Description
Working closely with other team members such as project managers, technical advisors, operations and support groups, our new Project Manager will be accountable to manage multiple project streams around developing and implementing Strategic Audience Management – Digital Intelligence for Media Sales.
The successful candidate has experience working directly with business unit primes, possesses an understanding of enterprise level infrastructure, and is able to pull together technical experts from various teams. The professional we seek is a qualified Project Manager and is a self-starter who works effectively with minimal supervision in a highly dynamic environment and is able to ramp up quickly to understand the Client Media Sales business unit and overall program.The ideal candidate must be people-oriented with excellent analytical and communication skills. The candidate must have demonstrated ability to impact and influence business decisions and successfully work with cross-functional teams. This individual must also have strong engagement management skills, solid business acumen, and deep technical insights with the ability to speak in both business and technical terms. Job Duties/Accountabilities:
The Senior Project Manager will assume overall responsibility for the successful delivery of projects based on the following:
Manage and lead teams of developers, BSA’s, BA’s, tech primes – including vendor and offshore resources for successful project delivery.Deliver according to project level, VP-level and/or C-level metrics and scorecards.Gather project funding requirements, develop business cases and present at various councils and committees for review and approval.Manage project financials, and ensure accurate invoicing & budget documentation - including PEATS Due Diligence.Build and maintain project budget and schedule, determine resource requirements and associated gaps.Identify and manage project risks, costs and benefits through planning, schedule revisions, manpower adjustments and fund allocation. Provide leadership and guidance to cross-functional project team members and liaise with various functional domains to maximize the likelihood of project success. Actively participate in identifying solutions or initiating appropriate escalation where required.Provide relevant and high quality project governance and communication to sponsors, executives and project team members, including; key project milestones, issue logs, budget reports, weekly status reports and risk assessments/contingency plans.Respond to issues and manage the customer’s expectations regarding any changes throughout the project life cycle.Mentoring and coaching the development of resources including junior PMs, BAs and other team members (direct/indirect reports)\.Drive innovation and simplicity - identify opportunities and drive process improvements, standardization, and enablers to gain efficiencies in project delivery and life cycles.Critical Qualifications/Competencies:
A minimum 5-7 years of IT Project Management. Proven ability to manage large scale and complex projects, lasting 6 to 12+ months in duration and requiring cross-functional teams in a matrix environment to deliver. Strong knowledge of project management methodology and best practices (e.g. PMI/Agile SAFe), proficiency using Project Management Tools including MS Office products (Excel, Work, PowerPoint) and MS Project and strong understanding of the Project Life Cycle. Formal project management training is desirable; PMI/PMP or Agile certification is not required but is considered an asset. Experience in Information Technology, along with a background knowledge of the Media Sales industry enabling you to appropriately guide project requirements, identify risks and direct analysis is desirable. Knowledge and understanding of IT systems and Operations processes.Excellent communication skills both oral & written to manage the project horizontally and vertically within Client.Proven facilitation, planning & organization skills.Proven leadership skills to negotiate, motivate and manage large teams.Strong coaching and leadership skills – experience with direct reports.Ability to manage ambiguity, uncertainty and changing priorities.Preferred Qualifications /Competencies:
Experience with IT vendor project management would be an asset.Knowledge of Client’s Media platforms.Knowledge of Client’s Financial Systems/Processes:IT IPC Gating ProcessPEATS Due Diligence (Project Charters, Contracts, Budgets/YEE/Forecasts etc)Infrastructure Council RFP/Vendor Selection Processes including Conceptual Solutions & Proof of Concepts/PrototypingVendor Management/PartnershipAI/Maintenance/Support Process for the purchase of S/W & H/W SAP – Network Creation/BudgetsPORT – Expense Request Tool / CGI Mandate LibraryWorking Conditions:
Ability to efficiently work in virtual teams, handling multiple projects and aggressive timelines.Fast paced, changing working environment, interfacing with a myriad of stakeholders.Available to work occasional weekends and evenings to meet hard deadlines.
