Hybrid Senior Project Manager

at GS1 Canada

• Job title: Senior Project Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: CA$105,000 - CA$120,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Azure, PMP, SDLC
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Toronto, Canada

About the role

• Senior Project Manager leading and overseeing multiple projects to meet organizational goals and deadlines. Managing scope, budgets, risks, and cross-functional team collaboration to ensure success.

Responsibilities

• Managing the collaboration between internal teams and external consultants to ensure timely task completion, promoting accountability, teamwork, and motivation.
• Facilitates decision-making by building consensus, navigating challenges, and overcoming interpersonal obstacles. Leads the implementation of team decisions to avoid decision delays.
• Demonstrates inclusivity and integrity within the project team and across the organization.
• Advocates for the team during difficult situations.
• Applies project planning frameworks to manage programs and contribute to portfolio management.
• Directly leads medium to large projects with nominal or medium complexity, developing medium complexity timelines for project completion, with alternative plans in place if needed.
• Establish and monitor project budgets, ensuring alignment with approved financial targets and timelines.
• Setup and maintain project scope within approved baseline budget, using negotiations and adjustments where necessary.
• Manage the triple constraints (schedule, scope, budget) to achieve consistent, predictable outcomes.
• Develop and maintain a risk registry, assess and mitigate business and technical risks, and work with project sponsors to manage the risk plan.
• Utilize risk management tools to identify, assess, and mitigate risks, adjusting resources and budgets as needed.
• Anticipate risks to project success and develop proactive strategies to minimize impact.
• Collaborate with product management to translate customer needs into project requirements.
• Prepare and deliver presentations to business partners, executives, and stakeholders, ensuring clear communication of project status and urgency.
• Present creative solutions to project challenges while conveying the appropriate level of expertise to executives.
• Facilitate program retrospectives, gather insights, and communicate findings to stakeholders.
• Cultivate a culture that embraces change and innovation, positioning uncertainty as an opportunity for growth.
• Support team members in adapting to change and manage the impact of change initiatives.
• Collaborate with relevant teams to address risks and disruptions caused by changes.
• Plan and implement change management strategies, assess impacts, and adjust plans as necessary.
• Set up and launch Agile projects following Domain-Driven Design principles (e.g., SPADO).
• Adapt to new domains of expertise as required and contribute to technical release scheduling.
• Utilize tools such as Azure DevOps and Jira to track and manage projects.

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in a related field of study (i.e. business, computer science, communications, etc.)
• Membership in PMI and PMP certification actively in progress
• 5-8 years proven track record of experience in a project management role with preference given to those with data management and/or agile delivery experience
• Solid understanding of Project Management and SDLC methodologies

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Retirement plans
• Paid time off
• Professional development