Director, PMO and Capital Optimization in Las Vegas, Nevada at NV Energy

NV Energy
Position Title: Director, PMO and Capital Optimization

Job ID: 10005149

Location: Las Vegas, NV, United States
Description:

Job Description

Basic Purpose
The Director, PMO and Capital Optimization is responsible for directing the Project Management Organization (PMO) strategy, financial governance, project controls, and portfolio oversight of the utility’s capital program. Leads enterprise-wide oversight of capital planning, forecasting, reporting, governance, and performance management to ensure capital investments are prioritized appropriately and executed safely, compliantly, on time, and within budget.

Responsibilities

Essential Duties and Responsibilities
•Leads enterprise capital planning and works closely with the planning and forecast team to develop analyses, planning inputs, and decision-support tools that help business teams identify, scope, prioritize, and execute projects in alignment with strategic priorities, capital investment objectives, long-range business plans, and approved budget targets.

•Directs PMO strategy, project definition practices, and governance frameworks that improve portfolio quality, forecast accuracy, execution discipline, and efficiency cross the utility’s capital program.

•Establishes and leads capital governance forums to review project status, financial performance, portfolio risks, dependencies, and alignment with approved investment plans and regulatory commitments.

•Oversees project lifecycle controls, including forecasting, change management, cost management, schedule oversight, issue escalation, and approval processes, to strengthen accountability and portfolio performance.

• Provides executive leadership and business teams with clear, standardized reporting, analysis, and decision-support tools on capital spend, project risks, variances, trends, and overall portfolio performance to support timely, informed decision-making and successful execution.

•Serves as the primary liaison between the Finance/CFO organization and operational leaders on capital program performance, financial governance, portfolio tradeoffs, and reporting expectations.

•Partners cross-functionally to align capital execution with business objectives, compliance requirements, resource constraints, and financial goals.

•Leads resolution and escalation of significant capital program issues affecting scope, schedule, cost, resource availability, or regulatory commitments, and removes barriers to effective execution.

•Directs and develops the team responsible for capital program controls, portfolio reporting, and financial oversight, while building organizational capability, accountability, and consistency in governance and performance reporting.

•Oversees capital program financial performance, including budgets, forecasts, funding assumptions, business case evaluation, and cost and schedule changes.

•Partners with planning and forecast teams to develop actionable analyses and tools that support sound investment decisions, affordability, and execution success.

•Identifies and communicates portfolio risks, variances, trends, and interdependencies, and recommends actions that improve prioritization, predictability, transparency, and delivery performance across the portfolio.

•Ensures PMO processes and project execution practices support applicable safety, regulatory, environmental, financial, and internal control requirements, monitor compliance within the area of responsibility.

•Monitors and enforces all compliance requirements for area of responsibility.

•Ensures all compliance aspects of position are known and followed; understands and complies with all policies, codes, and regulations applicable to position and company.

•Performs related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Essential Education, Skills, and Environment
Education and Work Experience
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school in a related field and 8 years of progressive experience in capital planning, project controls, financial oversight, portfolio management, or related leadership roles, including significant experience in the utility, energy, or other regulated infrastructure industry.

Specialized Knowledge and Skills
Demonstrated knowledge of:
• Capital program governance, project controls, forecasting, cost management, schedule oversight, portfolio performance reporting, and financial analysis.
• Utility and regulatory theory and methodologies.
• Utility operations, capital planning, risk management, and regulatory considerations affecting project execution and capital investment decisions.
• The utilization of accounting, reporting, spreadsheet, portfolio management, and project controls software.

Skills such as:
• Strategic thinking, analytical problem solving, stakeholder management, negotiation, and sound decision making.
• Financial analysis, capital planning, forecasting, planning, organization, and presentation skills.
• Building and leading high-performing teams, driving process improvement, and influencing across internal and external stakeholders.
• Identifying, analyzing, and communicating project, financial, operational, and regulatory issues to support timely decisions.

Equipment and Applications
PCs, word processing, spreadsheets, and database software.

Work Environment and Physical Demands
General office environment. No special physical demands are required.

Note: Immigration Sponsorship
At this time, we're not considering applicants that need any type of immigration sponsorship (additional work authorization or permanent work authorization) now or in the future to work in the United States. This includes, but is NOT LIMITED TO: F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, etc. For more information regarding work visas, please visit www.uscis.gov.

About Us

NV Energy is looking for qualified people to join us in one of the premier energy companies in the West. Located in the fastest growing state in the United States, NV Energy provides electricity to 1.3 million customers throughout Nevada as well as a state tourist population exceeding 40 million annually. Among the many communities we serve are Las Vegas, Reno-Sparks, Henderson, Elko and South Lake Tahoe. We also provide natural gas to more than 155,000 citizens in the Reno-Sparks area.

About the Team

NV Energy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or religious creed, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status (except as required by law), gender (including gender identity and expression), sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, familial or parental status, marital status or any other category protected by applicable local, state or U.S. federal law. Employees must be able to perform the essential functions of the position, with or without an accommodation.

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