IT Project Manager

*This role is hybrid: 3 days/week on-site in St. Petersburg, Florida Office*

Job Description:

This role focuses on the front-end planning and development phase of infrastructure-related projects across generation, transmission, telecom, solar, facilities, real estate, and regional IT initiatives. The Project Manager will partner with internal customers and business stakeholders to intake new work requests, develop project scope, gather financial information, coordinate engineering estimates, perform labor and contingency planning, and prepare projects for regional execution teams.

The position is heavily focused on project intake, requirements gathering, project development, financial planning, stakeholder coordination, and documentation rather than managing active project execution. The individual will create and manage JIRA Epics and Features, coordinate estimate requests with engineers, leverage P6 schedules and other systems of record, and ensure projects are fully defined before handoff for implementation.

Job Must Haves:

• MUST HAVE Telecomm experience, understand scoping that is needed for fiber, transport data, etc.
• Project Management - Project Development, Estimating, Planning, or Business Relationship Management experience
• Experience gathering business requirements, defining scope, documenting assumptions, and coordinating cross-functional work
• Budgeting - about 10 -100's of thousands.
• Experience supporting project estimates, financial planning, budget inputs, labor planning, and contingency planning
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience coordinating with engineering or technical teams
• Experience using JIRA or similar work management systems
• Ability to manage multiple projects, meetings, follow-ups, and documentation simultaneously
• Experience documenting risks, assumptions, dependencies, decisions, and action items
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Valid driver's license
• Willingness to work onsite in St. Petersburg, FL three days per week

Job Nice to Haves:

• Utility, telecom, infrastructure, transmission, generation, solar, facilities, construction, or renewable energy experience
• Primavera P6 experience
• Experience creating JIRA Epics, Features, and related work records
• Familiarity with project cost structures, forecasts, funding processes, and accounting verification
• Experience using Business Objects, Microsoft Office, Teams, and Outlook
• Familiarity with telecom technologies, fiber optics, networking, transport equipment, RF systems, DC power, or facilities work
• Experience supporting utility transmission schedules and infrastructure planning

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with business partners and internal customers to intake new work requests, understand business needs, clarify scope, and document project requirements.
• Develop early project scope, assumptions, constraints, financial information, and planning details needed to move work through the project intake and development process.
• Coordinate preliminary estimates by gathering project information, sending estimate requests to engineers or technical teams, reviewing returned estimates, and resolving questions or gaps.
• Prepare and maintain labor planning, contingency planning, and financial planning information based on engineering inputs and project needs.
• Create JIRA Epics and Features and related project records so work can be routed to the appropriate regional teams when ready for execution.
• Use Transmission’s P6 schedule and other systems of record to verify accounting information, review upcoming work, and align project planning with transmission schedules and business timelines.
• Attend and participate in frequent meetings with business partners, engineering teams, regional teams, product owners, and other stakeholders.
• Track decisions, issues, assumptions, risks, dependencies, and action items, and ensure timely follow-up after meetings.
• Maintain accurate project documentation, financial inputs, status updates, and handoff information in the appropriate tools and systems.
• Support coordination across telecom, transmission, generation, solar, facilities, and regional IT teams to ensure project information is complete before work is assigned for delivery.