Project Manager

Key Responsibilities:

Project Governance

· Follow the GFL project governance & methodology process and promote and reinforce its use with GFL business and project teams

Team

· Build and lead project teams often involving multiple internal and external constituents and matrix partners by building productive, collaborative relationships through trust, transparency and accountability.

Communication

· Adapts communications to effectively engage with all types of audiences from technical teams to senior executives, managing stakeholder expectations. Liaise with Project Sponsors and facilitate communication as appropriate to all Stakeholders.

Planning

· Ensure all impacted stakeholders have been identified and engaged to enable thorough gathering of requirements, and identification of risks to mitigate issues impacting schedule, cost or quality during execution.

· Actively participate in initial analysis completion for various customer requests, business requirements analysis, cost estimate preparation, solutions design and development, and quality assurance of the development process.

· Collaborate with technical resources, business subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs

· Ensure change management and go to market strategy and plan are

· Ensure all project requirements, objectives, and guidelines are properly documented and vigorously pursued.

· Develop critical path baseline project plan to enable effective execution and change management.

Execution                             

· Manage delivery against the project plan, budget and scope via project cross functional touchpoints, weekly/monthly project financial audits and clear and concise project reporting.

· Proactively take ownership to address both external and internal customers’ needs and drive resolution of any issues, risks or concerns in a timely and professional manner while ensuring that the solution meets the customer’s needs.

· Partner with vendor to ensure SOW deliverables are met in a timely manner with expected quality.

· Effectively apply change management processes including assessment and recommendations when changes are introduced in scope.

· Coordinate assigned project team members; ensure timely activity, integration and efficient use of time and resources to meet requirements.

Requirements:

ACADEMIC TRAINING

· Project Management certification, PMP or related technical discipline or an equivalent combination of education and experience is required

WORK EXPERIENCE

· 4+ years of project management experience delivering large, complex projects, preferably in Environment Services or on technical projects such as system replacements, integrations, builds etc.

· Minimum of 2 years' experience in managing projects utilizing agile methodologies (Kanban, Scrum, Lean)

· Minimum of 3 years’ experience in requirements definition, feasibility studies, cost estimates, proposals, design, development, QA, SDLC, UAT, implementation, change management and Go To Market.

SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES

· Skilled and experienced in using Agile approaches (Scrum, Kanban, Lean, etc) to accelerate time to market to add value sooner

· Skilled and experienced in business requirements gathering and analysis, and familiar with all phases of the SDLC

· Strong understanding of Operational Readiness, Go To Market and Change management aspects of project planning and execution.

· G-suite, Smartsheet, Monday.com, and proficient in JIRA

· Strong project financial forecasting and cost management

· Strategic thinker who can make decisions and plan, develop and implement innovative solutions

· Must possess strong negotiation, influencing, stakeholder management, communication and Business writing skills

· Ability to effectively communicate project scope, cost, schedule, status, including issues and risk with a problem-solving approach to leadership team

· A highly motivated and resourceful individual with strong leadership, organizational, analytical, troubleshooting and conflict resolution skills.

· PMP and or ACP certification is an asset.

· Scaled Agilist (SA), Scrum Master (CSM/SSM) certification is an asset.

· French/English bilingual is an asset

We thank you for your interest. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

GFL Environmental an equal opportunity employer and encourages women, Aboriginal people, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities to apply. We seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds, and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences. GFL will provide accommodation to job applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodation, please notify us and we will work with you to meet your needs.

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