Enterprise Program Manager

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UNS Energy Corporation, headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, is a subsidiary of Fortis Inc., the largest investor-owned electric and gas distribution utility in Canada. Our public utility subsidiaries, Tucson Electric Power Company, UNS Electric, Inc. and UNS Gas, Inc., power our economy by providing electric and gas service to nearly 700,000 customers in Arizona.

We embrace a spirit of giving, dedicated to improving quality of life in the communities we have served for generations, and in TEP’s case, since the 1890s. We’re building a cleaner, greener grid, with more wind and solar power than ever before, while maintaining safe, reliable, and affordable service.

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Our culture is rooted in shared core values that define how we work and who we are. Our team of innovative professionals bring their authentic selves to work each day to power our vision and make a difference.

We create opportunities for employees to thrive through:

• Continual growth: In an industry changing faster than ever before, our commitment to professional growth and leadership development means we never stop challenging ourselves to explore new possibilities.
  
• Active Engagement: We support a collaborative environment, with peer-to-peer learning and employee-driven groups that foster an inclusive culture.
  
• Total compensation: UNS Energy Corporation also offers a competitive compensation and benefits package that includes a 401k plan with a generous company match and additional non-discretionary employer contribution for eligible employees, affordable individual and family health insurance plans, tuition assistance, life insurance, long-term disability insurance and much more.
  

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The Enterprise Program Manager is responsible for the successful management, planning and reporting of a program of interrelated initiatives designed to execute on an enterprise-wide strategy. The Program Manager engages collaboratively with business and technical stakeholders to articulate the goals and objectives of the program and to facilitate the development and execution of the initiatives to realize enterprise value. The Program Manager is accountable in a matrix relationship to Program Leadership Teams, and reports to the manager of the Enterprise Program Management Team. The Program Manager works closely with business area Project Managers overseeing and delivering individual projects within a program.

This position plays a key role in ensuring initiatives achieve stated objectives on time and on budget. With limited supervision, the Program Manager collaborates with and supports business area project teams to execute strategic business and technology initiatives. The Program Manager is a trusted advisor, working collaboratively with Senior Management and their staff to implement business strategy.

• Facilitate the use of organizational change management processes into project plans.
  
• Ensure compliance with enterprise governance and change management processes. Convene meetings and plan agendas to ensure key risks and issues are raised, mitigated and resolved.
  
• Participate in the planning of program related initiatives and projects, utilizing established project management methodologies.
  
• Executes the strategy for managing a portfolio of projects across a multi-year period.
  
• Establish service level and project expectations with Senior Management.
  
• Report on program and enterprise progress, track attainment of milestones, resourcing and budget expenditures as needed to stakeholders. Track and report on program KPIs to track progress and quantify results.
  
• Engage closely with key stakeholders in business areas and project management teams to provide transparency and advisory on emerging trends, risks and issues.
  
• Actively promote alignment and compliance with related programs and projects across the enterprise.
  
• Proactively conduct business review meetings for reprioritization of resources as needed.
  
• This position may provide services to affiliates of the Company subject to the UNS Energy Code of Conduct and the related Policies and Procedures.
  

(Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.)

• Prefer minimum of 10 years� experience as a Program Manager or Project Manager planning and executing large scale enterprise transformations.
  
• Bachelor�s degree and extensive working knowledge of the PMI Program Management PMBOK.
  
• Proven track record in driving the execution of program and project management lifecycle activities, such as contract execution, schedules, benefit management, risks and issues tracking and mitigation, dependency management, testing, deployment, and reporting.
  
• Strong business acumen.
  
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, the ability to lead and influence in a collaborative fashion, coach and mentor team members.
  
• Effectively lead change at an enterprise level.
  
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills and the ability to work effectively with all levels of the organization.
  
• Collect, analyze and synthesize information in support of Senior Management and Stakeholders.
  
• Design and manage the implementation of programs that meet organizational goals and objectives.
  
• Support decisions with technical knowledge and economic analysis.
  
• Articulate differing positions in a constructive manner.
  
• Interact with senior executives conveying credibility, confidence and integrity.
  
• Remains calm and productive in stressful situations.
  
• Proficiency with key MS products (Project, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio).