Job Duties/Accountabilities:
• Oversee the successful delivery of large projects through the complete lifecycle. This will include ensuring that the project is delivered on time, meets business & technical requirements and is within the agreed budget
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with all client stakeholders. Build positive and productive working relationships with our Business and vendor partners
• Understand the high-level technical architecture and being able to facilitate debate and guide decisions on appropriate solutions
• Contribute to the overall portfolio and delivery planning as required
• Ensure that corporate requirements, standards and best practices are followed to deliver each project to clients in a timely manner
• Monitor project process and track progress against milestones, scope and budget. Derive and input monthly cost estimate into appropriate systems
• Work with the Project team to address issues, risks, etc. impacting schedule, budget and milestones. Reporting on these items in to key stakeholders will be required
• Use best practice risk management, assess risks in an informed and considered manner and to plan for the mitigation of these risks
• You will compile, analyze, prepare and distribute data and reports that assist our leaders in the management of the department, resource planning and project status performance
• Follow our project and program methodology
• Prepare business case with IT Planning/PMO involvement on IT Core projects
• Responsible for preparing presentations, managing IT due diligence activities and driving the IT IPC gating process for project investment and approval
Required Competencies
• Post secondary education with a business focus, or equivalent, and/or business/ IT Management Degree
• Minimum of 5 years Project Management experience with a proven track record of successful project planning, execution and control, Industry certifications such as the PMP (Project Management Professional) are an asset
• Strong leadership skills, Self starter and Fully Autonomous
• Strong negotiation skills
• Ability to work in a fluid team environment
• Extensive experience in managing project delivery involving multi-tiered systems integration.
• Strong analytical/conceptual skills
• Ability to gain management support and work effectively at all levels across the organization and across departments within our organization
• Ability to act as the sponsor and customer advocate throughout the project lifecycle
• Ability to handle ambiguity and rapid change
• Problem solving skills
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communications skills
• Sound business acumen
To be successful in this role, you must:
• Have a passion for IT and Project Management with a focus on delivering an exceptional experience to our customers
• Ability to support multiple delivery projects concurrently throughout their development lifecycle
• Enjoy project delivery and use your strong business sense to navigate difficult and challenging situations by providing recommendations to senior leaders on resolutions
• Have excellent written and oral communications skills, being able to provide clear, complete, and concise verbal instructions and written documentation
• Have the ability to deal courteously and effectively with people, to meet deadlines, to analyze and solve problems, as well as to interact and communicate effectively with a wider variety of levels of employees and external customers
• Be organized, highly effective at problem solving and have outstanding influencing and negotiation skills
• Work independently but understand the need to work collaboratively within a team environment
• Demonstrate the ability to be proficient in project management processes and tools including Microsoft Office Suite of programs including, MS Project, database, and presentation software
• Have the ability to translate and communicate complex customer issues and their resolution to senior management client teams and be seen as a thought leader
Preferred competencies:
• Demonstrated experience in delivering and executing on key projects through cross functional teams
• Previous knowledge of the telecommunications industry
• Familiarity with programming languages is highly recommended