Consulting Project Technical Manager - Utilities Network Management and DERMS

Senior Project Manager, Utilities Network Management and DERMS (Business area: Oracle Utilities Consulting)

Help Utility organisations deliver complex technology programmes that support electricity network operations, with a particular focus on Network Management System (NMS) and Distributed Energy Resource Management System (DERMS) solutions.

Oracle Utilities Consulting is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager with strong utilities industry knowledge and a proven record of delivering NMS and DERMS projects.

You will combine delivery leadership with enough technical understanding to challenge assumptions, recognise dependencies and guide informed decisions. Working with customers, Oracle specialists and delivery partners, you will lead implementation or upgrade projects from planning through to go-live and transition into operational support.

This role requires practical experience of utility systems delivery, including Oracle platforms or equivalent industry solutions.

Key responsibilities

Project and programme delivery

• Lead complex utilities technology projects, managing scope, plans, resources, budgets, risks and dependencies.

• Bring NMS and DERMS delivery experience to project planning, execution and issue resolution.

• Establish clear governance, reporting and accountability across customer, Oracle and partner teams.

• Coordinate functional, technical, integration, infrastructure and testing workstreams.

• Lead readiness planning for testing, deployment, go-live and transition into support.

• Identify delivery challenges early and agree practical recovery actions with the relevant stakeholders.

• Manage dependencies between projects and wider customer programmes.

Customer and stakeholder leadership

• Build trusted relationships with customer sponsors, business leaders and technical teams.

• Translate complex delivery issues into clear choices, recommendations and actions.

• Manage expectations and resolve difficult issues while maintaining constructive working relationships.

• Align stakeholders around project priorities, responsibilities and agreed outcomes.

Technical and industry leadership

• Apply utilities industry knowledge to understand customer requirements and delivery constraints.

• Work with solution architects and product specialists to assess dependencies, implementation approaches and delivery risks.

• Challenge plans and proposed solutions using an informed understanding of network management and DERMS.

• Keep business requirements, solution decisions and delivery commitments aligned.

Team leadership and business development

• Lead multidisciplinary project teams, including Oracle colleagues, customer teams and system integration partners.

• Coach colleagues and strengthen project management and utilities delivery capability.

• Support proposals, requests for proposal, scoping, estimation, delivery planning and customer presentations.

• Share lessons learned to improve future engagements.

Essential experience and skills

• Proven experience managing complex technology projects and programmes within the utilities industry, particularly electricity.

• Experience delivering NMS or equivalent electricity network management solutions.

• Experience with Oracle Utilities NMS or comparable utility platforms.

• Demonstrable DERMS project delivery experience.

• A strong record of leading enterprise software implementations or upgrades across the full delivery lifecycle.

• Technical understanding sufficient to engage credibly with architects, engineers and functional specialists.

• Strong project governance, risk management, resource planning and commercial management skills.

• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and coordinating delivery across organisational boundaries.

• Confidence managing senior customer stakeholders, challenging delivery situations and escalations.

• Clear written and spoken English.

Desirable experience

• Broader knowledge of billing, customer experience and metering applications, including Oracle Utilities CC&B, C2M, Customer Cloud Service or Meter Data Management.

• Experience within a consulting organisation or system integrator.

• Experience supporting bids, estimates and delivery proposals.

• Previous technical or solution delivery responsibilities before moving into project or programme management.

Analyzes business needs to help ensure Oracle’s solution meets the customer’s objectives by combining industry best practices and product knowledge. Effectively applies Oracle’s methodologies and policies while adhering to contractual obligations, thereby minimizing Oracle’s risk and exposure. Exercises judgment and business acumen in selecting methods and techniques for effective project delivery on small to medium engagements. Provides direction and mentoring to project team. Effectively influences decisions at the management level of customer organizations. Ensures deliverables are acceptable and works closely with the customer to understand and manage project expectations. Supports business development efforts by pursuing new opportunities and extensions. Collaborates with the consulting sales team by providing domain credibility. Manages the scope of medium sized projects including the recovery of remedial projects.