Project Manager (12-Month Contract | Part-Time)

Job Summary:

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager to join our team on a 12-month contract basis. This part-time role (20 hours per week) offers a competitive rate of $80 per hour and the opportunity to contribute to high-impact projects in a flexible working arrangement.

Implementation & Training Services helps new and existing customers successfully onboard and launch with D2L products. We prioritize partnering with our customers by adopting a consultative approach.

As a Project Manager you will oversee the planning implementation and tracking of single or multiple client projects from beginning to end including responsibility for project scope costs and deliverables.Being a trusted partner and the clients primary point of contact you will workclosely with Sales Customer Success and other Services departments to ensure that each client is prepared and enabled for their launch. You can expect to be managing multiple projects concurrently at any given time and you will be expected to manage and implement projects from initiation to final operational stage.You will lead empowered matrixed virtual teams to include D2L Client and potentially 3rd party personnel. This is a very project-oriented role and most of the tasks completed in this role would be considered billable. Travel may be required.

The role has responsibilities that traverse a broad spectrum of project business and technical accountability including project managementrequirements facilitation business analysis technical solution design and solution implementation.

How You Will Make an Impact:

• Project management:
  • Oversee the implementation of multiple concurrent small medium and large sized projects for clients
  • Lead the project team in determining client requirements and translating requirements into operational plans
  • Develop and manage project plans obtain appropriate client and D2L approvals; this includes managing project schedules and budgets
  • Identify and assemble the appropriate blend of resources to meet project needs and requirements when needed and manage sub-contractors as
  • Manage project communications including regular status review meetings among project team members and clients and prepares supporting project status reports
  • Use project control procedures to manage changes to the agree plan including timescales scope and budget
  • Identify and assesses risks severity and impacts; determine and implement risk mitigation strategies and agrees them with the client and internal to D2L as appropriate
  • Conduct requirements analysis to assess client technical readiness and establish an implementation and configuration plan for the solution
  • Support client acceptance testing of deployed solutions
  • Use Project Management methodologies as applied at D2L
• External and Internal Stakeholder Management:
  • Promote a win/win attitude with the client
  • Conduct project retrospectives / lessons learned as appropriate
  • Ensure D2L/ client adherence to legally binding requirements
• Internal knowledge and process improvement:
  • Promote knowledge sharing within the company
  • Contribute to internal improvement initiatives as
  • Keep up to date with D2L and partner products and processes
  • Keep up to date with new technology trends to help facilitate client learning solutions
• Participate in other billable and non-billable responsibilities as

What You Will Bring to the Role:

• Minimum 3 years experience in Professional Services project management including delivering client software implementations throughout the end-to-end project lifecycle
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Fluency in a second European language is an asset
• Ability to express ideas and information effectively convey complex concepts in a straightforward manner and adapt communication style to suit different audiences and cultures
• Ability to instill confidence and influence customers decisions in a consultative manner as a trusted advisor
• Outstanding organizational skills in order to manage multiple priorities and establish timeframes and resources that are reasonable and attainable
• Strong analytical and problem-solving to track record of identifying issues gathering relevant information and employing critical thinking to propose effective solutions
• Ability to multitask across simultaneous projects remaining focused and composed even under pressure
• Strong knowledge of the practices procedures and foundation of project management with the ability to handle many small projects or a few medium-sized concurrent projects
• Working with the followingapplications is an asset: Smartsheet MS Project Lucid Chart Confluence
• Competency in the use of the MS Office suite of tools
• Acumen with AI tools
• PMP certification is an asset

Required Experience:

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