IT Project Manager, AI Initiatives
CA-Procom
Toronto, ON
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JOB DETAILS
LOCATION
Toronto, ON
POSTED
14 days ago
- Responsible for using best practice PMO methodology to execute multiple small projects connected to AI initiatives and run program-level governance forum for the same.
- Will work with vendors, cross-platform teams, and geographically diverse teams to create value-add products utilizing this emerging capability.
- Accountable for comprehending the project scope and project objectives to effectively coordinate the activities of the team members and ensure completion of the project timeline.
- Assemble a team, outline individual responsibilities and provide on-going direction. Typical project scope will include managing several smaller projects.
- May also be required to be hands on for portions of analysis including requirements gathering or process from-to documentation.
- Fully accountable for team engagement to achieve deliverables and project outcomes
- Act as escalation point to resolve issues, conflicts and remove barriers
- Ensures appropriate stakeholders engaged throughout, including legal and compliance
- Manages project scope/requirements changes, multiple and competing demands and priorities determining and conveying impact on budget, time and risk using appropriate fact-based metrics/assumptions
- Provide consulting and guidance on project initiatives including business case preparation and developing creative/alternative approaches to problem resolution
- Promote innovative or improved methods to get the work done and implements best practices
- Supervise project closure initiatives, such as client satisfaction survey and closure analysis
- Manage ongoing communication of project status, completing the monthly Project Status Reports and escalating issues to the stakeholders, Sponsor(s), and senior management
- Bachelor’s degree
- 10+ years’ PM experience managing small to medium sized projects
- Experience with AI projects
- Knowledge of project metrics, including gathering, reporting, trend analysis, creation, and metrics
- Advanced verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to identify issues and problems, generate solutions and choose appropriate alternatives using basic root cause analysis
- Advanced proficiency with all MS Office applications
- Advanced proficiency with MS Project and/or Visio
- PMP certification would be an asset
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