Project Manager
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The Opportunity
PLATO is Canadas only Indigenousled Indigenous staffed software testing services firm. We insist on working with quality people who share our passion for quality testing and have built a team of people who also believe quality is the most important deliverable. Our team of software testing specialists believes that better software leads to a better world.
We are committed to building strong communities PLATO trains and employs members of First Nations Metis and Inuit communities across the country and strives to build a network of 1000 Indigenous software testers across Canada. PLATO has offices on or near Indigenous communities across Canada in Fredericton Sault Ste Marie Ottawa/Gatineau Regina Prince Albert Calgary and Vancouver.
We are seeking a skilled Project Manager to join our dynamic professional services team. The Project Manager will be responsible for overseeing the planning implementation and tracking of IT projects from initiation to closure. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background excellent organizational and leadership skills and a proven track record of delivering complex IT projects on time and within budget. This role requires an individual who can occasionally work onsite with our clients in Saskatoon or Regina depending on project needs. While the frequency may vary (e.g. two days per week or more) candidates must be within a commutable distance to these cities.
What youll do
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage IT projects through the entire project lifecycle ensuring adherence to scope schedule and budget.
- Define project scope goals and deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders.
- Develop detailed project plans schedules and budgets to track progress and report on project status.
- Coordinate resources including team members vendors and consultants to ensure timely completion of projects.
- Manage project risks and issues and implement mitigation strategies as needed.
- Monitor and report on project progress to stakeholders including regular updates and formal presentations.
- Facilitate project meetings and scrum ceremonies as needed to keep project team on track
- Conduct root cause analysis make recommendations for continuous improvement and steer project towards success.
- Foster a collaborative and positive team environment
- Ensure compliance with company policies procedures and quality standards throughout the project lifecycle.
What youll need
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in Information Technology Computer Science Business Administration or related field.
- Proven experience 5 as a Project Manager or similar role managing complex IT projects.
- Strong understanding of project management methodologies (e.g. Agile Waterfall Hybrid).
- Experience working on Project Management tools (e.g. MS Project Jira Trello Asana Monday Basecamp Smartsheet etc.
- Excellent leadership communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a highpressure environment.
- Experience managing budgets resources and project timelines.
- Relevant certifications like PMP CSM etc. is required.
- Strong interpersonal skills including the ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Excellent client facing communication skills both verbal and written.
- Understanding of different leadership styles to lead teams and guide stakeholders.
- Emotional Intelligence to deal with conflicts.
- Highly organized adaptive to change strong inclination to continuous learning.
- Believes in coaching and mentoring team members wherever needed.
Additional Requirements:
- Must be within a commutable distance to Saskatoon or Regina as occasional onsite work with clients is required.
- Flexibility to travel to client sites as needed with the frequency varying based on project requirements.
Were looking for
Core Skills
A little bit about us
PLATO
Who We Are
PLATO is a software testing and technology services company trusted by clients around the world.
In addition to providing our clients the highest quality software testing services PLATO is creating careers in technology for First Nations Inuit and Mtis people from coast to coast to coast through our innovative trainandemploy model. Since 1997 we have been helping organizations all over the world reach their quality objectives by delivering scalable proven qualitycentric managed services. Companies such as Apple Suncor TD Bank Medavie BCLC LinkedIn Boeing and many others have gained considerable advantage from our Quality Assurance (QA) Testing and eLearning expertise and experience.
We deliver specialized QA services to our clients with the goal of helping them increase profitability boost customer satisfaction manage development cycles and implement qualitycentric solutions. We develop innovative approaches and solutions designed to generate increased efficiencies competitive advantage and market share for our clients.
Are you interested
Work With Us
At PLATO we encourage our employees personal career growth. We have plans in place to make sure that each employee is connected with a people manager to help guide them through their professional development offer elearning classes and give our employees the opportunity to pursue software certifications for cuttingedge technologies.
PLATO respectfully acknowledges that our offices are located on treaty territories unceded First Nations and Inuit territories and part of Mtis homelands. We honour their long history of welcoming many Nations to the beautiful Turtle Island and we actively work towards reconciliation between Mtis Inuit and First Nation peoples and nonIndigenous people on this Land.
We contribute to proactive employment practices to promote inclusivity and diversity to those especially marginalized populations such as women persons with disabilities members of visible minorities First Nations Mtis and Inuit peoples and all other groups protected under the Human Rights Code.
We are committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities in accordance with provincial legislation. Please let us know if you require accommodation during any aspect of the recruitment process and we will work with you to address your needs.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
