Senior Project Manager PDG – Portfolio Delivery Group
- Ottawa, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Challenging, team-oriented work environment
- Competitive compensation and flexible benefits
- Defined benefit pension plan
- Opportunities for growth and development
- Flexible work arrangements
- Diverse and inclusive workforce
- Leading operational, technology, and strategic projects that directly impact NAV CANADA’s corporate objectives
- Leading multidisciplinary teams comprised of technical specialists, functional specialists, business subject-matter experts and external stakeholders
- Leading effective project delivery, risk mitigation, financial management, and resource planning, as well as compliance to policies, processes and standards
- Establishing strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and drive stakeholder engagement to ensure effective project delivery
- Contributing to the procurement and vendor management processes
- Contributing to process improvement initiatives and the development and rollout of project management methodologies, tools, and techniques; provide project management mentorship and training.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Information Technology, Computer Science or Engineering or equivalent, or a combination of equivalent experience and education
- Project management qualification (PMP) or equivalent
- Minimum 5 years’ experience delivering medium to large projects and initiatives, preferably in a matrixed environment
- Experience coordinating and leading multiple, simultaneous project teams across multiple departments
- Experience in facilitation, negotiation and building collaborative relationships across various departments and stakeholders
- Experience in financial management and budgeting, including financial estimating and forecasting
- Experience with managing technology, business, strategic, or operational projects
- Experience in organizational change management
- Experience producing reports on project key performance indicators including project milestones, deliverables, people, financials, schedule, risks, and issues
- Knowledge of Project management industry best practices for the planning and delivery of waterfall and agile projects, including the SAFe Agile framework
- Project management software tools such as MS Project and Clarity
- Estimation and budgeting of OPEX and CAPEX budgets
- Contracting processes, including technical proposals (RFI, RFQ, RFP, etc.)
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple conflicting priorities in a dynamic environment
- Ability to deal with technical and complex projects and initiatives
- Ability to deliver projects successfully within scope, schedule and cost parameters while obtaining targeted business objectives
- Ability to work as a team member and leader and to leverage capabilities of diverse groups of individuals to deliver results
- Ability to apply strong risk management and mitigation skills
- Ability to identify, analyze and communicate process improvements for quality, time, efficiency and cost gains
- Clear, concise, and effective in your communication to explain strategies, planning, procedures, systems and requirements to managers and to specialists across departments
- Effective at building relationships and negotiation with the ability to influence decision making with internal and external stakeholders at all levels
- Acute business acumen and understanding of organizational issues and challenges
- Ability to execute through others
- Proven ability to manage change and high stress situations
- Demonstrated ability to re-prioritize work quickly based on changing demands as well as excellent organization and planning skills
- This position is a hybrid position with a minimum – 3 days per week on site.