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ICT, Project Manager

Location: 

Houston, Texas, US, 77002

Job ID#:  858
Job Category:  Information Technology
Position Type:  Regular FT

JERA Americas Inc. is part of a global energy company, supporting the transition to a cleaner, more sustainable world while fulfilling our responsibility to provide a safe and stable supply of reliable and affordable energy. The Company is a subsidiary of Tokyo-based JERA, which stands for Japan's Energy for a New Era. JERA has committed to achieving net zero CO2 emissions from its businesses by 2050 and is contributing to the development of a sustainable society.

JERA Americas seeks to continue its rapid expansion into renewable energy markets focusing on wind, solar, and cutting-edge technologies for hydrogen production and transportation. To meet the challenges of a fast-growing company, we are searching for talented individuals who thrive in a fast-paced environment and want to be part of the equation to provide energy for a new era.

Summary

Summary/Objective

 

The IT Project Manager will be responsible for planning, executing, and finalizing projects according to strict deadlines and within budget. This includes acquiring resources and coordinating the efforts of team members and third-party contractors or consultants to deliver projects according to plan. The IT Project Manager will also define the project’s objectives and oversee quality control throughout its life cycle. This position is responsible for delivering projects on time and within budget, ensuring stakeholder satisfaction.

Position Description

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

Over the course of a project, the Project Manager will need to communicate with staff and clients, make decisions and monitor the progress of the project to keep it on schedule. Important responsibilities for the ICT Project Manager include:

 

Project Planning

  • Define and document project scope, goals, and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
  • Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents like but not limited to project charter, scope and requirement management document, risk, and issue tracking, change management, closing document, project approval documents.
  • Creating long- and short-term plans, including setting targets for milestones and adhering to deadlines.
  • Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.
  • Track project milestones and deliverables.
  • Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans.
  • Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project life cycle.

Position Description Continued

      Quality management

  •  Performing quality control on the project throughout development to maintain the standards expected.
  • Support user acceptance testing to supervise scoped items are tested successfully on time.

Communication

  • Serving as a point of contact for teams when multiple departments are assigned to the same project. Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
  • Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.
  • Facilitate meetings to track, note and organize team’s update and report the status to people requested by the manager.
  • Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.
  • Regularly summarize the status of key items of each project such as budget, schedule, resource, issues, goals status.
  • Set and continually manage project expectations with team members and other stakeholders.
  • Coach, mentor, motivate, and supervise project team members and contractors, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
  • Build, develop, and grow any business relationships vital to the success of the project.

Cost and Benefit Management

  • Keep track of project cost. Maintain and organize documents for project financial management.

Conflict Management

  • Can commit to solve issues for the team ethically and productively.
  • Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.

Qualifications

Required Education and Experience

 

  • PMP Certification
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
  • Minimum of 5 years IT project management experience

 

 

Preferred Education and Experience

 

  • Scrum Master, Certifications for Agile
  • Bilingual Japanese – advanced business or native level

Qualifications Continued

Competencies

 

  • Solid technical background with understanding and/or hands-on experience in software development and web technologies.
  • Excellent team building and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills.
  • Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office and project management software (e.g., AZURE DevOps, Wrike, MS Project).
  • Demonstrate excellent understanding for business cultural difference to operate internal projects smoothly.
  • Leadership

AP/EEO Statement

JERA Americas Inc. provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law. Further, the company takes affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and employees are treated during employment without regard to any of these characteristics.


Nearest Major Market: Houston

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