IT Project Manager IV
Job Location Rosemead, CA (Hybrid)
Contract for 18 months
Day to day responsibilities
The IT Project Manager for the AMI 2.0 Program will support various phases of the project lifecycle, including planning, execution, monitoring, and project closure for the Advanced Metering Infrastructure initiative. This position is responsible for coordinating project tasks, tracking progress, scheduling meetings, and assisting with documentation and reporting. The Project Manager will help facilitate business process mapping and gather requirements to ensure alignment with functional needs and technical delivery. Responsibilities include maintaining project schedules, monitoring task completion, supporting team communication, and coordinating with vendors under supervision. The candidate will assist in preparing resource plans, tracking effort and cost estimates across integration, data, infrastructure, and testing workstreams, and supporting solution design activities. Support development and maintenance of integrated project plans, schedules, work
breakdown structures. Coordinate project activities across technical and business teams to ensure alignment with milestones and deliverables. Track scope against baseline requirements and support change control process. Document scope changes, assess impacts, and escalate risks to senior leadership as needed. Ensure traceability between requirements, design, and deliverables.
Required Skills & Experience
Minimum Years of Experience: 5 Years
Education Requirement:
- Bachelor s degree in engineering, business, computer science, or other business-related disciplines (including liberal arts majors).
- Broad IT infrastructure knowledge ability to see the big picture and ensure no gaps in delivery.
- Project management experience with managing and supporting large enterprise initiatives, supporting in the areas of scope, schedule, budget, management of risks and issues, and deliverable management process.
- Strong analytical skills, able to develop dashboards and reports using excel and other analytics tools.
- Experience managing large IT projects, solution blueprinting, implementation planning, and overall end-to-end delivery management.
- Demonstrates strong communication, problem-solving, and cross-functional leadership engagement.
- Ability to quickly integrate into a fast-paced, large program, understand their role, absorb information rapidly, and deliver results efficiently with appropriate level of direction and guidance.
- Strong blend of business insight and technical proficiency to bridge the gap between stakeholder needs and technological solutions.
- Proficiency in utilizing data sets (MS Excel & Pivot Tables at minimum) to create and analyze information.
- Ability to personally execute day-to-day PM deliverables, in addition to overseeing and delegation. Must be adaptable, open to feedback, and able to take on other responsibilities as assigned.
Desired Attributes
Experience with AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) smart grid, or large Electric Utility technology and infrastructure projects: AMI 1.0 or 2.0 recommended (at minimum some 1.0 exposure).
Experience with system integrations (MDMS, head-end systems, OMS, SAP, ADMS).
Familiarity with cloud migration/implementation experience (moving from on-prem to cloud).
Experience delivering/developing technical information to a non-technical audience.