IT Project Manager IV

IT Project Manager (Contract)
Location: Rosemead, CA
Contract Type: 12-Months W2 Contract
Pay Rate: $80-$100/hour W2 (DOE)
 
About the Role
We’re hiring an IT Project Manager to support a large-scale AMI 2.0 (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) program with a leading utility client in Rosemead, CA.
This is a high-visibility enterprise initiative where you’ll be involved across the full project lifecycle—planning, execution, tracking, and delivery—working closely with both technical and business teams.
 
Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

• The IT Project Manager for the AMI 2.0 Program will support various phases of the project lifecycle, including planning, execution, monitoring, and project closure for the Advanced Metering Infrastructure initiative. This position is responsible for coordinating project tasks, tracking progress, scheduling meetings, and assisting with documentation and reporting.
• The Project Manager will help facilitate business process mapping and gather requirements to ensure alignment with functional needs and technical delivery. Responsibilities include maintaining project schedules, monitoring task completion, supporting team communication, and coordinating with vendors under supervision.
• The candidate will assist in preparing resource plans, tracking effort and cost estimates across integration, data, infrastructure, and testing workstreams, and supporting solution design activities. Support development and maintenance of integrated project plans, schedules, work breakdown structures.
• Coordinate project activities across technical and business teams to ensure alignment with milestones and deliverables. Track scope against baseline requirements and support change control process. Document scope changes, assess impacts, and escalate risks to senior leadership as needed. Ensure traceability between requirements, design, and deliverables.

 
Required Skills/Attributes:

• Broad IT infrastructure knowledge — ability to see the “big picture” and ensure no gaps in delivery.
• Project management experience with managing and supporting large enterprise initiatives, supporting in the areas of scope, schedule, budget, management of risks and issues, and deliverable management process.
• Strong analytical skills, able to develop dashboards and reports using excel and other analytics tools.
• Experience managing large IT projects, solution blueprinting, implementation planning, and overall end-to-end delivery management.
• Demonstrates strong communication, problem-solving, and cross-functional leadership engagement.
• Ability to quickly integrate into a fast-paced, large program, understand their role, absorb information rapidly, and deliver results efficiently with appropriate level of direction and guidance.
• Strong blend of business insight and technical proficiency to bridge the gap between stakeholder needs and technological solutions.
• Proficiency in utilizing data sets (MS Excel & Pivot Tables at minimum) to create and analyze information.
• Ability to personally execute day-to-day PM deliverables, in addition to overseeing and delegation. Must be adaptable, open to feedback, and able to take on other responsibilities as assigned.

 
Desired Skills/Attributes:

• Experience with AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) smart grid, or large Electric Utility technology and infrastructure projects: AMI 1.0 or 2.0 recommended (at minimum some 1.0 exposure).
• Experience with system integrations (MDMS, head-end systems, OMS, SAP, ADMS).
• Familiarity with cloud migration/implementation experience (moving from on-prem to cloud).
• Experience delivering/developing technical information to a non-technical audience.

 
Education Requirement:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, computer science, or other business-related disciplines (including liberal arts majors).

 
Benefits Info: Pride Global offers eligible employee's comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.

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