Project Manager - Toronto, Canada - McCain Foods (Canada)

McCain Foods (Canada)

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

1 week ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Position Title:
Project Manager

Position Type:
Temporary - Full-Time

Position Location:
Toronto HQ

Requisition ID: 23858

JOB PURPOSE:

This Project Manager position will oversee the delivery of one or more projects in a wide variety of fields, such as technology deployments, security, business, and technology led projects.

The Global Technology Project Manager is responsible for the initiation, planning, controlling, monitoring, execution of and closing of projects linked to contracted deliveries.

Responsibilities also include building project strategies for assigned projects using agile or the waterfall methodologies.

Through team management, planning, project clarification, and process ownership, the Project Manager will facilitate creativity, help team members work together, remove impediments to progress, facilitate meetings, foster team empowerment and entrepreneurship, and enable the team to complete tasks on time at a high level of quality.

The position requires a good communicator with experience in managing risks, adjusting schedules and tasks to meet committed timelines and can lead projects.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Project Planning and Process Management

Work amongst a team of Project Managers supporting waterfall and agile projects while sharing and driving agile ways of thinking and working
Understand and document a thorough understanding of the business outcomes
Monitor and control assigned programs and project execution on time, budget, and quality
The Project Manager must be able to build relationships with cross functional team members and stakeholders.
Define projects and plans using short development cycles while focused on timely and quality delivery by team
Manages the daytoday work activities of team members, organizing and coordinating the team, and leading project status, daily huddles, and working meetings
Identifies and resolves project issues and mitigates risks, manages deviations from plans, provides progress reports as needed
Champions ongoing process improvement initiatives to implement best practices for agile project management and improve team efficiency and effectiveness
Manage contract objectives and contract budgets
Develop regular reporting on contract milestones, execution and risk
Ensure that vendors are performing in accordance to contractual obligations

Team and Change Management

Ability to build relationships with cross functional team members and stakeholders.
Responsible for stakeholder management, collaboration, and execution approach
Closes any communication gaps with key constituents outside of the team
Leads change management in a fastpaced, agile work environment. Leads team towards swift and clear decision making, pivoting plans and activating the team members simultaneously with new direction
Promotes empowerment of the team, ensures that each team member is fully engaged and making a meaningful contribution. Helps to maintain entrepreneurial culture of team
Assists in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments, removing roadblocks to their work; and mentoring and developing team members

Skills and Competencies

Exceptional leadership skills, with the ability to develop and communicate the program objectives, inspire and motivate staff, and maintain alignment with the business strategy
Strong business acumen, including industry

- and domain-specific knowledge of the organization and its business units. Familiarity with industry digital trends and innovation

Influencing and negotiation experience and skills in an environment with high competition for resources
Excellent analytical, strategic planning and execution skills
Ability to follow the PMO processes, perform administrative tasks and have the skills to take on the role of agile Scrum Master
Ability to develop programs and deliver them with financial and resource constraints
Knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practices and the ability to blend them together in the right proportions to fit a project and business environment
Exceptional organizational skills, including the ability to prioritize and direct team to let go of unnecessary or distracting work
Excellent communication skills and the ability to work well with others as well as manage conflict
Comfortable navigating corporate politics and resolving conflicting priorities
Comfort with quickly changing priorities and a high level of adaptability and flexibility while maintaining the "big picture" view
Effective change manager, attention to detail, problem solving skills, enthusiasm, assertiveness, and ability to be hands on as needed
Able to quickly develop deep understanding of McCain's business from a cultural & operational perspective

Qualifications
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Minimum 10 or more years of experience in IT business/industry with Project Management experience: