Bilingual Senior Project Manager

 

Description:

DESCRIPTION:

 

- Determine and define project scope and objectives

- Predict resources needed to reach objectives and manage resources in an effective and efficient manner

- Prepare budget based on scope of work and resource requirements

- Track project costs using Planview

- Develop and manage a detailed project schedule and work plan

- Provide project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about strategy, adjustments, and progress

- Manage contracts with vendors and suppliers by assigning tasks and communicating expected deliverables

- Utilize industry best practices, techniques, and standards throughout entire project execution

- Monitor progress and make adjustments as needed

- Measure project performance to identify areas for improvement

- Manage the overall relationship to ensure the success of the program (projects and products).

- Communicate and lead others in planning, organizing, and coordinating work to ensure successful execution and contract commitments

- Drive alignment and forward progress across multiple projects and customers, keeping all key stakeholders informed

- Create executive summaries and customer-facing summaries

- Source resources, manage and optimize delivery capacity

- Work with the finance team to oversee the financial aspects of projects.

- Issue / Risk Management: Anticipates and identifies

- Risks and Issues that may impact implementation and develops and implements mitigation and corrective actions.

- Ensures projects remains focused on key objectives and goals.

- Develop and manage expectations ensuring all applicable functional areas

- Ensure proper change management procedures are followed to ensure scope is managed and additional work is captured

 

REQUIREMENTS:

 

- Computer Science, Computer Engineering Degree or equivalent experience

- Fluently bilingual in French and English - mandatory

- 7-10+ years as a Senior Project Manager, Enterprise Application Development projects

- Manage 8+ project resources

- Strong Planview experience – budget, project costs

- Experience in AS/400 applications, IBM iSeries – an asset

- Experience with supply chain, distribution domain – an asset

- PMP or other project management certification – an asset