Project Manager Junior to Intermediate
Job Summary
Project Manager - Junior to Intermediate
Location: Regina SK or Saskatoon SK
Project Delivery Support
Perform tactical project management activities.
Coordinate project tasks activities and dependencies.
Track and follow up on action items risks issues and decisions.
Facilitate communication among project team members and stakeholders.
Support project planning and reporting activities.
Maintain project documentation and ensure teams remain organized and focused on established priorities.
PMO and Governance Support
Support project governance processes for a large-scale initiative.
Assist with status reporting governance meetings dashboards and project controls.
Ensure compliance with organization project management standards methodologies and reporting requirements.
Support the PMO in maintaining project artifacts schedules and decision records.
Reporting and Accountability
All Project Manager resources will functionally report to the Director Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO) and will be responsible for adhering to organization project management standards governance processes and delivery methodologies.
Project Manager resources will also be accountable to the designated Program Director or the successful delivery of assigned programs and projects.
These role(s) will be required primarily on-site at organizations Head office in Regina for the duration of the engagement with consideration of occasional offsite work.
Key Responsibilities for the Junior to Intermediate Project Manager(s) may include:
Perform day-to-day project management and coordination activities in support of project objectives schedules and deliverables.
Coordinate project tasks activities work packages and interdependencies across multiple teams stakeholders and vendors to ensure work progresses as planned.
Develop maintain and monitor project schedules work plans action logs decision logs risk registers issue logs and dependency trackers.
Track monitor and follow up on action items risks issues assumptions decisions and deliverables ensuring timely resolution and escalation where appropriate.
Support project governance processes including preparation of status reports dashboards meeting materials presentations and briefing documents.
Facilitate project meetings workshops and working sessions; document meeting outcomes decisions action items and follow-up activities.
Liaise with project team members business stakeholders vendors and leadership to support effective communication information sharing and alignment of project priorities.
Assist in the development maintenance and monitoring of project plans schedules resource plans budgets and project forecasts.
Support project reporting activities by gathering validating and consolidating project information for delivery to project leadership steering committees and governance bodies.
Monitor project progress against approved scope schedule budget and milestones identifying variances and supporting corrective action planning.
Ensure project documentation is current complete and maintained in accordance with organization project management standards methodologies governance requirements and record management practices.
Contribute to quality assurance activities including tracking deliverables and ensuring adherence to approved project management practices and standards.
Support stakeholder engagement activities by coordinating communications scheduling meetings preparing materials and following up on commitments and decisions.
Maintain a strong understanding of project priorities deadlines dependencies and critical path activities to help keep teams organized focused and aligned on delivery objectives.
Provide PMO and governance support for large-scale initiatives including maintenance of governance artifacts reporting processes project controls and executive reporting requirements.
Identify opportunities to improve project delivery processes coordination practices reporting and organizational effectiveness.
Requirements and Qualifications:
Three (3) to seven (7) years of proven IT project management experience in a project management related role.
Project management education and/or certifications (PMP)
Three (3) to seven (7) years of proven vendor management experience.
Proven experience working in a PMO environment.
Proven experience working in cross functional project teams
Experience working on a agile or hybrid project.
Proficiency with project management software.
Excellent written skills and employs a disciplined approach to managing project records.
Demonstrated interpersonal management and communication skills at all levels of the organization.
Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills.
Proven project and resource planning capabilities
Proven ability to analyze complex problems and find innovative solutions.
Experience managing the implementation of SaaS cloud solutions would be an asset.
Required Skills:
Java