Senior Business Project Manager

Airswift is seeking a Business Project Manager to work with one of our clients in the oil and gas industry in North York or Markham, ON on a 12-month contract.

This search is for a proven business project manager (i.e not for an IT or System / Software professional) that will be working within the Asset Management Governance team and who will be managing multiple business projects and initiatives in areas pertaining to Capital / Investment Management, Risk Management, Regulatory, and Asset Management Programs.

The candidate will also be working on process improvement initiatives.

• With a strong focus on consultation and results, manage and deliver projects using formal project management methods and approaches that best suit the situation.
• Responsible for all project management aspects from initiation to completion, ensuring change adoption. Projects are typically cross-functional and often require forming and leading cross-departmental teams
• Provide status reports and make presentations on critical projects for all levels of management
• Provide direction and insights on different approaches to deliver initiatives through participation in a team environment and by employing change management practices
• Devise and manage project plans that identify key deliverables, activities, and resources required to reach desired outcomes
• Review and update documentation after multiple stakeholder reviews, being able to carefully track changes, identify needed edits, and pass through several approval steps.
• Focus on longer-term or multi-year plans and determining the steps and progress needed annually to reach long-term goals
• Take an active role in the development and implementation of project deliverables
• Improve upon existing processes by identifying gaps and orchestrating efficiencies, ensuring that process users understand, adopt, and sustain the process changes

MUST HAVE Qualifications :

• Undergraduate degree in business administration, engineering or a related technical discipline or equivalent experience
• Professional designation in engineering, accounting and / or project management considered an asset (P. Eng, CGA, CMA or PMP)
• 7-10 years of related business and project management experience
• Strong focus on execution
• Demonstrated experience in project management and or process improvements, including leading project teams with more than 10 dedicated project team members
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills including building consensus, negotiation and facilitation
• Ability to establish good client and project / executive sponsor relationships
• Excellent communication, problem resolution, presentation, and analytical skills
• Ability to deal with changing priorities and ambiguous or complex assignments
• Change Management experience : proficient in ADKAR methodology
• Strong business acumen

NICE TO HAVE Qualifications :

• Experience in the field of Asset Management
• Experience in the Energy sector or Utility company
• Proven track record of leading the preparation of detailed business cases
• Experience with CopplerLeaf asset management system application or equivalent investment decision analytic systems
• Experience with sprints, scrums, and other evolving project management techniques scaled to business projects

WORKING CONDITIONS :

Travel (by car) is very occasionally required to meet with employees in different Ontario office locations within 200 miles from Toronto to conduct workshops or large project meetings.