Sr Project Manager - GISLeidos
Description
Leidos is seeking a Sr. Project Manager who is motivated by variety, is seeking a challenging environment for professional growth, and is interested in running large information technology projects in various customer businesses areas at a large utility client headquartered in New Jersey.
This experienced Project Manager will support a GIS upgrade initiative. The Sr Project Manager will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering project activities in alignment with clients’ PMO standards.
Location: Client is located in New Jersey with office in South Plainfield. Candidate must be local and able to go into the office 3 days per week.
Salary Range: $145,000 – 155,000
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders which includes IT (OT, Testing, Infrastructure, Cyber Security, etc), Line of Business (Electric Operations, Asset Management, Projects & Constructions), and external partners
- Manage the end-to-end delivery of project scope ensuring scope, schedule, cost, documentation and quality objectives are met.
- Coordinate and govern activities performed by the system integrator, including task planning, deliverable reviews, issue resolution, and change control.
- Ensure project execution follows clients EPMO methodologies standards, templates, and reporting requirements.
- Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, RAID logs, status reports, and executive communications.
- Facilitate working sessions, design reviews, and decision forums related to GIS data modeling, workflows, and integration impacts.
- Partner with SMEs to validate modeling approaches, data standards, and implementation readiness.
- Identify project risks and dependencies related to data quality, system integration, resource availability, and cutover activities.
- Manage project communications and ensure alignment across technical and business stakeholders.
- Manage project budget, maintain financial plan, track actuals vs. plan, provide monthly forecasts, report monthly accruals.
Required Education & Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Management, Business Administration or another related field required with 10+ years of project management experience.
- Basic understanding of OT systems (GIS, ADMS, SCADA, OMS).
- Strong understanding of project management fundamentals (scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality, contracts).
- Experience leading diverse teams of technical disciplines and support.
- Experience supporting system upgrades, migrations, or platform modernization efforts.
- Strong communication skills (written and verbal) across a diverse stakeholder group.
- Ability to perform stakeholder management.
- Risk and issue management.
- Technical project coordination.
- Vendor management skills
- Quality assurance and governance
- Ability to manage multiple workstreams in a fast paced and complex environment
- Strong skills using Microsoft product tools and PPM tools.
- Excellent customer-facing skills.
- Excellent decision-making and organizational skills are required.
- Excellent written and verbal skills.
- Proven analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities.
- PMP certification required.
- Must be local to NJ and ability to come to the office - main reporting location to be South Plainfield, NJ.
Preferred Experience:
- Utility background (electric, gas or combined)
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Original Posting:
January 30, 2026For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.
