Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. US Ignite is hiring a Technical Program Manager to lead utility modernization projects supporting military installations and commercial applications. The role owns delivery and product direction for utility and facility applications, including project execution, stakeholder coordination, and work with technical development teams.

Responsibilities

• The Technical Program Manager, Smart Utilities will lead multiple projects, including a Common Operating Picture of utility infrastructure, facility/work management system integration, support for our USACE customers’ energy and water projects, mapping and AI tools, and potential commercial applications like coal mine methane capture
• Lead US Ignite projects related to electric, gas, and water utilities across smart base and commercial applications
• Lead project planning and execution, including scope, schedule, budget, stakeholder engagement, subcontractor management, risk management, and reporting
• Serve as product owner over requirements, communication materials, stakeholder engagements, and user acceptance testing/operations plans, in coordination with technical scrum teams, as related to utility projects
• Leverage utility industry expertise to guide the vision/direction for US Ignite’s utility-related products and services
• Onboarding, including cybersecurity training and administrative tasks to obtain access to required systems
• Learning US Ignite’s smart base capability delivery process, the technical architecture and capabilities of the Smart Installation and Community Dashboard, and our previous and planned utility-related projects
• Listening to ongoing design workflows, initially led by the SICD program manager and held with our USACE customer and installation users, to begin designing the next phase of our utility-related applications
• Designing user experience with our new utility-related applications, including development of clear, easy-to-understand wireframes, process flow diagrams, user stories, and technical requirements
• Start managing tasks that contribute to utility project execution, with guidance and feedback from the SICD program manager, to begin contributing and building wins on projects
• Fully own product direction, define requirements, and develop clear, effective communication materials
• Representing the utilities efforts in engagements with our customer and user base
• Leading software development, including task definition, prioritization, and functional review for the technical implementation team in alignment with the SICD program manager and parallel development workstreams

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, construction, or engineering management, or related field
• 2+ years in an agile product or software development-related role
• Experience with ThingWorx and/or Kepware
• Strong communication skills
• Working-level knowledge of related technical domains including control systems, networking, cybersecurity, power systems/metering, edge computing, IoT, software engineering, analytics, and system design/development
• Applicants must have or be able to obtain a DoD Common Access Card (CAC), and be able to access Army networks/systems including Vantage, which requires US citizenship
• 3+ years in a utilities-related field, and 3+ years in a management role
• Experience with EcoStruxure, GE Vernova, and BAS products like Niagara N4 or JCI Metasys
• Prior experience supporting defense/government missions
• Experience with system architecting/design

Benefits

• Remote teleworker, with preference for DC- or Southeast US-based applicants

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