Manager-Project/Product II

Title: Manager-Project/Product II
Location: Irwindale, CA (Hybrid – 2 days onsite per week)
Duration: 12 months
Shift: M-F 8-5

Description

3-5 years of experience required. Bachelor's Degree in Business, Management, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience. Typically possesses one to three years of experience coordinating or managing small to medium projects or product workstreams. Working knowledge of project management methodologies, tools, and techniques. Demonstrated ability to gather requirements, support the development of project plans, manage schedules, track progress, and contribute to the execution of defined deliverables. Proven ability to problem-solve, anticipate issues, maintain documentation, and operate effectively under moderate time constraints. Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to interact with cross-functional teams and communicate status updates to various audiences.

Education Requirement

• High School Diploma or Equivalent

Day-to-Day Responsibilities/Workload

Manage projects and initiatives having major enterprise-wide safety impact to Southern California Edison in support of SCE safety priorities and goals. Develop objectives and short to long-range strategies. Perform senior project management functions including analyses, project proposals, project plans, business cases, schedule, project scope definition, risk analysis/mitigation plans, resource requirement identification, developing and implementing metrics to measure and adjust.

Lead company-wide cross-functional teams to drive project objectives from inception to completion; facilitate meetings, presentations, and discussions to identify strategies for continuous improvement, communicate status updates, and drive for project results. Develop and maintain master enterprise project plan for complex safety culture projects with high visibility and aggressive timelines (including integrating individual project plans, timelines, interdependencies, alignment, and communication needs). Responsible for executing overarching Safety Culture Transformation Roadmap and other related safety strategies.

Required Skills/Attributes

• 7 years’ experience managing projects, programs, or contracts
• Experience implementing large-scale programs/projects with major impacts
• Experience facilitating cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated strong analytical, problem-solving, and negotiation skills
• Demonstrated experience managing and/or supporting project budget, scope, schedule, and resources, and overseeing the formal planning, tracking, and reporting of project performance
• Demonstrated experience interfacing and collaborating with team members, all levels of management, different departments, and vendors to develop solutions, facilitate cooperation between different parties, and obtain stakeholder buy-in
• Demonstrated experience coordinating or implementing business readiness activities including stakeholder analysis, change interventions, training, and communications to ensure business and operational readiness for change
• Demonstrated experience achieving desired outcomes and actions through negotiation and influence
• Strong interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills
• Demonstrated experience prioritizing activities, monitoring assignments, and holding team members accountable for results
• Must demonstrate the ability to integrate work across relevant areas, manage risks appropriately, manage information, and provide exceptional service to internal and external customers
• Must demonstrate effective decision-making, results delivery, team building, and the ability to stay current with relevant technology and innovation
• Must demonstrate strong ethics, interpersonal skills, and the ability to effectively manage stress and engage in continuous learning

Education Requirement

• Bachelor's degree in business or related field or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience

Desired Skills/Attributes

• Preferred: Master’s degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Certificate and/or Licenses

• Project Management Certification