Project Manager - Edmonton, Canada - Vantix Systems Inc

Vantix Systems Inc

Verified Company

Edmonton, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Description

Our Client is seeking a Project Manager to work with the technical team leads, business teams and technical teams, business areas and internal/external stakeholders to facilitate, gather, document, and get business approval of requirements.

The Project Manager also will work with technical resources on the design of function software requirements that meet the client's business needs and goals.

The Project Manager will be accountable for the success of an initiative, often coordinating efforts across departments and managing cross-functional teams.

Work from home and in the office as required.

Skills

MS Project, Cherwell, Agile, Enterprise Architecture

Type

Contract

Experience Required/Mandatory Skills

Innovative leader with the ability to adapt and respond creatively in a fast changing environment and learn from unsuccessful initiatives.
Influencer with the ability to achieve a positive impact on decisions and actions.
Assertive in identifying and seeking out the correct stakeholders in requirements gathering.
Diplomat with the ability to demonstrate an effective understanding of key stakeholder structure and processes and political sensitivity in dealing with them.
Exceptional manager with the demonstrated ability to foster and support a collaborative internal working culture in a stressful service environment; has an open communication style and encourages goal achievement, coaches and monitors performance.
Builds and sustains effective working relationships between staff, board, stakeholders, and vendors
Experience with projects managed using different methodologies including Agile Methodology, Scrum Framework, Waterfall or Unified Process
Deals with conflict positively and supports others to resolve differences.
Experience managing multiple, concurrent projects
Excellent meeting, workshop, and conference facilitation skills, with proven knowledge of how to foster attendee participate and collaboration in small and large groups.
Strategic thinker with the ability to effectively link deployment operational initiatives to strategic priorities.
Analytical problem solver with the ability to resolve complex issues and develop realistic solutions.
Decision maker with the ability to make quick decisions in a complex environment involving significant risk.
Ensures priorities are strategically based.
Collaborates with stakeholders to document project scope, deliverables, goals, risks, blockers, success measures, and estimated resources needed.
Ensures that projects remain inscope and meet budgetary, scheduling, and quality requirements.
Creates, manages, and distributes project communications artifacts like charters, schedules, and budgets.
Provides project status updates at predetermined time intervals to all stakeholders.

Nice To Have Skills

Project Management Certifications (PMP)
ITIL experience
Working knowledge of Microsoft Project and MS Project Online
Experience working in Software Development environment or projects.
Experience with Agile software development process
Experience working in a project/technical management role.
Experience with projects spanning multiple technical environments.
Experience working within an Enterprise Architecture environment.
Experience with secure exchange of electronic documents between stakeholders
Experience working with Cherwell ticketing system.
Excellent project management skills including prioritization, scheduling, and documentation.
Ability to build strong relationships and communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
Strong grasp of current communication, project tracking, budget management technologies.
Excellent meeting, workshop, and conference facilitation skills, with proven knowledge of how to foster attendee participate and collaboration in small and large groups.
Knowledge and experience of with different project management frameworks, including waterfall and agile.
Solid technical understanding and ability to define and refine requirements through a project lifecycle.