Project Manager

Job Title: Project Manager- New York, NY / Northborough, MA

Location: New York, NY / Northborough, MA - Onsite
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Job description:

Govern the project wrapper for a defined batch of work • Provide project governance for clearly defined work, typically requiring coordination across one or two delivery teams. • Ensure the project is governed through the correct channels and with the appropriate level of discipline. • Function as the primary coordination point for business stakeholders throughout the delivery lifecycle. 2) Create and maintain a unified view of scope, schedule, and cost • Maintain an integrated view of scope, schedule, cost, assumptions, dependencies, and delivery commitments across participating teams. • Partner with the Portfolio Management Team to track budget and cost for non-labor spend and provide visibility of project-related work flowing through long-lived teams. • Actively manage cost and budget for temporary teams organized around the project scope where required. 3) Facilitate intake, framing, and routing • Coordinate project intake and framing through standard governance channels. • Engage Agile Teams, ARTs, Platform Owners, Product Owners, and accountable parties based on how the scope will be delivered. • Do not approve or prioritize intake directly unless explicitly delegated. 4) Coordinate dependencies, risks, issues, and decisions • Maintain an integrated view of project dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, owners, due dates, and escalation paths. • Escalate when progress stalls, ownership is unclear, or decisions exceed team authority. 5) Work effectively with long-lived Agile Teams and ARTs • Work within existing governance, tooling, and delivery methods. • Respect the governance boundaries of Scrum Masters, RTEs, Platform Owners, Product Owners, System Architects, and delivery teams. • Build project-level views around standing structures rather than replacing them. 6) Coordinate readiness, milestones, release, and cutover • Coordinate kickoff meetings, status reviews, milestone, release, cutover, transition, and handoff readiness. • Collaborate with Program Managers on integrated readiness and governance where the project is part of a wider program. • Collaborate with communication teams for deployment communications and stakeholder notifications. 7) Support incremental and iterative delivery • Encourage sequencing that enables earlier validation, feedback, and value delivery where practical. • Coordinate staged releases with accountable owners and delivery teams. 8) Provide reporting and stakeholder visibility • Communicate integrated status across scope, schedule, cost, dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, and readiness. • Support steering forums and governance reviews with a clear view of delivery reality and decisions required. • Support lessons learned and process improvement opportunities. 9) Work across organizational boundaries • Coordinate across I&O, other National Grid teams, external vendors, and delivery partners. • Ensure external dependencies and contributors are represented in project governance and readiness planning1) Govern the project wrapper for a defined batch of work • Provide project governance for clearly defined work, typically requiring coordination across one or two delivery teams. • Ensure the project is governed through the correct channels and with the appropriate level of discipline. • Function as the primary coordination point for business stakeholders throughout the delivery lifecycle. 2) Create and maintain a unified view of scope, schedule, and cost • Maintain an integrated view of scope, schedule, cost, assumptions, dependencies, and delivery commitments across participating teams. • Partner with the Portfolio Management Team to track budget and cost for non-labor spend and provide visibility of project-related work flowing through long-lived teams. • Actively manage cost and budget for temporary teams organized around the project scope where required. 3) Facilitate intake, framing, and routing • Coordinate project intake and framing through standard governance channels. • Engage Agile Teams, ARTs, Platform Owners, Product Owners, and accountable parties based on how the scope will be delivered. • Do not approve or prioritize intake directly unless explicitly delegated. 4) Coordinate dependencies, risks, issues, and decisions • Maintain an integrated view of project dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, owners, due dates, and escalation paths. • Escalate when progress stalls, ownership is unclear, or decisions exceed team authority. 5) Work effectively with long-lived Agile Teams and ARTs • Work within existing governance, tooling, and delivery methods. • Respect the governance boundaries of Scrum Masters, RTEs, Platform Owners, Product Owners, System Architects, and delivery teams. • Build project-level views around standing structures rather than replacing them. 6) Coordinate readiness, milestones, release, and cutover • Coordinate kickoff meetings, status reviews, milestone, release, cutover, transition, and handoff readiness. • Collaborate with Program Managers on integrated readiness and governance where the project is part of a wider program. • Collaborate with communication teams for deployment communications and stakeholder notifications. 7) Support incremental and iterative delivery • Encourage sequencing that enables earlier validation, feedback, and value delivery where practical. • Coordinate staged releases with accountable owners and delivery teams. 8) Provide reporting and stakeholder visibility • Communicate integrated status across scope, schedule, cost, dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, and readiness. • Support steering forums and governance reviews with a clear view of delivery reality and decisions required. • Support lessons learned and process improvement opportunities. 9) Work across organizational boundaries • Coordinate across I&O, other National Grid teams, external vendors, and delivery partners. • Ensure external dependencies and contributors are represented in project governance and readiness planning

Skill Requirements

Strong experience coordinating work across multiple teams, stakeholders, and delivery methods. • Demonstrated ability to maintain integrated views of scope, schedule, cost, dependencies, risks, and issues. • Experience in environments combining agile, flow-based, operational, and traditional project delivery. • Understanding of how to work with standing Agile Teams and ARTs without disrupting their governance model. • Experience supporting milestone readiness, release readiness, cutover planning, and stakeholder reporting. • Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences. • Ability to work effectively in matrixed environments across internal and external teams. • Practical understanding of staged and incremental delivery approaches. Expected Knowledge • Project planning and control • Scope, schedule, cost, risk, issue, and dependency management • Delivery governance and reporting • Agile delivery and flow-based work management • Cross-methodology coordination • Budget and cost visibility • Governance forums, escalation paths, and decision management Assignment Specific Knowledge • Experience supporting enterprise infrastructure, networking, telecommunications or technology organizations • Experience supporting network infrastructure, WAN, LAN, SD-WAN, wireless, DNS, DHCP, IPAM, cloud networking or telecommunications projects preferred. • Experience managing multiple concurrent initiatives and competing priorities • Experience with Jira, ServiceNow and Microsoft Suite • Ability to effectively coordinate cross-functional technical teams

Must Have Skills

• Program & Project Management