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Insight Global Sr. Project Manager in Calgary, Alberta

Job Description

As a Senior Project Manager within the Financial Project Management Office (Finance PMO) team, your role centers on collaborative engagement with the business to drive the successful delivery of projects with measurable outcomes. Leading intricate projects incorporating technology components and business process enhancements, you will exercise project leadership to support strategic initiatives spanning various business areas and operations teams.

Your responsibilities extend beyond the conventional project management metrics of being on time, on budget, and on schedule. You are accountable for aligning projects with the desired business outcomes, ensuring they contribute meaningfully to organizational goals. This involves working closely with the business to define project outcomes, overseeing timely project completion, and implementing robust measurement mechanisms to gauge results.

Thriving in an environment of informal authority, you excel in leveraging relationships and influencing stakeholders across all organizational levels. Your adept problem-solving skills enable you to navigate conflicts, steering them toward mutually beneficial resolutions without formal escalation. Your focus is on fostering collaboration and synergy to achieve the technical success of projects and their tangible impact on the overarching business objectives.

For this role you will be the only PM helping standup a very important data heavy position. You will be working with the retail team to help develop and create automated reporting on multiple different data sets. The project has not yet begun so you will be taking the project from the very beginning through the finish line. Starting with figuring out which data sets are important and what are the best KPI's to build reports on and delivering the project to the point where it is automated through Power BI. The individual will have to understand data warehousing as well as SAP S4HANA and People Soft.

What you will do:

  • Facilitate definition of project scope, deliverables, and benefits in collaboration with Business Owners, Project Sponsor(s), Portfolio Manager(s), and Steering Committee members.

  • Working with the project team and business owner, appropriately select an implementation methodology (agile, waterfall, hybrid) based on the scope of work, timeline, and budget.

  • Estimate resources and budget required, adhering to strict financial and resource management practices during the project lifecycle.

  • Plan and deliver complex projects to meet scope, budget, time, and business satisfaction while following the PMO methodology.

  • Actively engage with business areas to ensure access to knowledgeable personnel and execution of project planning and organizational governance.

  • Identify stakeholders and manageat varying levels within the organization,tailoringyour styleand approachto meet their needs.

  • Effectively collaborate with cross-functional, cross-organization teams to negotiate and integrate project plans, secure commitments on deliverables, and resolve blocking issues.

  • Identify, track, and manage project interdependencies to ensure optimal utilization of resources, ongoing risk identification and timely benefits realization on the project level.

  • Ensure the project establishes and delivers on commitment and benefits and establishes metrics to identify areas of risk and allow planning for mitigation proactively.

  • Diligently monitor and control project scope, budget & schedule throughout the project lifecycle, identifying potential issues and mitigation plans.

  • Develop and deliver status reports and Steering Committee presentations on a timely basis.

  • Conduct project postmortems and create recommendations in the final Project Close report leveraging successful and unsuccessful project lessons learned.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment regardless of their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com .

   

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Skills and Requirements

  • Experience working on data heavy projects

  • Experience working with SAP S4 and People Soft

  • 10+ years of direct Project Management experience in increasing complexity and challenging projects.

  • Demonstrated experience in business transformation, emphasizing streamlining processes and a proactive embrace of automation-first strategies.

  • Skillful in succinctly conveying essential information to the right audience with professionalism and clarity for informed decision-making.

  • Excellent analytical skills, including the ability to proactively identify problems, gather information and set and monitor a course of action.

  • Diverse and creative solution orientation focusing on technical and process solutions for the financial business area.

  • Strong leadership, diplomatic and motivational skills, including leading up, across and down.

  • Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.

  • Self-motivated & decisive with the ability to adapt to change and competing priorities.

  • Competent and proficient understanding of various technology platforms, including ERPs like SAP and PeopleSoft.

  • Proven strength in the application and interpretation of Project Management methodologies.

  • Must be able and willing to learn, understand, and apply new technologies.

  • Industry-recognized certification in Project Management.

  • Bachelor's degree from a recognized post-secondary institution. null

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion,sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military oruniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, andordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to HR@insightglobal.com.

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