, and technology teams to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and aligned with strategic business objectives.
This role will be responsible for planning, executing, and delivering complex cross-functional enterprise-wide projects focused on business process modernization, operational efficiency, and enterprise application optimization. This role requires an individual who can effectively lead diverse teams, influence stakeholders at all organizational levels, manage competing priorities, and drive measurable business outcomes. This position will report to the Business Applications Manager.
- Lead multiple concurrent enterprise transformation initiatives from initiation through implementation and post-deployment stabilization.
- Develop and manage project charters, detailed project plans, schedules, budgets, resource allocations, and delivery milestones.
- Establish project governance structures and facilitate steering committee, executive, and stakeholder meetings.
- Manage project scope, schedules, dependencies, risks, issues, assumptions, and decisions.
- Maintain RAID logs, project status reports, dashboards, and executive presentations.
- Ensure project deliverables meet governance standards and business objectives.
- Drive accountability across business and IT teams to achieve project commitments.
- Manage projects involving Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations, Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement, Power Platform, integrations, reporting, and related technologies.
- Coordinate business, functional, technical, testing, training, and deployment activities.
- Collaborate with Solution Architects, Business Analysts, Developers, and third-party implementation partners.
- Ensure alignment between technology solutions and business objectives.
- Support release planning, cutover activities, user acceptance testing, and organizational readiness efforts.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for project communications.
- Provide regular status updates to executive sponsors and leadership teams.
- Present project progress, risks, mitigation plans, and business impacts to senior management.
- Build strong relationships with stakeholders across Operations, Finance, Sales, Customer Service, and IT.
- Manage relationships with consulting partners, systems integrators, and software vendors.
- Review Statements of Work (SOWs), project estimates, and vendor deliverables.
- Monitor project budgets, forecasts, invoicing, and change requests.
- Ensure vendors meet contractual obligations and project commitments.
- Partner with stakeholders to develop communication, training, and adoption strategies.
- Support organizational change initiatives associated with new business processes and technology deployments.
- Measure project success and ensure realization of business value after implementation.
- Strong communication, planning, and organizational skills.
Other Duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
- Proven success delivering medium-to-large scale transformation initiatives.
- Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations and/or Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement.
- Strong understanding of project management methodologies including Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid delivery models.
- Experience managing cross-functional teams and multiple workstreams simultaneously.
- Strong budgeting, forecasting, and resource management skills.
- Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and facilitation abilities.
- Experience working with executive stakeholders and steering committees.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Azure DevOps, Jira, Planner, or similar project management tools.
- Experience implementing D365 Finance & Operations, Customer Engagement, or Power Platform solutions.
- Experience leading ERP, CRM, or enterprise application modernization projects.
- Familiarity with Power BI, Dataverse, Azure Integration Services, and Microsoft Power Platform.
- Experience managing external consulting firms and system integrators.
- Strategic Thinking
- Financial Acumen
- Accountability & Ownership
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, Project Management, Computer Science, or a related field.
8-10 years of experience managing enterprise business and technology projects; experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Possess excellent communications and customer service skills. Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
Experience with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Operations and/or Dynamics 365 Customer Engagement, or Power Platform solutions. Strong understanding of project management methodologies including Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid delivery models.
Experience managing cross-functional teams and multiple workstreams simultaneously.
Change Management certification (Prosci or equivalent) preferred.
To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following behaviors:
- Quality: Consistently produces high quality work (accurate, neat, and thorough). Strives to improve productivity, processes and quality. Demonstrates strong knowledge and skills related to the job. Presents a professional image with dress, demeanor, and manners. Maintains clean workspace, company equipment and company vehicles. Safety is a high priority; performs job safely.
- Communication: Communicates clearly, concisely, effectively, professionally and timely. Exhibits good listening and comprehension skills. Keeps others appropriately informed and shares ideas even when unpopular. Listens to what others have to say. Maintains open and active communication with colleagues. Effectively uses knowledge and experience in asking, probing, and anticipating issues to ensure quality is provided.
- Teamwork: Fosters the spirit of working with each other. Displays respect, courtesy, politeness, tact, and openness. Handles conflict in an appropriate and professional manner. Builds relationships, promotes cohesiveness, models collaboration with others. Considers impact and issues for our customer and other departments. Engages other impacted departments early for solutions.
- Persistence: Develops workable alternatives and solutions. Exhibits persistence in following assignments through to completion. Promotes process improvements.
- Reliable: Responds in a timely manner. Is honest, ethical, value-driven and trustworthy. Keeps commitments made, completes assignments and meets deadlines. Accountable—Takes responsibility for own actions and performance. Meets attendance and punctuality guidelines. Available and accessible.
- Entrepreneurial: Takes initiative and appropriate action. Is engaged and committed to achieving the company’s mission. Pursues better ways to get things done and takes appropriate risks. Keeps up to date with competitor information and market trends. Controls costs and thinks in terms of profit, loss and added value. Is committed to the satisfaction of customers.
- Leadership: Provides clear direction around a vision. Creates actionable plans and is proactive & anticipatory. Demonstrates innovative approaches and solutions. Is an example for employees and others. Accepts responsibility for individual and team performance. Makes appropriate and timely decisions and takes action on decisions. Sets clear and reasonable performance expectations. Motivates and empowers others. Delegates tasks appropriately. Recruits high caliber staff. Provides feedback to subordinates that is timely and direct. Recognizes subordinates for their contributions and effort. Encourages continuous growth and learning in others. Shows respect for others and their ideas. Helps others manage through change.
- Passion: Is excited and creates enthusiasm about the company’s future. Promotes a sense of company pride. Displays sense of pride in the department and its contributions. Displays passion for the job.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable disabled individuals to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk and sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. Always practice good judgment and refer to the safety guidelines.
Work Environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Always practice good judgment and refer to the safety guidelines.
The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
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