Senior Project Manager - IT/Mining - Contract

SUMMARY:
Senior Project Manager

POSITION INFO:

Our Client a Global tech firm is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join their team in Rosebank (4 days a week onsite) on a contract basis. They offer stability, growth, attractive rates and a great working environment.

Responsibilities:

• Manage project initiation by developing and ensuring the project charter approval, identify and engage stakeholders.
• Maintain comprehensive project documentation, including plans, schedules, weekly reports, and meeting actions.
• Ensure that all project documentation is accurate and up to date in the PMO Toolset as well as project folders.
• Identifying, managing, and communicating changes (risks, issues, actions and decisions) that may affect the project.
• Managing project team members by delegating tasks and setting expectations for performance Monitoring resource allocation, timelines, and other key metrics to ensure project milestones are met.
• Facilitating meetings with stakeholders to ensure effective communication about projects. Monitoring and controlling work input and scope to ensure that all projects remain on track and in control.
• Ensuring the projects and activities are executed in the most efficient and agile way based on agreed company methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Planning and managing stakeholders, scope, activities, conflict resolution, and approach in and across a highly matrixed global organization through direct interaction and communication, regular status reports and personally managing escalations, when necessary.
• Report on financial progress on the project, control variances and ensure approvals .
• Following the change methodology, participate, facilitate, drive the deliverables and manage feedback with the senior leadership on the project to ensure successful adoption.

Change Management experience

• Apply a structured methodology (ADKAR, PROSCII) and lead change management activities.
• Leverage a change management methodology, process and tools to create a strategy to support adoption of the changes required by a project or initiative.
• Assess the change impact and stakeholder analysis
• Conduct impact analyses, assess change readiness, and identify key stakeholders.
• Provide input, document requirements, and support the design and delivery of training programs.

Qualifications:

• PMP or similar project management certification is a must have
• Proficient in MS project and\other scheduling tools
• Bachelors degrees in project management, IT, business management or related field. Background and Experience
• Must have at least 10 years of relevant work experience at a senior level managing major projects and leading teams in large, complex projects.
• Experienced in delivery that includes the use of external supplier and offshore\remote resources
• More than 10 yrs experience in project governance and\or working with a PMO environment Experience in participating and or driving change management as part of the project Communicating with Senior stakeholders (Steercoms, Status reporting, Weekly meetings)