Responsibilities and Deliverables:

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Provide Management, Leadership and Consultations related to identifying and analysing the program strategy, supporting policy, organization and business processes
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Provide Leadership, Facilitation and Consultation on the design of new business architectures,
processes and rules;
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Provide advice, oversight and guidance to a team of business relationship managers, project leads and project managers in the development and management of all project related documentation and plans as well as facilitation of project tasks.
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Provide Consultation efforts with all affected internal and external stakeholders where necessary;
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Accountable to facilitate identification of risks and mitigation strategies, to ensure risks are assessed and have owner/ approach defined for planned mitigation strategies. Update Risk Log on a weekly basis. Ensure management awareness of high impact/priority issues; escalate as appropriate
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Ensure defined Change Management Process is followed for any change from agreed scope, schedule or quality. Issue Change Requests and seek management approvals
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Provide day-to-day leadership to the project team.
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Work collaboratively with Project Managers, leads and other team members and obtain agreements and commitment where required to successfully manage dependencies and expectations

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Provide weekly project status report that reflects progress on tasks, changes based on approved
change orders, issues/risks that require management attention and planned activities for the next
period.
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Provide metrics and input to Program Manager, as required.
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Develop Project Status presentations/ decks for various audiences, as required
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Escalate deviations from planned baseline schedules and scope to business and IT managers and PMO
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Ensure required project management standards are followed
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Complete Project Post-implementation reviews and project closeout report Knowledge and Experience Requirements:

The candidate must be able to work in a multi-project, Multi-disciplinary enterprise environment seeking input and comment from other major initiatives.

Required Skills and Knowledge

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Senior experience working with clients, maintaining relationships, developing strategies and implementing change initiatives (both technical and non-technical)
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Experience project managing business change and business transformation initiatives
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Experience managing the expectations of a wide range of project stakeholders and target solution users, both from the business and IT side of an organization;
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Extensive experience in complex business and IT issues management, including analysing, problem-solving and coordination and facilitation of issue resolution in a timely fashion;
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Experience in preparing reports and briefing materials for, and making presentations to, senior management
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Proven ability to manage to successful completion an assignment of this nature, magnitude and complexity, and achieve the results on schedule and within budget;
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Superior communication, presentation and interpersonal skills; superior negotiating, mediating, and influencing skills; superior leadership and consulting skills, with demonstrated ability to work independently and in a team/multi-stakeholder enterprise environment; strong ability to mentor and coach and develop others
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Experience in defining business requirements methodologies
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Experience with project management of User Acceptance Testing phase of the project
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Experience managing team members undertaking both business functional and technology related tasks in a coordinated project environment
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Excellent written, presentation, communication and influencing skills
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Experience as a Project Manager planning and managing large, complex, multi-year, multi-tier, multi-stakeholder projects
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Experience with the management of Third Party deliverables and acceptance processes
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Experience and knowledge of project management tools, such as CA Clarity, MS EPM, and other associated tools such as MS Project, Open Workbench, Sharepoint;
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Experience in developing detailed project management documentation (e.g. project plan, project schedule, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)), monitoring project performance and initiating corrective action, where required
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Experience in developing, integrating and managing plans and schedules involving multiple teams and multiple 3rd party suppliers
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Extensive experience in the ongoing identification, monitoring, and management of Project risks, and the establishment and management of contingency plans, where appropriate;

Please apply with resume to peter@proex.ca