IT Project Manager
Litchfield Park, AZ, US, 85340 Downey, CA, US, 90241 Gainesville, GA, US, 30501 Joplin, MO, US, 64801 Joplin, MO, US, 64801 Londonderry, NH, US, 03053 Merrick, NY, US, 11566
Our purpose is sustaining energy and water for life, and it is demonstrated in everything we do as a business, and as an employee team.
At Liberty, we hire passionate people who care about doing the right thing for our customers. We are entrepreneurial, creative, and outcome-focused. Here, your natural talent and achievements will flourish in an inclusive environment of teamwork, trust and continuous learning. We are always pursuing excellence to exceed our ambitions goals, rewarding both the goal outcome and how we achieve it.
Purpose
The IT Project Manager is responsible for planning, executing, and closing information technology projects within Liberty Utilities’ Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO) portfolio. The role ensures projects are delivered in accordance with approved scope, schedule, budget, quality standards, and governance requirements.
The IT Project Manager collaborates with business stakeholders, IT teams, vendors, and project sponsors while adhering to Liberty’s standardized EPMO delivery methodology, stage-gate governance model, and reporting standards.
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Accountabilities
- Manage end-to-end delivery of IT projects from initiation through closure.
- Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, and budgets.
- Coordinate delivery across internal teams and external vendors.
- Apply Liberty’s EPMO Project Life Cycle and stage-gate reviews.
- Manage risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies (RAID) and work with the team to identify opportunities to minimize or negate risks to the project.
- Ensure compliance with governance, audit, and delivery standards.
- Serve as primary point of contact for project stakeholders.
- Manage vendor relationships and contractual obligations.
- Support invoice validation and vendor performance tracking.
- Track project financials, forecasts, account for variances and recommend corrective action as needed
- Manage scope and change requests through formal change control.
- Maintain a strong focus on effective organizational and human change management practices to successfully implement change and to ensure adoption
- Prepare and deliver project status reports and dashboards to stakeholders at various levels to maintain support and remove obstacles.
- Present updates to sponsors and governance forums.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
- Demonstrated 8+ years experience managing IT projects within a structured PMO environment.
- Strong skills in planning, budgeting, and stakeholder management.
- PMP or equivalent certification.
- Experience delivering enterprise IT initiatives in regulated environments.
- Knowledge of SAP, GIS, OMS, AMS, fieldwork and scheduling applications is considered an asset
- Strong analytical and creative problem solving, operations, and change management skills
Compensation Data
Full base salary range $100,000.00- $140,000.00 per year*Liberty considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to, the role and responsibilities, a candidate's work experience, education, training and skills, and geographic location.
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. is a growing renewable energy and utility company with over $15 billion of assets across North America and internationally.
For more than 30 years, Algonquin has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to delivering clean energy and water solutions. Our rapid growth has led both our regulated utility services and renewable energy business groups into different geographies and commodities, but our purpose remains unchanged – Sustaining Energy and Water for Life.
Through our operating business (Liberty), we provide regulated electricity, water, and natural gas utility services to over 1 million customer connections, primarily in North America. And, our growing portfolio of clean, renewable wind, solar, hydro and thermal power generation facilities represent over 3 GW of renewable generation capacity in operation and under construction.
With our robust, diversified, and growing presence in communities across North America and internationally, we are continually demonstrating our “Think Global, Act Local” business model.
What we offer
Company funded Pension program
401k with Company match
Full insurance benefits (health/dental/vision/life)
Collaborative environment with a genuine flexible working policy
Share purchase/match plan
Defined Contribution savings plan
Top Talent Program
Volunteer paid days off
Employee Assistance Program
Achievement fund
We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role and are not certain you meet the all the qualification requirements, we encourage you to apply to further investigate the opportunity.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value each person’s unique background, diversity, experiences, perspectives and talents. Full participation of all employees in a safe, healthy and respectful environment is key to individual and company success. We are committed to fully utilizing the abilities of all of our employees and expect each of our employees to honor this commitment in their daily responsibilities.
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