IT Project Manager

Position Description

Kinder Morgan, one of North America's largest energy infrastructure companies, has been in operation since 1997. Over the years, we have understood that not only do our people contribute to our success, but that they should share in that success. We provide all employees with a safe, honest, trustworthy, ethical, respectful, and professional work environment. We believe in building friendly and personal long-term relationships by supporting our employees with ongoing training, continued growth, and internal advancement while cultivating teamwork and diversity with a culture of inclusion from various experiences and backgrounds. Dedicated to providing security to our employees, we offer a comprehensive benefit program that includes medical, dental, vision, disability, life, 401(k), a retirement contribution (pension plan), and more.

Join our team and help shape the present and future of North America's energy infrastructure with a career at Kinder Morgan.

We are seeking a highly motivated and results-driven project manager who will work closely with the AI & BI team and various business functional groups for the development and/or implementation of IT projects and proofs of concepts for new systems and enhancements to existing IT platforms for Business Intelligence (BI), Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML), and reporting, all utilizing the Palantir Foundry platform. The candidate will build relationships with key business users and develop functional and technical documentation utilizing standard industry analysis tools and techniques. The candidate will manage projects utilizing Kinder Morgan’s project management methodology. In this role, the project manager will:

• Manage the successful implementation of fast-paced proof of concepts, IT software development and Analytics/AI projects.
• Coordinate monthly steering committee meetings with key executive stakeholder to report on the project status.
• Work with key stakeholders to drive projects to completion on time and on budget.
• Be responsible for gathering business requirements and coordinating with the IT leads to translating formal functional documentation.
• Facilitate functional and technical requirements gathering sessions and workshops with business and IT stakeholders.
• Document as-is and to-be business processes and business requirements associated with those processes.
• Develop and maintain relationships with stakeholders on the business side, within IT, and with vendors.
• Coordinate with technical leads to analyzing and documenting technical capabilities and requirements for new and existing systems
• Create and / or publish project deliverables associated with the Kinder Morgan project management methodology.
• Develop and maintain project plans in MS Project Online.

Position Requirements

• 5+ years technical project management experience implementing custom development and commercial off-the-shelf software using standard tools and techniques.
• Experience in Agile / Waterfall project management methodologies.
• Excellent verbal communication, written communication, and facilitation skills.
• Highly motivated team player with mature positive attitude and passion to meet multiple challenges and opportunities of the business.
• Ability to create project artifacts such as current-state / future-state process diagrams, business requirements documents, project plans, etc. using Microsoft Office tools.
• Proven ability to collaborate and facilitate with business stakeholders to identify and document complex business processes and requirements.
• Demonstrated technical aptitude to learn new concepts and technologies quickly with minimal direction. Must be able to understand technical architecture of systems being implemented.
• Proven ability to collaborate with IT stakeholders to document high-level technical design of systems and solutions.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft software development languages and tools.
• Proven ability to communicate with all levels of management.
• Bachelor's degree is required, in a technology or communications-related field desired.

Preferred Education, Experience, Certifications, Competencies, Skills, and Abilities:

• Certification in project management (e.g. PMI PMP, ScrumMaster, etc.).

Kinder Morgan Offers:

• Competitive Wages
• Hybrid work schedule
• 401(k) Savings Plan
• Retirement Plan
• Comprehensive Medical/Rx and Dental Plans
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Bonus Program
• Paid Bus Pass or Parking

*Position may be filled at various levels depending on the job skills and experience of the successful candidate.

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