Job description
Job Title: Technical Project Manager (TPM)
Location: Remote (Work from home eligible) regular travel to Washington state is required.
Company Overview: Celerity is a consulting firm specializing in utilities and energy sectors. We empower organizations by converting complex data into actionable intelligence to mitigate risk, optimize assets, and maximize project outcomes. Our background and expertise enable us to drive and deliver transformation and operational excellence for our clients.
Position Overview: Position Overview:
We are seeking a seasoned Technical Project Manager (TPM) with over 7 years of experience leading complex project delivery initiatives. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in systems implementation, data integration, and enterprise platform rollouts—such as ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), EAM (Enterprise Asset Management), and FSM (Field Service Management).
This role requires a combination of project leadership, industry expertise, and technical acumen to ensure successful outcomes in dynamic client environments. The TPM will act as a key liaison between business stakeholders, technical teams, and third-party vendors—ensuring that project scope, timelines, budgets, and quality standards are consistently met.
Key Responsibilities:
Project Leadership:
- Define & manage project scope, objectives, deliverables and develop project plans, resource requirements, timelines and ensure project milestones are met timely.
- Develop detailed project charters, work breakdown structures, and execution plans aligned with client goals and transformation roadmaps.
- Manage cross-functional delivery teams including solution architects, developers, analysts, testers, and change managers.
- Apply structured methodologies (e.g., Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid) to manage timelines, risk, quality, and dependencies.
Team Management:
- Mentor, and manage a team of consultants and specialists, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.
- Monitor team performance, provide feedback, manage conflicts and resolve issues.
- Define team roles, responsibilities, and performance expectations to ensure clarity and accountability.
- Provide ongoing training and development opportunities to enhance team capabilities and knowledge of FSM solutions
Risk & Issue Management
- Proactively identify project risks, issues, and change requests; implement mitigation and escalation strategies.
- Maintain project health metrics and governance documentation (RAIDs logs, dependency trackers, change control).
Financial & Resource Management
- Manage budgets, forecasts, resource allocations, and vendor contracts in collaboration with internal operations.
- Ensure project profitability and compliance with client contractual obligations and timelines.
Continuous Improvement & Quality Assurance
- Promote continuous improvement through lessons learned, feedback loops, and project retrospectives.
- Ensure project deliverables meet established quality standards, conduct quality audits and reviews, and implement quality improvement processes.
Change Management:
- Support change management strategies and plans that maximize employee adoption and usage of required changes.
- Facilitate communication and cross-collaboration among stakeholders to ensure a clear understanding of change initiatives and their benefits.
Client & Stakeholder Engagement:
- Serve as the primary point of contact for client leadership and stakeholders across IT, business, and operations.
- Conduct status reporting, steering committee presentations, and facilitate key decision-making sessions.
- Translate business requirements into executable technical plans and ensure alignment between IT and business outcomes.
Educational Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field or equivalent experience.
- Advanced degree (MBA or Master’s) is preferred.
Required Skills and Experience:
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in project management, with a significant focus on the utilities, energy, telecom, or oil & gas industries.
- Experience using Agile and Waterfall methodologies in SaaS companies or with system integrators.
- Proven track record of leading and delivering on complex international projects, working with existing technology stack (ERP, FSM, GIS, ADMS, CRM, CIS, BI, Datawarehouse, etc.).
- Experience in gathering customer requirements, prioritizing product backlogs, and developing budgets and project schedules.
- Skilled in drafting and issuing comprehensive Statements of Work (SoW) to defined project scopes and deliverables.
- Professional certifications (e.g., PMP, CSM, CSPO, ITIL, PRINCE, etc.)
- Strong understanding of utility operations, asset management, and regulatory compliance.
- Demonstrated experience in team building and leadership, with the ability to inspire and develop talent.
- Excellent project management skills, including proficiency in project planning, execution, and risk management.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively engage clients and stakeholders at all levels.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to engage with clients effectively, collaborate with internal teams, and interact with management.
- Ability to travel to client site (domestic and(or) international) as required and defined per project requirements.
Preferred Skills:
- Consulting background with experience in client-facing roles delivering high-impact programs.
- Experience working in consulting environments, managing multiple stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow any other instructions, and perform any other related duties, as assigned by their supervisor.
We are proud to offer a comprehensive health and welfare benefit package that includes:
HEALTH & WELL-BEING
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
PEACE OF MIND
- Disability Insurance (STD/LTD)
- Flexible Spending Account
- Health Savings Account
- Basic Life/AD&D
- 401(k) plan
WORK/LIFE BALANCE
- Paid Time Off
- Company Holidays
- Leave of Absence
- Flexible Work Schedules
ADDITIONAL PERKS
- Employee Referral Program
- Professional Development
- Charitable Contribution Match
Employee welfare and development is important to us, and we sponsor many activities outside of work to promote team building as well as sponsor formal training and certification.
Based in Walnut Creek, CA with offices nationwide, Celerity energy engineers perform a critical, leadership role as strategic liaisons between data, assets and the teams that make projects happen in the field.
See full details and meet our leadership team on our website: https://www.consultcelerity.com/
Celerity is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veterans’ status or other status protected by applicable law.
Pursuant to the Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Applicants must be authorized to work for any US employer. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
