Portfolio Manager – Project Execution Team
Company Overview
LG Energy Solution Vertech, Inc. (LGES Vertech) is a full-service energy storage system supplier and integrator. Using our core strengths of expert service to our customers, unparalleled safety, and excellence in manufacturing, we bring standardized, fully integrated energy storage systems to a rapidly growing worldwide market. Our systems address our customers' needs to reduce capital equipment and installation costs while enhancing system level performance and reliability using automated monitoring systems and analytics across the battery, power conditioning and auxiliary systems. Our AEROS® energy operating system is the engine of innovation to provide advanced control functions allowing our customers to maximize the value of their energy storage assets. Our service capabilities include advanced monitoring and analytics, scheduled maintenance, augmentation, and auxiliary system upgrades. The combination of excellence in battery technology and production coupled with nearly two decades of energy storage integration makes LGES Vertech a leading supplier and integrator in the power and energy markets.
LGES Vertech is a highly matrixed, team oriented organization that fosters cross functional collaboration and innovation. The company seeks high caliber candidates with proven experience and with characteristics that embody our corporate commitment to the virtues of humble, hungry and smart in all we do. Our diverse and growing team enjoys competitive salaries, generous benefits, including 100% employer sponsored medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance.
For more information about LGESVT, please visit www.lgensol-vt.com.
Position Overview
The Portfolio Manager will be responsible for managing a group of projects, Lead PMs and support PMs. The goal is to ensure a long-lasting relationship with a customer who has multiple projects with LGVT. The Portfolio Manager also is responsible for mentoring, coaching, recommending promotions, mid-year and end-of year evaluations for their direct reports. This is an opportunity to contribute to the growth in North America and the expansion of the Project Management organization. This position reports to the Director of Project Management.
Primary Responsibilities
- Lead battery storage system projects from initiation through installation, commissioning, and closeout.
- Stakeholder Management:
- Owns executive level relationships
- Drives customer centric culture within the executive team
- Establishes a trust relationship with their counterpart
- Can identify, and fill the gap in customer’s lack of experience
- Can drive the project for the customer when necessary
- Can handle negotiations independently
- Can address customer frustrations with minimal escalations.
- Consolidates a larger view on supplier risk/strategy to work as a team with them. Leads and contributes to strategic supplier reviews and discussions.
- Contract Management:
- Documents and suggests contract changes to better protect VT. Works with legal for contracting framework or process for scoring contracts"
- Leads high-value customer negotiations
- Project Controls (Financial and Schedule)
- Manage financial performance across projects
- Develop department wide initiatives to systematically increase revenue forecast accuracy.
- Owns executive level reporting
- Develops best practice contract methods to achieve financial results.
- Technical Design & Engineering Support:
- Can identify a technical risk, educate the engineering & software team on what our risk appetite is, and guide the technical decision that benefits the project & customer
- Commissioning:
- Strategically collaborates with the Commissioning Manager to continually improve PM/Cx practices based on team experience.
- Risk Management:
- Can see risks happening on other projects, and is proactively planning on how to mitigate them on current project
- Is seeing risk at a strategic or portfolio level
- Mentoring and Coaching
- Has weekly 1:1 with direct reports
- Conduct mid-year and end-year evaluations for direct reports
- Coach direct reports on strategy and provides support on issues
- Escalates, advocates and provides visibility to Director of PM on resource staffing or other critical technical issues
- Process Improvements:
- Active participant in strategically leading continuous improvement for Project Management processes. Identifying gaps and implementing best practices.
Key Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Professional, proactive, adaptable individual with a strong results-oriented work ethic.
- Proven record of achieving successful completion of complex projects.
- Customer facing role with excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
- A strong, collaborative, team player able to thrive within a matrix organization. Comfortable working with international stakeholders.
- Ability to prioritize responsibilities and multi-task in fast-paced environment.
- Embodies LG’s values of Humble, Hungry and Smart.
Education and Experience
- B.S. in Engineering or other technical discipline. Electrical Engineering a plus.
- PMP Certification or demonstrated competency in managing complex projects.
- Number of years of Experience Required: 10+ yrs.
- Project experience with electrical equipment or power/utility/renewables market is a plus.
Travel
- This position requires approximately 30% travel annually.
