Intermediate PM (with strong technical experience)

ROSS; Toronto; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading business intelligence firm in Toronto is seeking an intermediate Project Manager to oversee software implementations and configurations. The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 3 years of experience in software installation or development, strong leadership skills, and familiarity with Business Intelligence tools. This role includes managing project timelines, budgets, and client communications in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years software installation, integration, configuration experience.
• Experience with Business Intelligence (BI) tools such as Cognos, Business Objects.
• Strong leadership abilities and project management experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage project scope, budget, risk, and client communications.
• Work with various departments to prepare services contracts.
• Participate in knowledge-sharing activities and contribute to the knowledge-base.

Skills

Software installation and configuration

Consulting experience

Leadership

Communication skills

Business Intelligence (BI) tools

Education

Bachelors Degree in Business or Computer Science

Tools

Cognos

Oracle

Microsoft SQL Server

DB2

Job description

Our client is the leader in business intelligence and analytics. Their software provides one integrated process for analyzing data from every source and gaining the predictive power to drive change at every level. This is your chance to join this great organization which has been included on Fortune's list of the "100 Best Companies to Work For" for seven straight years.

As an intermediate Project Manager you’ll be project managing software implementations, configurations and migrations.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for assigned projects, including management of scope, budget, risk, resources, plan/timeline, internal communications and external client communications. Leads project teams and is responsible and accountable for overall success of project.
• Determines staffing needs for projects, and works with resource management and other project managers to coordinate assignment of staff to projects. This may include working with a small number of subcontractors and/or partners.
• Works with other departments to prepare services contracts.
• Ensures internal and external client escalation procedures are followed in a timely manner for prompt problem resolution on projects.
• Participates in, or leads, knowledge-sharing activities and makes contributions to our client’s knowledge-base. This may include working with and/or providing presentations to internal groups/resources.
• Proactively maintains an understanding of our client’s solutions and architectures, including competitive analysis. This may include building and maintaining strong ties with other corporate resources.
• Works with pre-sales to help qualify solution sales opportunities. Provides services time/effort estimates and project plans for use in proposals.
• Provides client presentations regarding methodologies, our client’s value proposition, and project management processes.
• Builds new and leverages existing client contacts to identify new business opportunities.
• Provides input into consulting group processes and procedures.
• Participates in Project Management team review of PMO processes, and actively develops/contributes material to PMO as assigned.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

You Have:

• Minimum 3 years software installation, integration, configuration and/or development experience
• Consulting experience with external clients, in competitive situations (e.g., from other Independent Software Vendor or Big 4 consulting as opposed to dealing with internal clients only)
• Broad knowledge and experience in a variety of technologies, platforms and environments such as
  • One or more RDMBS including Oracle, DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, Informix, Sybase
  • a breadth of operating systems (Windows, Unix, Linux, mainframe) and platforms (IBM, Sun, HP, Windows)
  • client server, and multi-tier environments
  • connectivity issues and protocols
  • monitoring tools (e.g., Tivoli)
  • job scheduling and event/exception management.
  • security, file systems, and common network practices
  • BEA Weblogic, Websphere, J2EE, web development
  • metadata management and XML
• Experience with Business Intelligence (BI), Decision Support Systems (DSS) and tools and/or reporting (Cognos, Business Objects, OLAP reporting)
• Strong leadership abilities. You have either managed projects or led technical teams on projects.
• Bachelors Degree (minimum), preferably in Business or Computer Science.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to travel when necessary (limited – no more than 25%)

Assets:

• PMBOK knowledge, PMI Certification (MP) or desire to achieve certification within a couple of years

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