Responsibilities:

• Works with the Senior Manager to manage the delivery project(s)/ program.
• Leads, motivates and provides guidance/coaching to team members.
• Plans, coordinates, organizes, directs and controls project activities to achieve desired results
• Provides estimates, and manages budgets
• Provide financial forecasts & accruals as required
• Defines and manages project scope e.g. via Joint application development (JAD) sessions
• Conducts project review meetings and ensures quality standards are adhered to through all phases of the project
• Manages client issues and project risks
• Validates project form as, ensuring accuracy of billing, charges to projects, etc.
• Utilizes project management best practices
• Design and publish plan of record to senior leadership
• Supports the Senior Manager in dealings with the external vendors and tracking their work.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Valid PMP designation
• Ready to lead into implementing agile practices at an enterprise scale- based on resent experience or at least formal Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) training.
• Experience working on Carrier grade Voice telephony project
• Multi-years experience in vendor management – to be savvy in both sides of the relationship: experience as PM/PgM representing the vendor(s) as well as being the PM/PgM managing both Canadian based and internationally based external vendors.

Benefits

• Work hours are Monday - Friday, normal 40 hours weeks working onsite up to 5 days a week
• Location: Ottawa, ON
• Type of job: Temporary Contractor
• Date candidate required: Immediate
• Length of Contract: 12 months with the possibility of extension