Description
Job Summary
The Project Management Director develops and leads the execution of the strategy that advances the way work is done to achieve project goals and objectives. The Director must maintain understanding of all facets of their assigned workstream and operational focus area including industry trends, internal trends, technology innovations, internal & external factors (industry, state and regulatory).
Essential Functions
- Directs overall workstream team ensuring work is carried out at a high standard
- Provides oversight of workstream status & execution of timely corrective action as needed
- Responsible for strategic visioning for assigned workstreams
- Exercises independent decision-making authority when advising on project issue resolution and risk mitigation planning
- Delivers coaching & training to workstream resources as needed; ensures resource coverage throughout the project and support phase
- Integrates key dependency planning activities
- Accountable for the successful execution of critical path milestones, adoption, and benefits realization
- Serves as a point of escalation for issues/risks and facilitates mitigation tactics
- Approves change strategy and employee/leader facing materials
- Ensures proper scoping and budgeting activities are completed for change requests associated with workstream
- Ensures organizational Officer questions are being answered according to SLAs
- Leads a qualified team of at least two or more full time employees and has the authority to hire, terminate, coach, develop, promote, demote and performance manage members of the team
- Bachelor's Degree or 5 years or more of comparable experience
- 8-10 years of area of expertise experience
- Demonstrated ability to make decisions based on information available
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills
- Aptitude for attention to detail, accuracy, precision, and logic
- Capability to efficiently perform duties under stringent deadlines
- Excellent computer skills and proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite
Preferred Additional Qualifications for Position
- 5+ years of Utility or Corporate Services experience
- Experience with Project Management or large-scale organizing and planning
- Lean, SIx Sigma, Project Management Certifications
Contact
Nisource, Inc.
801 E 86th Ave
Merrillville
Indiana United States
www.nisource.com
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