Technical Project Manager - Opower - Oracle

Are you a creative technologist who loves a challenge? Do you like to solve complex puzzles and make an impact as a customer-facing Technical Project Manager? If you have a passion for innovation in tech, we want you on our Opower team! Opower brings AI and behavioral science into the utility customer experience and influences customers to act on an enormous scale. More than 175 utilities help customers reduce energy usage with the Opower home energy reports, equity and affordability, behavioral load shaping, proactive alerts, digital self-service (web), and commercial customer solutions. Influence action. Move metrics. Decarbonize. We’re looking for an experienced and self-motivated person. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. Come and join us!

As a Technical Project Manager, you will work with our utility clients and internal teams to deploy our groundbreaking cloud software platform. Your main responsibility is to ensure that Opower deployments are delivered on-time and according to client specifications. You will manage complex software-as-a-service (SaaS) implementations by creating comprehensive project plans, managing delivery timelines, and proactively identifying and communicating risks to stakeholders. You will use your technical acumen to facilitate discussions among cross-functional teams to unblock client implementations.

This is a meaningful role for the Opower team as we expand our custom service offerings to our clients and take on more complex implementations tailored to unique client needs. This is an ideal job for someone who has a passion for working with clients and software products, demonstrates sound business judgment, thrives in problem solving, and approaches projects with curiosity and attention to detail. The successful candidate is a quick learner and self-starter with the ability to make sound decisions, take initiative, and operate effectively within a matrixed organization. Help us engage the millions of people who are in the dark about their energy use.

• Lead complex implementations of Opower energy engagement products, coordinating data integrations, configuration, testing, launch planning, and post-launch stabilization
• Proactively identify project risks, negotiate tradeoffs, and communicate implementation impacts to client and internal stakeholders
• Build strong working relationships with client stakeholders through proactive communication and effective project leadership
• Navigate ambiguity and drive clarity across multiple teams and evolving client requirements
• Understand technical components of a SaaS deployment and communicate requirements to both business and technical client audiences
• Serve as the internal central point of communication around project status, timelines, risks, and mitigation plans