Power Marketing Project Manager (Need locals to Seattle, WA)

Job Title: Power Marketing Project Manager

Location: Seattle, WA

Duration: 6 Months contract

The ideal candidate must have experience with power marketing and risk management platforms, energy trading and portfolio optimization, and a proven record of managing complex IT/OT projects in the utility sector.

Location: This client is located in Seattle, WA. Local candidates are preferred.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the full Request for Proposal (RFP) process with Procurement, including solicitation, evaluation, award, and contract execution
• Manage planning and implementation from initiation through cutover and stabilization
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, schedules, budgets, and resource allocations
• Direct and hold vendors accountable for delivering contracted scope, schedule, budget, and quality, ensuring performance is tracked and issues escalated/resolved
• Coordinate cross-functional teams including Power Marketing, Risk, IT, and vendors
• Ensure requirements, solution design, configuration, integration, and testing are completed, validated, and traceable to business needs
• Ensure training, transition, and documentation deliverables are produced and accepted as part of operational readiness
• Oversee System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), cutover planning, and operational readiness
• Maintain risk, issue, and change control logs; drive mitigation strategies and governance reviews
• Ensure compliance with regulatory and audit standards
• Drive cutover execution and hypercare to ensure successful transition
• Provide clear, accurate, and timely reporting to stakeholders and leadership

Required Education & Experience:

• Bachelor s degree in Business, Information Systems, Engineering, or related field with 10+ years of project management experience, focusing on power marketing, portfolio optimization, or Energy Trading and Risk Management (ETRM) platform implementations. Additional years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Proven track record managing multiple full-cycle technology implementations, including at least one full implementation of a power marketing, portfolio optimization, or ETRM platform, with procurement, vendor oversight, testing, and cutover
• Demonstrated leadership of RFP processes with Procurement, from solicitation through contract execution
• Ability to direct large cross-functional teams and hold vendors accountable for scope, schedule, budget, and quality
• Knowledge of utility power marketing operations and portfolio optimization practices, with ability to quickly build domain fluency
• Demonstrated expertise with project controls, scheduling, forecasting, and risk management practices; proficiency with Microsoft Project or equivalent tools
• Proven ability to communicate effectively with executives, prepare governance materials, and engage stakeholders at all levels

Preferred

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or equivalent
• Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) certification
• Understanding of utility market operations, portfolio risk analytics, and integration with forecasting or historian systems