Sr. Project Manager - GIS

Schneider Electric Norge AS; United States; On-site; USD 112,000 - 168,000; Full time

Job summary

Schneider Electric is seeking a Senior Project Manager - GIS to oversee the delivery of digital grid projects for electrical utilities. This role includes managing project timelines, budgets, and stakeholder expectations while leveraging your extensive experience in project and software implementation. Join a culture that values inclusivity, innovation, and sustainability.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision

401(k) + match

15 days of paid time off per year

Paid family leaves

Flexible work arrangements

Qualifications

• Complex project management experience (7+ years)
• 5+ years managing GIS or ADMS software implementation projects
• Proficiency in English & ability to work in multicultural environments

Responsibilities

• Deliver projects from handover with sales to closure and handover to support
• Manage project scope, budget, timelines throughout the project lifecycle
• Lead and guide technical staff, ensuring quality execution per contract

Skills

Communication

Negotiation

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Risk Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in relevant field

PMP (Project Management Professional) certification considered an asset

Tools

Microsoft Project

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software

Adobe Workfront

Job description

For this U.S. based position, the expected compensation range is $112,000 - $168,000 per year, which includes base pay and short-term incentive.

The compensation range for this full-time position applies to candidates located within the United States. Our salary ranges are determined by reviewing roles of similar responsibility and level. Within the salary range, individual pay is determined by several factors including performance, knowledge, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Schneider Electric also offers a comprehensive benefits package to support our employees, inclusive of medical (with member reward points), dental, vision, and basic life insurance, Benefit Bucks (credits to apply towards your benefits) flexible work arrangements, paid family leaves, 401(k) + match, well-being and recognition (including service anniversary) programs, 12 holidays per year, 15 days of paid time off per year (pro-rated in the first year of employment based on start date), opportunity to purchase company stock (eligibility depends on start date), and military leave benefits.

You must submit an online application to be considered for the position. The Company will accept applications on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

The Senior Project Manager - GIS is responsible for the successful delivery of projects from handover with the sales team to the delivery team, through project execution stages, culminating in closure and eventual handover to the support team. This includes working with digital grid team leads in assembling a project team and monitoring and controlling the project to ensure quality execution per the contract Scope of Work.

Key Responsibilities

• Project Planning and Coordination
• Timeline and Resource Management
• Budget and Cost Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Risk Management

Project Management Responsibilities

• Plan, initiate, and manage information technology (IT) projects, GIS and ADMS (Advanced Distribution Management System) projects with Electrical Utilities.
• Manage project scope, budget, timelines throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead and guide the work of technical staff. Serve as liaison between business and technical aspects of projects.
• Plan project stages and assess business implications for each stage, monitor progress to assure deadlines, standards, and cost targets are met, and maintain the partner relationship between Schneider Electric and the client.
• Responsible for the delivery of complex, multi-phase Digital Grid projects (typically between $5m and $10m).
• Maintains a high-level knowledge of business processes, challenges, disruptions in the electric distribution industry, as well as the drivers and concerns around the deployment of Operations Technologies including DMS, SCADA, OMS, EMS. Maintains a general knowledge of other systems that make up electrical utility systems such as Arc FM, Esri GIS, MDM, CIS, Work Management, etc.
• Manages project execution through all stages of the SE Customer Project Process (Initiate and Setup, Design, Install and Commission and Closure)
• Builds and manages a cost and invoicing plan, including subcontractor invoices, which ensures positive cash flow and a high probability of achieving project finance KPI targets.
• Monitor project costs and track financial performance against budgetary targets.
• Engages Schneider Electric Contract Management through all stages of the project for advice on protecting program/project margin while identifying and exploiting opportunities to increase margin.
• Document and address stakeholder concerns / inquiries and proactively manage expectations throughout the project.
• Identify and resolve conflicts between project team, end client, external vendors and partners.
• Document project risks and apply mitigating procedures when required.
• Maintains a log of project travel expenses and receipts per Digital Grid PMO processes.
• Reports to Digital Grid executive leadership on the status and health of the project, its risks, opportunities, as well as overall client satisfaction.

To whom will you report?

PMO Manager, North America

• Sound knowledge of various project management & agile methods.
• Significant understanding of the Utility market
• Process orientated, able to govern against best practice.
• Sound knowledge of software project delivery lifecycles.
• Strong communication, negotiation, and influencing skills.
• Proficiency in English & ability to work in multicultural environments.
• Complex project management experience (7+ years).
• 5 years or more experience managing GIS or ADMS software implementation projects.
• Knowledge of financial aspects of project management including standard project KPIs
• Enterprise Resource Planning ERP software or Adobe Workfront to plan resources.
• Project management software (Microsoft Project)
• Remote management experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in relevant field
• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification considered an asset.
• Travel availability up to 25% of the time (North American Region)
• Must be legally eligible to work in the United States.

Let us learn about you! Apply today.

You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.

Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?

When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.

IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.

We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.

Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric – apply today!

€36 billion global revenue
+13% organic growth
150 000+ employees in 100+ countries
#1 on the Global 100 World’s most sustainable corporations

You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.

Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and ‘inclusion’ is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do.

At Schneider Electric, we uphold the highest standards of ethics and compliance, and we believe that trust is a foundational value. Our Trust Charter is our Code of Conduct and demonstrates our commitment to ethics, safety, sustainability, quality and cybersecurity, underpinning every aspect of our business and our willingness to behave and respond respectfully and in good faith to all our stakeholders. You can find out more about our Trust Charter here

Schneider Electric is an Equal Opportunity Employer. It is our policy to provide equal employment and advancement opportunities in the areas of recruiting, hiring, training, transferring, and promoting all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, color, gender, disability, national origin, ancestry, age, military status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristic or conduct.