Pay Range: $66.00 - $73.00 per hour (based on experience, geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills & internal equity)
Position is located in Irwindale, CA (Greater Los Angeles area)
Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager - Safety Culture Transformation to lead large-scale, enterprise-wide safety initiatives at Southern California Edison (SCE).
This role will focus on executing the organization's Safety Culture Transformation Roadmap, managing complex strategic programs, and driving continuous improvement across business functions. The ideal candidate brings 7+ years of project or program management experience, with a proven ability to lead high-impact initiatives, coordinate cross-functional teams, and deliver measurable business outcomes.
This individual will be responsible for strategic planning, project execution, risk management, budget oversight, stakeholder engagement, and organizational change readiness. The position requires strong leadership, analytical thinking, and communication skills to successfully manage high-visibility projects with aggressive timelines.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage enterprise-wide safety transformation projects and initiatives aligned with SCE's safety priorities and organizational goals
- Develop project objectives, strategic plans, and short- and long-term implementation strategies
- Execute the Safety Culture Transformation Roadmap and related enterprise safety strategies
- Develop comprehensive project proposals, business cases, project plans, and implementation schedules
- Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, milestones, and resource requirements
- Perform risk assessments and develop mitigation strategies to address project challenges
- Manage project budgets, schedules, resources, and performance metrics
- Develop and maintain an integrated enterprise master project plan covering multiple complex safety initiatives
- Coordinate project timelines, dependencies, stakeholder alignment, and communication requirements
- Lead company-wide cross-functional teams to drive project objectives from initiation through completion
- Facilitate meetings, presentations, workshops, and strategic discussions with stakeholders
- Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in safety culture and organizational processes
- Develop and implement KPIs and performance metrics to monitor project effectiveness and results
- Provide regular project status updates, performance reports, and executive-level presentations
- Coordinate business readiness activities, including stakeholder assessments, change interventions, training, and communications
- Drive stakeholder engagement and secure alignment across departments, management levels, and external vendors
- Monitor project performance, identify issues, and implement corrective actions
- Hold project teams accountable for milestones, deliverables, and expected results
- Support organizational adoption of new safety practices, processes, and initiatives
What This Person Will Be Working On
- Safety Culture Transformation: Executing enterprise-wide initiatives designed to strengthen SCE's organizational safety culture
- Strategic Project Management: Managing complex, high-visibility projects with significant organizational impact
- Enterprise Safety Roadmap: Developing, maintaining, and executing the Safety Culture Transformation Roadmap
- Cross-Functional Leadership: Coordinating teams across multiple departments to achieve safety transformation objectives
- Project Planning & Execution: Managing project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, and deliverables
- Risk Management: Identifying project risks, developing mitigation plans, and monitoring implementation
- Organizational Change Management: Supporting stakeholder engagement, training, communications, and business readiness
- Performance Measurement: Developing KPIs, metrics, and reporting tools to evaluate project success
- Continuous Improvement: Identifying opportunities to improve safety processes, organizational effectiveness, and program outcomes
- Executive Reporting: Communicating project progress, challenges, dependencies, and recommendations to senior leadership
Required Skills & Experience
- 7+ years of experience managing projects, programs, or contracts
- Demonstrated experience implementing large-scale projects or programs with significant enterprise-wide impact
- Strong experience leading and facilitating cross-functional teams
- Proven ability to manage project budgets, scope, schedules, resources, and deliverables
- Experience developing project proposals, business cases, implementation plans, and performance metrics
- Strong knowledge of project planning, tracking, reporting, and risk management
- Experience managing complex initiatives involving multiple stakeholders, dependencies, and aggressive timelines
- Demonstrated experience collaborating with senior leadership, business teams, vendors, and cross-functional stakeholders
- Strong ability to negotiate, influence decisions, resolve conflicts, and secure stakeholder buy-in
- Experience coordinating business readiness and organizational change management activities
- Knowledge of stakeholder analysis, change interventions, training, and organizational communications
- Strong analytical, critical-thinking, problem-solving, and negotiation skills
- Experience monitoring project performance and holding teams accountable for results
- Ability to prioritize competing activities and manage multiple assignments simultaneously
- Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
- Ability to develop and deliver executive-level presentations and project status reports
- Demonstrated ability to integrate work across business functions and manage organizational risks
- Strong decision-making, leadership, team-building, and results-delivery capabilities
- Ability to work effectively under pressure while maintaining professionalism and ethical standards
- Commitment to continuous learning, innovation, and process improvement
- Bachelor's degree in Business or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
Desired Skills
- Master's degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology
- Experience leading safety culture transformation or enterprise safety improvement initiatives
- Background supporting large-scale organizational transformation programs
- Experience developing and executing enterprise-wide strategic roadmaps
- Experience with organizational change management, employee engagement, and culture transformation
- Experience supporting highly regulated, utility, energy, or industrial environments
- Strong understanding of organizational effectiveness and continuous improvement methodologies
- Experience developing performance metrics to measure cultural or organizational change
Preferred Certification:
- Project Management Certification (such as PMP or equivalent)