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Vice President Project Management Jobs in Arizona, United States at Global Edge Group
Title: Vice President Project Management
Company: Global Edge Group
Location: Arizona, United States
Vice President
Project Management Office (PMO) – Utilities, Energy & Contracting
Arizona
50% Travel
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Global Edge Group, a leader within Power and New Energies, requires a VP of project management for a major Power company. The Vice President of Project Management Office (VP, PMO) is a strategic executive leader responsible for establishing, governing, and driving enterprise-wide project and program management excellence across utility, energy, engineering, construction, and contracting operations.
This role oversees a portfolio of capital projects, operational initiatives, infrastructure investments, and transformation programs to ensure projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and in compliance with regulatory requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and execute the organization's PMO strategy in alignment with corporate goals and growth initiatives.
- Establish project governance frameworks, methodologies, standards, and best practices across the enterprise.
- Lead a portfolio of large-scale capital, infrastructure, utility, renewable energy, transmission, distribution, generation, and construction projects.
- Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership on project performance, resource allocation, and strategic investments.
- Drive organizational transformation initiatives and continuous improvement programs.
- Project Portfolio Management: Oversee enterprise-wide project portfolio planning, prioritization, and execution.
- Monitor project health, schedule performance, budget adherence, and overall risk management.
- Implement portfolio management tools, performance metrics, and reporting systems.
- Ensure alignment of project investments with business priorities and regulatory requirements.
- Facilitate executive reviews and portfolio governance meetings
Operations & Execution
- Lead multidisciplinary teams including project managers, program managers, schedulers, cost controllers, and project analysts.
- Develop resource planning strategies to optimize workforce utilization.
- Ensure projects are executed according to safety, quality, environmental, and compliance standards.
- Establish project controls processes for scheduling, cost management, forecasting, and change management.
- Drive consistency across project execution practices throughout the organization.
Financial Management
- Manage multi-million-dollar capital and operating budgets.
- Oversee project financial performance, forecasting, earned value analysis, and profitability.
- Contracting & Commercial Management
- Oversee contract strategy development, negotiation support, and contract execution.
- Ensure compliance with contractual obligations, scope management, and change order processes.
- Manage relationships with contractors, subcontractors, engineering firms, and external stakeholders.
- Mitigate commercial and contractual risks associated with large-scale projects.
Risk, Compliance & Safety
- Implement enterprise risk management practices for project delivery.
- Ensure compliance with federal, state, local, and industry regulations.
- Champion a strong safety culture consistent with utility, energy, and construction industry standards.
- Drive regulatory readiness and audit preparedness for project-related activities.
- Stakeholder Engagement Build and maintain relationships with executive leadership, customers, regulators, contractors, and industry partners.
- Provide executive-level reporting on portfolio performance, risks, and strategic recommendations.
- Lead communication strategies during major project implementations and organizational change initiatives.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 15+ years of progressive leadership experience in project management, program management, engineering, construction, utilities, energy, or contracting organizations.
- 7+ years of executive leadership experience managing large PMO organizations or major capital project portfolios.
- Proven experience overseeing projects valued at $50M+
