Senior Project Manager – Onsite NYC IT Modernization

Donnelly-; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Con Edison in New York City is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead a high-priority Operations IT modernization initiative focused on developing a new system using AI-assisted development practices.

The role requires coordinating across business, technology, operations, cybersecurity, data, infrastructure, and vendor teams to modernize a legacy Ingres/OpenROAD environment. Candidates must be onsite full-time in NYC and participate in an onsite interview.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Project Management experience leading complex IT, application delivery, operations technology, or enterprise transformation initiatives.
• Proven experience managing cross-functional teams across business and technical organizations.
• Strong understanding of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, risk, issue, dependency, and stakeholder management.
• Experience delivering projects in mission-critical, operationally sensitive, or high-availability environments.
• Excellent communication skills with technical teams, business leaders, executives, vendors, and end users.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project planning, execution, tracking, and delivery for a critical Operations IT modernization initiative.
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, and status reporting.
• Coordinate activities across Operations, IT, application development, data, cybersecurity, infrastructure, change management, compliance, and business stakeholders.
• Facilitate working sessions, project meetings, decision reviews, and executive-level updates.
• Drive accountability across project contributors and ensure deliverables are completed on time and within scope.
• Partner with technical leads and subject matter experts to translate business needs into actionable project tasks and delivery plans.
• Coordinate discovery and modernization planning for the existing Ingres/OpenROAD environment, including dependencies, integration points, business rules, risks, and transition requirements.
• Support the responsible use of AI-assisted tools and development practices, including standards, governance, testing, validation, documentation, and delivery controls.
• Identify project risks and blockers early and recommend practical mitigation strategies.
• Ensure smooth handoffs, documentation, implementation readiness, and post-deployment support planning.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional teams

Communication

Stakeholder management

AI-assisted tools familiarity

Vendor management

Tools

Microsoft Project

Azure DevOps

Jira

Smartsheet

Planner

Teams

SharePoint

Job description

Con Edison in New York City is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead a high-priority Operations IT modernization initiative focused on developing a new system using AI-assisted development practices.

The role requires coordinating across business, technology, operations, cybersecurity, data, infrastructure, and vendor teams to modernize a legacy Ingres/OpenROAD environment. Candidates must be onsite full-time in NYC and participate in an onsite interview.