Hybrid Senior IT Project Manager

at Saputo Inc.

• Job title: Senior IT Project Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: CA$104,265 - CA$136,850 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: PMP
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Saint Laurent, Canada

About the role

• Senior Project Manager at Saputo responsible for complex project delivery and team leadership. Overseeing IT implementations and managing diverse project teams across global divisions.

Responsibilities

• Determine the project approach, work breakdown structure, staffing, deliverables, and schedule and is responsible for creating the project work plan and maintaining control of the project scope, estimates, schedule, costs, and external dependencies.
• Provide the Saputo IT Leadership Team with weekly progress reports including risks, issues, decisions as well as recommendations for adjustments as necessary.
• Ensure the timely communication of relevant project information to all affected team members, including changes to the plans, team structure, commitments, and project dependencies.
• Have strong leadership skills and provides guidance and support to optimize the performance of a diverse team, leads through influence indirect reports, and ensures that the project team follows all quality assurance processes, including periodic reviews and transitions.
• Manage internal and external relationships and coordinates work between different teams globally.
• Work effectively in a multi-site delivery model.
• Manage third party relationships and monitors their progress and adherence to the contract.
• Demonstrate comprehensive expertise in project management methodologies, successfully leading both Waterfall and Agile Product deliveries.
• Rapidly assimilate new technologies and business requirements, delivering complex projects across diverse applications and platforms.
• Coach and support other IT resources assuming Project Lead roles, contribute to the development of PMO Processes, Tools and Methodology.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Information Systems, Engineering, Business Administration, or equivalent work experience
• Project Management certification or successful completion of a recognized project management curriculum (i.e. PMP, Prince II)
• SCRUM Master certification or successful completion of projects in hybrid or agile environments.
• Preferably a minimum of 8 years of total IT project delivery experience, of which 3-5 years include managing full delivery lifecycle as well as managing a diverse team
• Must have experience delivering SAP projects
• Experience delivering large projects or complex application delivery
• Experience managing a global Deployment is an asset
• Ability to multitask and manage competing priorities under pressure
• Ability to work independently and as part of a delivery team
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to motivate in a team-oriented, collaborative environment; ability to provide updates to Director and VP levels; adept at building relationships with internal teams and external partners
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to coordinate 20+ shared resources and collaborate at all levels.
• Strong people management skills including delegation, motivation, coaching, and conflict management capabilities.
• Ability to operate in complex, fast-paced project environment with interdependencies spanning multiple work-streams, teams, business divisions, geographies, time zones, & languages.
• Experience managing packaged software and SaaS implementation methodologies.
• Cross functional exposure, including Manufacturing, Supply Chain and HR/Payroll an asset.
• Expert-level proficiency in MS Office (i.e. Word, PowerPoint, MS Project Professional and Excel) and SharePoint.
• French/English bilingual competency is an asset
• Product management knowledge or working experience is an asset.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• A hybrid work environment with the possibility to work from home 2 days a week
• Advantageous corporate agreements
• Full range of group insurance benefits
• Group retirement pension plan with employer contribution
• Purchase option of company stocks
• Group RRSP
• Health and wellness program in the workplace
• Assistance program for employees and their families
• Saputo products at a discounted price