Hello Folks,
Job Title: Technical Project Manager
Location: Calgary, AB, Canada
Job Description:
BSS Senior Technical Project Manager (IC)
Accountabilities:
- Work in conjunction with Business, IT and Engineering Project Managers and other resources across multiple business units and functional departments to develop and deploy state of the art technology solutions to address business strategies and new product and service offerings
- Build, manage and maintain a team of cross functional domain experts and vendor partners to support project delivery
- Define the project vision and project success criteria to guide and motivate all project stakeholders
- Ensure the project has well defined, accurate, up to date and visible work plans, measurable major milestones, risk registers with mitigation plans, and other key project artifacts
- Ensure quality is incorporated into all project and product deliverables, including the final solution
- Clearly articulate and manage any changes using the Change Management processes during the project to Program Management, Executive Sponsors, and Operating and Steering Committees
- Manage the project budget and provide accurate forecasting with timely identification of variances, utilize financial change management processes to obtain funding overall and against variances
- Perform quality progress reporting for the project to all levels of project stakeholders – team, Program, Executive Sponsors, Operating and Steering Committees
- Conduct Lessons Learned continuously through the project and incorporate learnings to improve delivery effectiveness
- Create and execute project communication plans to ensure all stakeholders and project resources are aligned to program and project level goals and objectives
- Ensure projects employ project management best practices, tools and disciplines, in alignment with Rogers Project Delivery Framework and governance, risk and compliance requirements
- Proactively, identify, address, and resolve issues/problems as or before they occur
- Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members, contractors and vendor partners, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work company. Following Top of Form
Required Skills, Experience and Qualifications:
- Proven experience (7+ years) as a Technical Project Manager, specifically in application and platform upgrades (i.e. OS , product , and application upgrades / modernization)
- A university degree in Business, Computer Science or Engineering or the equivalent experience demonstrated by progressive responsibilities
- Strong Project Management skills in leading all aspects of project delivery across the project lifecycle
- Able to effectively manage concurrent multiple projects of medium size and complexity
- Experience implementing solutions in complex technology ecosystem environments requiring complex and multiple integration points
- Proven experience managing vendor partners, third party solution implementations and contractor resourcing
- Able to adapt project management and other methodology best practices to effectively deliver on time constrained projects
- Proven ability to motivate and maintain project momentum in a dynamic environment
- Demonstrates strong team skills, especially working in cross-functional teams
- Demonstrates solid critical thinking and problem solving skills
- Demonstrates expert ability to identify issues and make difficult decisions (escalating where required)
- Demonstrates strong ability to develop strategic ongoing customer relationships - gaining trust and respect
- Proven ability to effectively manage multiple interests and agendas (Vendors, Business, IT, Engineering, etc.)
- Demonstrates expert abilities in risk and issue management (includes identification, mitigation and resolution)
- Proven communication (reading, writing, listening, speaking, and presentation and facilitation) skills
- Proven ability to work within a team environment utilizing leadership, strong negotiation, conflict management, and delegation skills
- Proven ability to adapt to a variety of situations
- A positive, “can do” attitude and customer focused approach that will enable you to deal with challenging situations with integrity, empathy and sincerity
- Technology, software development, digital and/or telecommunications experience an asset
- PMP and other certifications from Project Management Institute (PMI) are an asset