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Job Description: Project Manager
Position Title: Project Manager
Location: Waterloo (Hybrid working)
Job Type: Full-time
Experience Level: Mid-Senior Level
Overview:
We are seeking an experienced and results-driven Project Manager with strong Agile
experience (including SAFe), and a proven track record in leading organizational restructuring
and team transformation programs. The ideal candidate will be responsible for driving the
success of strategic projects, fostering team engagement, and managing transformation
initiatives across cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end project management for ensuring alignment with business goals and
successful delivery of outcomes.
- Apply Agile methodologies, to facilitate project execution, continuous improvement, and
scalability across teams and departments.
- Collaborate with senior leadership and stakeholders to define project objectives, strategies,
and roadmaps, ensuring alignment with broader business transformation goals.
- Drive team realignment, process optimization, and change management initiatives to enhance
productivity, engagement, and collaboration.
- Serve as a change agent and transformation leader, guiding teams through Agile/SAFe
ceremonies such as PI Planning, Scrum of Scrums, and Program Increment reviews.
- Manage cross-functional teams, ensuring diverse perspectives are considered in decision-
making and solutions are collaborative and innovative.
- Monitor project progress, track key performance indicators (KPIs), and report on project status
to stakeholders, ensuring transparency and addressing issues proactively.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement through retrospectives, feedback loops, and
optimization of Agile processes.
- Identify and mitigate risks, ensuring that project timelines, budgets, and quality expectations
are met.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's/Master degree in Business, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 8+ years of project management experience with a focus on Agile methodologies and
organizational transformation.
- Experience with SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework), including leading PI Planning and other
SAFe ceremonies.
- Proven experience in managing restructuring and team transformation programs in large-scale
or complex environments.
- Ability to align project goals with business strategy and communicate effectively across
multiple levels of the organization.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with a
demonstrated ability to influence and guide teams through change.
- Strong problem-solving skills, with a focus on delivering results, improving efficiencies, and
driving operational success.
- Experience in managing projects in complex pressure environment and handling cross-
functional collaboration.
Position Title: Project Manager
Location: Waterloo (Hybrid working)
Job Type: Full-time
Experience Level: Mid-Senior Level
Overview:
We are seeking an experienced and results-driven Project Manager with strong Agile
experience (including SAFe), and a proven track record in leading organizational restructuring
and team transformation programs. The ideal candidate will be responsible for driving the
success of strategic projects, fostering team engagement, and managing transformation
initiatives across cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead end-to-end project management for ensuring alignment with business goals and
successful delivery of outcomes.
- Apply Agile methodologies, to facilitate project execution, continuous improvement, and
scalability across teams and departments.
- Collaborate with senior leadership and stakeholders to define project objectives, strategies,
and roadmaps, ensuring alignment with broader business transformation goals.
- Drive team realignment, process optimization, and change management initiatives to enhance
productivity, engagement, and collaboration.
- Serve as a change agent and transformation leader, guiding teams through Agile/SAFe
ceremonies such as PI Planning, Scrum of Scrums, and Program Increment reviews.
- Manage cross-functional teams, ensuring diverse perspectives are considered in decision-
making and solutions are collaborative and innovative.
- Monitor project progress, track key performance indicators (KPIs), and report on project status
to stakeholders, ensuring transparency and addressing issues proactively.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement through retrospectives, feedback loops, and
optimization of Agile processes.
- Identify and mitigate risks, ensuring that project timelines, budgets, and quality expectations
are met.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's/Master degree in Business, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 8+ years of project management experience with a focus on Agile methodologies and
organizational transformation.
- Experience with SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework), including leading PI Planning and other
SAFe ceremonies.
- Proven experience in managing restructuring and team transformation programs in large-scale
or complex environments.
- Ability to align project goals with business strategy and communicate effectively across
multiple levels of the organization.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with a
demonstrated ability to influence and guide teams through change.
- Strong problem-solving skills, with a focus on delivering results, improving efficiencies, and
driving operational success.
- Experience in managing projects in complex pressure environment and handling cross-
functional collaboration.
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