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Sr Project Manager - contracthireVouch • Calgary, Alberta, USA
Sr Project Manager - contract
hireVouch • Calgary, Alberta, USA
30+ days ago
Job type
- Temporary
Job description
Senior Project Manager
6 month contract - 4 days in Office downtown Calgary
We are seeking a Senior Project Manager with robust project management capabilities and exceptional client navigation skills. The ideal candidate goes beyond the scope of a traditional Scrum Master, bringing extensive experience managing custom, bespoke application development projects from initiation through to closure.
Responsibilities
- Initiate
- Confirm project scope with the customer and ensure all necessary foundational information has been received.
- Planning
- Establish comprehensive project scope, timelines, schedules, resource requirements, and communication plans.
- Identify and determine required stakeholders.
- Develop proactive risk management plans.
- Executing
- Direct and manage daily work activities required to achieve project milestones.
- Ensure all quality standards are met for every project deliverable.
- Maintain effective communication with all stakeholders for inputs, critical decisions, and status updates.
- Manage project priorities and guide deliverables through formal checkpoint gates.
- Identify, address, and resolve project issues as they arise.
- Ensure all project activities strictly adhere to governing legislation, regulations, and organizational rules.
- Monitoring and Controlling
- Validate ongoing project progress, quality, and resourcing commitments while actively resolving resource conflicts.
- Maintain accurate, complete, and up-to-date documentation regarding project status, schedule, accountabilities, and outcomes.
- Validate and control project scope changes, including schedule modifications.
- Manage and streamline project communications with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Maintain a live risk register to identify, mitigate, and monitor project risks and interdependencies.
- Provide regular progress reports, risk assessments, and updates to the Program Manager/Director of Customer Grid Access.
- Closing
- Successfully close out projects in accordance with established organizational processes.
- Partner with the Program Support Team to identify and implement continuous project management and delivery improvements.
Requirements:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field (an equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered).
- Certification: Project Management Professional (PMP) or PRINCE2 certification is required.
Experience & Technical Skills
- Experience: 8+ years of hands-on project management experience, with a proven track record on custom/bespoke app development projects.
- Methodologies: Solid understanding of project delivery methodologies, specifically Waterfall and Hybrid-Agile.
- Proficient in Azure DevOps Boards (experienced acting as both a Product Manager and Scrum Master within the platform).
- Highly skilled in Microsoft Office Suite to produce and review project deliverables (e.g., Project Charters, change records).
- Demonstrated experience in resource and budget planning across multiple parallel projects.
- Experience writing, reviewing, and finalizing Statements of Work (SOWs).
- Experience creating low-to-medium complexity roadmaps of enhancements for custom-built applications.
- Industry Experience (Asset): Prior experience in a regulated industry is highly preferred, specifically within utilities and electricity transmission development.
- Stakeholder Management: Proven ability to navigate client relationships, earn trust, and influence stakeholders without formal authority.
- Communication: Exceptional communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to collaborate across all levels of the organization to manage workstreams.
- Problem Solving: A practical, innovative, collaborative, and solution-focused approach to handling project issues.
- Execution: High level of initiative; ability to prioritize and manage multiple responsibilities simultaneously.
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