Role: Project Manager
Start date: 17 Jun 2024
End date: 17 Dec 2024
Duration: 924 billable hours
Location of Work (Address or City, Province): downtown Halifax
Remote Work be considered? No, hybrid with 2 days on-site in Halifax
Description
Our client is seeking a Project Manager to work on a major transformation project.
Responsibilities
- Contributes to definition of the overall project management processes, standards, and rules of engagement for all Pillars and ensuring compliance with same.
- Ensure project activities are executed according to the approved plans.
- Ensure that project scope and timeline are within the approved guidelines.
- Ensure all required management deliverables are produced (e.g., program plan, work plan, management reviews, requests for changes and outstanding issues) and seek approval when necessary.
- Manage project issues and risks and escalate as necessary.
- Ensure deliverables are produced, approved, and accepted in accordance with organizational standards.
- Communicate with and support the Pillars in applying defined project management processes and a project delivery framework.
- Support, guide, coach and assist team members as required.
- Advocates for the project.
Knowledge and Experience
- Minimum of five (5) years’ experience managing complex projects/programs.
- Architecting complex project structures: developing project strategies, establishing governance, program planning, scheduling, and critical path management.
- Project delivery methodologies: experience adapting project delivery methodologies to “rightsized” delivery approach with the scope, scale, and complexity of the project.
- Experience in managing large projects (preferably ERP solutions) in complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
Desirable knowledge and Experience
- PMP certification is an asset.
- Adoption of various cloud-based solutions (e.g., SAAS, PAAS).
- SAP project implementation: experience leading and implementing business solutions utilizing SAP.