Innovations technological

Location:             Columbus, OH

Type:                    Contract

Duration:             1 year

Rate:                    DOE

 

Description of Project Manager

Will serve as the Project Manager for AEP gridSMARTsm Operational Maturity

Projects. gridSMART encompasses smart meter technology and a variety of

integrated systems to process the data and various transactions. The

operational maturity projects include making improvements to the existing

systems performance, monitoring and reporting capability, capacity planning

and testing. The position may lead to other project management assignments

in the area of AEP Customer Operations.  Customer Operations includes

billing, meter reading, service orders, payment processing, credit

management, competitive retail processing and associated reporting

functions.

 

Facilitate, with the key stakeholders, the definition and approval of the

·         project approach, success criteria and deliverables required to ensure

·         project success.

·         Solicit input to ongoing and future project initiatives, and schedule

·         project resources for delivery in accordance with priorities and

·         methodology.

·         Work closely with stakeholders (business and IT) to resolve conflicts in

·         prioritization and staffing.

·         Track and communicate status at both a detailed (task) level and a summary

·         (sub-project or release) level for a variety of audiences, from the project team to executive sponsorship.

·         Track project issues and assign responsibility to resolve.

·         Schedule/facilitate meetings to provide project status / reviews as required to keep stakeholders adequately informed on project status.

·         Communicate any concerns with issues that may impact project schedule,  budget or quality to the project sponsor and stakeholders.

 

Required skills:

·         Detailed project planning using Microsoft Project 2007 Professional, Microsoft Project Server, Portfolio Server and Earned Value Management.

·         Requirements gathering and change management capabilities.

·         Deep commitment to solid project planning and managing to a workplan.

·         Ability to gain consensus and buy-in with regard to project schedule by gathering detailed task estimates, gathering/balancing priorities, and  managing expectations.

·         Reporting both detailed and summary-level status for both IT and business  unit management.

·         Experience managing multiple project initiatives as part of an overal long-term project plan.

·         Experience managing delivery of IT application development deliverables for  a variety of platforms and varying technologies.

·         Deep knowledge of Systems Development Lifecycle and creating/managing

·         project plans in adherence with established methodology.

·         Experience with project planning for release-based delivery.

·         Strong written and oral communications skills, with emphasis on the ability to communicate to various constituencies including technical staff, IT

·         management, business subject-matter experts and business staff with varying  degrees of IT familiarity.

·         PMP certification required.

 

Successfully obtaining the following Microsoft certifications is considered

desirable:

·         70-632 Microsoft Project 2007, Managing Projects

·         70-633 Microsoft Project Server 2007, Managing Projects

·         70-63A Microsoft Project Server 2007, Enterprise - Managing Projects and

·         Programs

 

Desired Skills and Experience

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