Lead Project Manager, Project Management
Waltham, MA

Job Description

Job ID 5161 Location Waltham, Massachusetts Organization Business Change and Project Management Department PORTFOLIO INFRASTRUCTURE

About us

Every day we deliver safe and secure energy to homes, communities, and businesses. We are there when people need us the most. We connect people to the energy they need for the lives they live. The pace of change in society and our industry is accelerating and our expertise and track record puts us in an unparalleled position to shape the sustainable future of our industry.

To be successful we must anticipate the needs of our customers, reducing the cost of energy delivery today and pioneering the flexible energy systems of tomorrow. This requires us to deliver on our promises and always look for new opportunities to grow, both ourselves and our business

Job Purpose

To manage the delivery of a project, from initiation to completion that delivers business change and subsequent benefits, using appropriate frameworks, tools and techniques, supported by effective stakeholder management.

Key Accountabilities

* Challenge project teams to ensure project scope, designs and delivery solutions are innovative, efficient, fit for purpose and prevent creep.
* Lead a team to manage and deliver a project safely to time, cost and specification within governance requirements including project initiation documents, project execution plans and management of plans, schedule, National Grid resources, budgets, quality and risks.
* Provide accurate and timely monthly project status reports covering milestone progress, risk management, current and forecast financial performance to ensure robust tracking and reporting against the long-term plan.
* To manage projects within a business function utilizing all available resources and relationships.
* To ensure predictable and unexpected complexities are effectively managed through stakeholder influence and management.
* Manage dependencies, risks, plans, costs and resourcing for each project and dependencies across interlinked projects.
* To ensure that the project offers a range of options and implements a change which achieves the objectives that have been set and that the business benefits are realized.
* Make use of full methodology and techniques autonomously for self and to supervise and advise others on appropriate approach.

Supervisory/Interpersonal- Experience Required

* Demonstrable interpersonal skills and influencing skills to manage relationships across the business to engage and work alongside business function leads to drive performance improvements and agree required changes to business processes.
* Exceptional communication, both written and verbal, are required.

Qualifications

* Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline or, an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
* Experience with Agile project delivery

More Information

This position has a career path which provides for advancement opportunities within and across bands as you develop and evolve in the position; gaining experience, expertise and acquiring and applying technical skills. Internal candidates will be assessed and provided offers against the minimum qualifications of this role and their individual experience.

National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise. We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve. National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.

National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise. We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve. National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.