Project Manager

Project Manager PrincipalManage one or more intermediate and/or complex projects, up to the highest-level project complexity or a program area of projects, within a matrix team environment. Provide leadership, direction, training, coordination, and effective communication to initiate, plan, execute, monitor and control, and close projects in a safe, efficient, economical, risk-balanced approach to achieve short and long range goals and to obtain maximum customer satisfaction. Provide project transparency and develop relationships and effectively communicate with all stakeholders including internal customers, external customers, team members, suppliers, contractors, vendors, and industry peers, enabling them to make sound business decisions. Enable and promote team level continuous improvement activities that increase quality and optimize delivery of value.Plan, organize, direct, coordinate and supervise assigned project and outage work activities for customers with demonstrated proficiency in all aspects. Skillfully and successfully use project management principles and techniques (Waterfall, Agile) for project management for the organization. Support and hold employees and contractors accountable to AEP safety policies and standards, ensuring a safe working environment focused on Commitment to "Zero Harm". Supervise, develop, review and coordinate the project/outage plan, schedule, budget, tools, and staff with demonstrated proficiency in all aspects. Effectively manage cost and timely reallocate funding. Effectively communicate project/outage details and status updates. Lead planning meetings and project/outage updates including detailed and complex stakeholder presentations. Provide clear and concise written reports. Develop and actively manage effective working relationships with the project team, operating company staff, internal and external customers or partners, contractors, vendors, and suppliers. Foster teamwork and actively monitor customer satisfaction. Provide wide range of detailed guidance, instruction, and training to improve design, systems, procedures, processes, schedules, and costs. Confidently challenge others at a high level of informed understanding in all project work. Ensure maximum customer satisfaction and demonstrate effective and efficient performance of project/outage work activities on complex project levels. Perform supervision duties and responsibilities for assigned direct reports. Provide support to direct reports in their development activities and mentor other project and assistant project managers. Represent AEP, as required, with industrial customers, vendors, and regulators as assigned projects dictate. Develop and manage procurement plans for necessary outside resources. Manage contracts for outside services, including developing requests for proposals, evaluating competitive bids, selecting vendors, participating in contract negotiations, overseeing vendor performance/quality, ensuring work is performed in accordance with the contract, etc. Manage closeout processes, including an analysis of the success of the project with respect to accomplishing the project objectives and realizing project benefits. Use and help align the organization with the AEP project management organizational standards. Manage projects to those standards. Adhere to the guidance and standards put forth by the AEP Project Management Governance Committee. Manage programs as assigned.