Job Summary:
ECI Group is seeking an IT Project Execution Manager - Trading and Supply for a contract role based in Houston, TX. The role involves managing complex enterprise change programs, coordinating technical teams, and ensuring timely delivery of projects while managing risks and stakeholder expectations.
Responsibilities:
โข Agree and deliver programs, projects and workstreams to agreed time, cost, quality, risk and benefit, within Shell's standards and controls framework.
โข Proactively analyze variances against plan and trends threatening agreed scope, time, cost, and quality commitments.
โข Identify where a project may be at risk and take appropriate action.
โข Engage internal and external stakeholders e.g. users/customers/suppliers to benefit from the delivered products, services and changes.
โข Develop and execute appropriate change and engagement plans to achieve necessary behaviour changes and maximize benefits.
โข Align expectations and ensure that stakeholders decisions are a timely and effective.
โข Mobilize and lead teams with a mixture of staff and suppliers across organisational boundaries and the natural team.
โข Ensure they have the necessary skills, capacity and experience to achieve the required outcomes.
โข Develop the skills of team members through coaching, delegation and providing stretching assignments.
โข Understand, assess and embed the right delivery methodologies, considering project and business constraints.
โข Assess program risks and evaluate trade-offs between cost, time, quality, risk and benefit, managing the business cases of your projects and workstreams.
โข Ensure all deliverables are fit for purpose, meet all relevant requirements and are effectively transitioned to support and business-as-usual.
โข Ensure that the business value intended by the work is explicit, agreed and delivered.
Qualifications:
Required:
โข US Citizen or Permanent US Resident
โข experience in running a technically dense, enterprise change program
โข led platform upgrades, major release validation, or large-scale regression/smoke-test programs
โข ability to turn an ambiguous '50/50 estimate' into disciplined execution
โข coordinate deeply technical teams without needing to be the architect
โข manage external/vendor dependencies well
โข handle execution under constrained capacity
โข translate a technical smoke test into executive decisions
โข drive prioritization decisions and alignment with broader upgrade strategy
โข provide concise executive updates with clear risks, decisions required, and next steps
โข demonstrate ETRM experience, preferably Endur
โข demonstrate knowledge of Trading & Supply landscape
โข agree and deliver programs, projects and workstreams to agreed time, cost, quality, risk and benefit
โข proactively analyze variances against plan and trends threatening agreed scope, time, cost, and quality commitments
โข identify where a project may be at risk and take appropriate action
โข engage internal and external stakeholders
โข develop and execute appropriate change and engagement plans
โข align expectations and ensure that stakeholders decisions are timely and effective
โข mobilize and lead teams with a mixture of staff and suppliers
โข ensure team members have the necessary skills, capacity and experience
โข develop the skills of team members through coaching, delegation and providing stretching assignments
โข understand, assess and embed the right delivery methodologies
โข assess program risks and evaluate trade-offs between cost, time, quality, risk and benefit
โข ensure all deliverables are fit for purpose
โข ensure that the business value intended by the work is explicit, agreed and delivered
โข Program and project delivery up to $10m budget & Teams up to 50
โข Agile & waterfall methodology
โข Domain knowledge e.g. Chemicals, Deepwater, Retail, Finance, Legal, HR, Cloud, mobile, SAS, and digital
โข leadership, communication and resilience
โข stakeholder management
โข enabling value creation
Preferred:
โข Business-value mindset
โข critical thinking
โข storytelling
โข Project Assurance & Compliance - Skill
โข Project Planning & Tracking - Skill
โข Project Governance โ Skill
Company:
ECI Group is a multi-disciplined consulting firm. It is a professional services division that provides plant personnel staffing. Founded in 1878, the company is headquartered in Baton Rouge, USA, with a team of 51-200 employees. The company is currently Growth Stage.