Job Description

Description

Be a part of something powerful at America's leading energy provider!

At Exelon, our people are the heart and soul of our business. Whether it's powering lives, supporting communities or collaborating with colleagues, an Exelon employee is talented, compassionate, forward-thinking and inspired. We are a Fortune 200 company united by our values and shared vision for a cleaner and brighter future. We encourage curiosity, value diverse perspectives and we never stop looking for ways to be, work and do better. We know the future is in our hands. That's why we're looking for people like you, who have the power to make a difference.

As the nation's largest utility company, we serve more than 10 million customers through six fully regulated transmission and distribution utilities -- Atlantic City Electric (ACE), Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE), Commonwealth Edison (ComEd), Delmarva Power & Light (DPL), PECO Energy Company (PECO), and Potomac Electric Power Company (Pepco). All 18,000 of us are committed to delivering safe, reliable and affordable energy to our customers, strengthening our communities, supporting a clean energy future and reducing our impact on the changing climate.

Our people are empowered to evolve and advance their careers in an open and inclusive environment. We pride ourselves on being the kind of place where people want to come, stay and grow -- whether that's in the role and path they start in or in new and exciting career opportunities across our business. We know that investing in our employees' futures strengthens ours, which is why we offer competitive compensation, incentives, opportunities for career path changes, and health and retirement benefits.

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF POSITION
This position will lead and manage the PMO for the Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS) Program.

The ADMS Program is one of those strategic investments that will enable the utility of the future. The ADMS Program will implement functions and capabilities that will serve as the foundation for Distribution Operations to operate the complex grid of the future and will enable the distribution system to adapt and transform in support of the changing customer needs and market shifts anticipated by the utility strategy. The goal of the ADMS Program is to plan, design, build and implement a common ADMS system across each of the four operating companies (OpCos), taking into account standardization, convergence and transformation opportunities to align the organizations, people, processes and technology to a common solution.

This is a complex Exelon Utilities multi-OpCo program.  The Senior Manager will have key project management and financial management responsibilities. This position will be responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the PMO inclusive of scope, schedule, budget and resource management for multiple workstreams. This position is actively engaged with key business stakeholders, IT and vendor partners and directly supports program leadership. This project has a budget of approximately $400 million.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Responsible for managing PMO service provider.
• Project Delivery and Controls – (Scope, Schedule, Budget, Resource Management, Risk Management and Issue Management) Requires application of established project management principles and techniques ensuring processes serve project operations, and are clearly documented, activated and supported. Accountable to deliver project on time and at or below budget.
• Monitor day to day operations executed by PMO Team, serving as a point of escalation, and ensuring quality deliverables and controls.
• Directly support Program Leadership by providing data and insights needed to drive project success.
• Financial Management: LRP Planning, Annual Budget set-up, approval, forecasts, accruals, and other related tasks including Contract Management (contract requisitions, contract changes, engagement with Exelon Supply) and Vendor Management
• Effectively establish and maintain relationships with strategic vendor partners.  Work closely with vendors to define appropriate statements of work, RFI/RFP activities, and ensure delivered work products and services are aligned to these agreements.  Collaborate with partners to identify and pursue value-add opportunities.
• Primary communicator with the project sponsors and key stakeholders on project issues including executive level presentations. Acquire and manage contract resources by participating in the contractor selection process, prepare contact requisitions, approve change orders and contract payment authorizations and evaluate contractor performance.
• Maintain current business knowledge/acumen, including application of technology solutions to deliver business results.
• Evaluate performance and provide coaching for IT personnel. Participate in career development and succession planning processes. Promote diversity and foster teamwork, collaboration, and a learning organization. Provide input on development and retention processes for IT employees.

POSITION SCOPE

• Total Staff Managed: 5 to 20 (direct, indirect, and project team)
• Utilize understanding of customer's business needs to determine requirements and help set strategic direction.
• Determine and helps others learn appropriate theories, practices and principles that relate to their skill set portfolio and related sciences and disciplines.
• Make judicious decisions in familiar and new situations and contributes to strategic decisions.
• Represent business client’s perspective with IT team
• Strong Financial/Budget Management specific to assigned projects.
• Operate independently with little supervision.

Position may be required to work extended hours, including 24 x 7 coverage during storms (storm duty rotation)

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related discipline and at least 10 years experience in area of technical specialty; or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Appropriate technical skills.
• Strong knowledge of business practices and processes in area of specialty
• Experience leading and managing IT projects or sub-teams and strong knowledge of IT project management.
• Experience leading and managing technical personnel.
• Strong judgment and excellent analytical ability.
• Excellent communications skills and ability to work effectively with all levels of IT and business management and with vendors.
• Experience managing project financials on a complex, multi-OpCo project
• Strong problem-solving ability

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Graduate degree
• Prior IT experience in the areas of SCADA, Outage Management systems, DMS, or ADMS systems would be preferred
• Familiarity with utility project authorization process
• Familiarity with Prosci Change Management
• Experience with multi-OpCo projects