Senior Project Manager

Role Overview

• Develops and demonstrates an understanding of stakeholder needs, expectations, and requirements
• Leads a continual planning process by identifying dependencies across teams/services and coordinate delivery to drive a clear execution plan
• Establishes strong relationships with key stakeholders and partners, allowing for problem solving outside of group meetings and calls
• Leads collaborations with customers, product, architecture, Subject Matter Experts, designers, and software/quality engineers to maximize project quality and business value
• Optimizes the delivery flow of teams, actively addressing the most complicated risks and dependencies including where ownership exists outside the team or no clear ownership exists
• Keeps the internal team focused by tailoring the engagement model based on the understanding of the business drivers and constraints
• Recognizes tension points between project delivery and business needs/drivers, thinking outside the box to provide options that lead to 'best fit' resolution
• Develops strong relationships and influences colleagues, stakeholders (internal and external), and partners to align to the business objectives
• Identifies problems or issues in the team dynamic and rectifies them by surfacing issues through agile health-checks with the team and coaching
• Coordinates activities of the project team to ensure project tasks are completed on time and commitments to stakeholders are upheld: schedules and facilitates project-related meetings, and communicates the action plan to the team
• Coaches and leads teams in Agile and Lean practices, continuously reflecting and challenging the team
• Manages cost and budget in complex environments by considering the impact of user needs, negotiating when projected conditions become unfavourable
• Supports other Project Managers by consulting and mentoring as required
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Technology or related discipline from an accredited institution
• Minimum 7 to 10 years of experience in project management required
• Project Management certification is an asset
• Experience working in a technology company environment, preferably Web software, and project delivery using waterfall and agile methodologies
• Demonstrated experience managing multiple simultaneous projects involving cross-functional project teams and business units
• Strong understanding of technologies surrounding web-based applications
• Demonstrated leadership, negotiation, facilitation, and influencing skills
• Proven team-building and facilitation skills in order to engage teams in projects
• Ability to evaluate various options and make project adjustments as required
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Proficient with project management software and PC software applications including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Visio.

Benefits

• Performance-based bonus