Senior Software Project Manager

Electric Power Group, LLC develops mission-critical software for electric utilities and grid operators. The Senior Software Project Manager leads customer-facing software development, implementation, and deployment programs, coordinating teams and owning delivery commitments, risks, and customer confidence.

Responsibilities:

• Delivery Ownership: Own project delivery through each phase, including initiation and planning, development, integration, testing and customer acceptance, go-live, and transition to support
• Planning & Reporting: Build and maintain credible integrated schedules, milestones, critical paths, resource plans, risk registers, action logs, and clear executive status reports
• Team Coordination: Coordinate software developers, power systems engineers, QA, technical leads, customers, and third parties; clarify ownership and drive timely closure of dependencies
• Customer Leadership: Lead customer meetings and executive reviews; manage difficult conversations and escalations collaboratively and constructively
• Risk & Escalation Management: Identify delivery risks early, establish recovery plans, challenge unrealistic assumptions, and escalate decisions before commitments are jeopardized
• Scope, Budget & Acceptance: Manage scope, budgets, change requests, contractual milestones, testing readiness, and customer acceptance criteria
• Governance: Improve project governance and execution without introducing bureaucracy

Requirements:

• Command of project management principles, methodologies, and tools to plan, track, and deliver complex software programs
• Ability to lead , coordinate, and motivate cross-functional teams, and enforce accountability
• Excellent verbal and written communication, executive presence, and the ability to manage stakeholders and customers in challenging situations
• Strong ability to identify issues, analyze complex situations, and make timely, well-reasoned decisions
• 10+ years of progressively responsible project management experience, including complex enterprise software development, implementation, or deployment
• Demonstrated record of delivering complex, customer-facing technology projects with demanding timelines and multiple technical workstreams
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycles, requirements, integration, QA, UAT, deployment, and acceptance
• Proficiency in Azure DevOps, Microsoft Project, and Agile delivery methods
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent professional experience
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with execution, and to demonstrate professionalism, integrity, and a team-first mindset
• Prior electric utility software industry experience
• Professional experience in the electric utility or power systems industry (utility, ISO/RTO, vendor, integrator, or consultant), including delivery of EMS, SCADA, ADMS, Synchrophasor/wide-area monitoring, grid analytics, or related utility software
• Familiarity with NERC CIP or other industry-specific compliance standards
• PMP or equivalent project management credential