Senior Project Manager, Integration Management Office - Calgary, Canada - WestJet

Description

Overview of role:

As a Senior Project Manager within WestJet's Integration Management Office team, you will lead cross-functional teams to deliver complex projects that span multiple business units in support of the integration program. Experience within the merger and acquisitions space or supporting a large program will be an asset for this role. You will use project management best practices to manage resources, schedules, financials and adhere to stage gate quality and Portfolio/Change Board requirements. This also includes management of issues, risks and project change requests to ensure successful and on-time project delivery. In addition, you work closely with both business and IT stakeholders as well as third parties or vendors to provide business analysis support to identify, document and manage project requirements. You will contribute to process improvement initiatives as it relates to improving project delivery.

You thrive in an environment of actively managing work, informal authority and you are adept at leveraging relationships and influencing stakeholders at all levels in the organization. You are a master problem-solver and can facilitate conflict towards a win-win outcome with little-to-no formal escalation. As the ideal candidate for this role, you have developed exceptional communication skills, and are a gifted facilitator. You are passionate about what you do and meet your commitments producing high quality work with little to no oversight required.

Key deliverables include:

• Define the Project Statement of Work, Scope, Specifications, and Requirements for the project deliverables
• Identify impacted teams and individuals through detailed stakeholder analysis; determine how they are impacted and work with the project team to manage the impacts and communication
• Ensure that projects align with the program and are proceeding to plan according to committed scope, schedule, budget and quality standards through rigorous baseline control
• Participate and/or drive feasibility studies, vendor selections and proposals for evaluation with project team
• Manage issues and risks to mitigate impacts to project
• Effectively collaborate with cross-functional, cross-organization teams to negotiate and integrate project plans, secure commitments on deliverables, and resolve blocking issues
• Identify, track and manage project dependencies to ensure optimal utilization of resources, ongoing risk identification and timely benefits realization on the project level
• Cultivate relationships to provide project leadership and communicate vision and strategy in a highly matrix environment
• Identify stakeholders and manage at varying levels within the organization, tailoring your style and approach to meet their needs, both in-person and remote
• Communicate at various levels, from senior business stakeholders to subject matter experts (business and technology) in designing and developing solutions to meet business needs
• Work with stakeholders to elicit, document and manage the requirements for the project (waterfall or agile methodology)
• Work with the business or cross-functional team to clarify problem statements. Apply methodical problem-solving, critical thinking and root cause analysis to dissect complex issues into logical components. Generate, evaluate, and implement possible solutions and monitor outcomes
• Expertly facilitate cross-functional workshops to support problem-solving and are able to clearly document the current state environment and create appropriate future state representation processes and artifacts
• Organize and present project information in a comprehensive manner that is appropriate for the audience and the situation, including Executive-level reporting
• Mentor, coach and support junior members of the team

Experience and qualifications:

• 10+ years' experience as a Project Manager in an environment with increasing scope and complexity, or 5+ years' experience of delivering transformational technology projects within enterprise environments
• A University degree, masters or advanced degree in IT, Business, or Engineering. An equivalent combination of education, training and experience will be considered
• Proficiency in MS Office product suite, and MS Project
• Experience leading aviation projects considered an asset
• Previous experience leading projects as part of a large complex program and/or within a merger and acquisitions is considered a strong asset
• PMP Certification is preferred but not required
• Familiarity with Agile Project Management Practices preferred but not required
• Familiarity with JIRA and Azure preferred but not required

The benefits of being a WestJetter:

WestJet provides all WestJetters with a competitive total rewards package. On top of that, we offer:

• A fun and friendly culture with colleagues who work together to win
• Travel privileges for you and your family, effective from your start date
• Savings and Benefit programs that are flexible to meet your specific needs