Project Manager (HYBRID)

Plan, execute, and finalize projects according to strict deadlines and within budget. This includes acquiring resources and coordinating the efforts of team members and third-party contractors or consultants in order to deliver projects according to plan.

Major Responsibilities:

Manage project activities throughout the project lifecycle by:

• Defining project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
• Developing full-scale project plans, project charters and associated communication documents to report project progress, providing frequent verbal and written progress reports on the status of projects providing action plans or recommendations on project deployment to project sponsors.
• Estimating the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.
• Proactively managing changes in project scope as well as risk and issue management, identifying potential crises and devising contingency plans.
• Developing, maintaining and monitoring project budgets to ensure that there are no costs or resource over runs, as well as, tracking project milestones and deliverables ensuring project requirements are achieved in a timely fashion and within budgetary guidelines.

Establish, develop and maintain relationships with internal clients

• Cultivate relationships with operational staff, consultants and management
• Ensure awareness of risks and issues that impact current and future projects
• Manage expectations, resolve conflict and elicit support and cooperation

Coordinate the activities of consultants and vendors regarding their project commitments by

• learly articulating their roles and responsibilities
• monitoring their performance on a regular basis
• notifying management in the event that corrective action is required.

Ensure quality of work is achieved within projects through ongoing review and evaluation of project plans, project deliverables, work processes and performance reporting.

Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned or required

Job Requirements:

Education:

• Typically, completion of post -secondary education in Business Administration or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience

Experience

• 3 to 5 years of directly related experience managing projects in various industries and environments

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