Project Manager - Toronto, Canada - Jolera Inc.

Jolera Inc.

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

A Jolera
Project Manager acts as an ambassador on the behalf of Jolera, ensuring customer satisfaction through the effective, profitable, and consistent delivery of projects.

Duties for this position include the following:

What You'll Do

Translate scope requirements to a fullscale project plan with associated project documents.
Direct and manage project delivery through entire project lifecycle including accurate and timely execution of project scope.
Ensure the timeliness and quality of project deliverables in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
Proactively manage scope, schedule, and budget including all milestones and deliverables.
Proactively identify and manage issues and risk, with appropriate escalation as required.
Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.
Determine and assess need for additional project resources during project lifecycle. May be involved in recruitment of these resources.
Delegate tasks and responsibilities to appropriate personnel.
Identify and continually manage stakeholder expectations.
Develop and deliver progress reports, requirements documentation, and presentations.
Effectively communicate with team members and stakeholders in a clear and timely manner.
Ensure internal systems are kept up to date including project status and resource hours are consistently logged to the project.
Forecasting probability of meeting milestone dates.
Where required, negotiate with other department managers for the acquisition of required personnel.
Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.
Coach, mentor, and motivate project team members, influencing them to take accountability for their assigned work.
Build, develop, and grow business relationships vital to the success of the project.
Additional responsibilities as assigned by manager

Who You Are

University degree, college diploma or demonstrable experience in the field of Information Technology.
Minimum 5 years of direct experience in managing infrastructure projects including scope, schedule, and budget through entire project lifecycle
Current project management certification: Project Management Professional (PMP) or Projects in Controlled Environments (PRINCE2).
Minimum intermediate level knowledge using MS Office tools including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and some form of a project management tool such as MS Project.
Experience in distributed deployment projects including hardware and software implementations across multiple buildings, regions, and time zones.
Experience working in a collaborative environment, preferably for an IT consulting firm.
Competent and proficient understanding of virtualization and networking technologies.
Strong ability to translate scope described in a Statement of Work to prioritized project activities including required skillsets to complete this scope.
Adept at conducting research into projectrelated issues and products.
Strong understanding of the strategic elements of managing projects, always working with an appropriate sense of urgency.
Experience managing priorities across multiple projects at the same time.
Ability to communicate effectively with team members and clients located globally, with varying communication styles from a broad spectrum of disciplines.
Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources at varying levels internally and within client's environment.
Ability to bring projects to a successful completion, understanding its political sensitivities.
Can conform to shifting priorities, demands and timelines.
Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a highpressure environment is crucial.
Flexible during times of change.
Highly organized.
Ability to defuse tension as required.
Strong written and oral communication skills.
Sound decision making and negotiation skills.
Persuasive, encouraging, and motivating.

Work Conditions

Position requires the incumbent to work remotely, requiring an environment that will allow for project and client meetings at varying times of the workday.
Overtime may be required to meet project deadlines.
Physically able to participate in training sessions, presentations, and meetings in person and online.
Some travel may be required to meet with clients, stakeholders, or offsite personnel/ management.
Work remotely