Project Manager overseeing budgets, schedules, staff, and contractors for Wood’s global mining and metals engineering projects. Hybrid role based in Saskatoon.
About the role
- Senior Project Manager overseeing client-facing and internal initiatives. Collaborates with stakeholders to develop plans and execute projects in a technology-driven context.
Responsibilities
- 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
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