Associate Project Manager - Remote, Canada - Uncommon Purpose

Description

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Associate Project Manager, you will play a key role in project management across our Business Technology team, and the wider Shared Services group. You will assist with the organization and coordination of all stages of a Project with a focus on software development projects that require knowledge/understanding of technical requirements and architecture to successfully manage the project end to end.


What is Uncommon Purpose
We're more than a tech company, more than an incubator and more than a ventures firm. Uncommon Purpose generates ideas that can be turned into dynamic business solutions. We do this by focusing on the potential of our people.


Skills
We come from a variety of backgrounds, and we are eager to find people that are from non-traditional backgrounds.

Typically, we find that people are successful in this role when they have:


Required:

• Bachelor's degree (Business or Computer Science preferred)
• Ability to quickly process and articulate a business need
• Ability to think critically and analytically
• Ability to multitask in a fastpaced environment
• Passion for learning and selfmotivated
• Excellent oral and written communication as well as sufficient presentation skills with the ability to conduct presentations comfortably to large groups
• Strong relationship building and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with Client or Account management

Preferred:

• Demonstrable knowledge of project management principles, tools and techniques
• Familiarity with standard project management methodologies (waterfall, agile, scrum)
• Experience with software development lifecycle and customer information systems/CRM
• Handson experience with CRM software products and JIRA would be a strong asset

What You Will Be Doing

• Assists in effective staff management related to Project, including training and development, process management, and the promotion of an inclusive and innovative work environment.
• Creates and contributes to ongoing maintenance of documentation & planning materials.
• Creates and contributes to requirements documentation logging business requirements from the project or work item and managing them through to execution.
• Produces diagrams to document the current business flow and how that will change once the solution is implemented.
• Creates and contributes to solution documentation for business review.

Contributes to ensuring expectations are met and exceeded in terms of quality of product and service delivered.

• Communicates, facilitates and participates in meetings between business and technical teams to accurately capture business needs.
• Supports in identifying schedule uncertainties and project/work item risks.
• Assists with Coordination of internal stakeholders, project team to ensure timely delivery of work item/project/program deliverables.
• Constantly monitor and report on the progress of projects/work items to Project Manager and/or Stakeholders.
• Supports & helps troubleshoot delivered work during build and postdeployment.
• Facilitates training to clients/staff.
• Could lead a project as the designated project manager.

If you're interested, so are we Send your resume our way, and we'll reach out to you if we are interested in moving forward.

Uncommon Purpose is an equal opportunity employer and love diversity at our company We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.

Please note, employment is contingent on successful completion of background and reference checks.