Project Manager/Business Analyst with experience leading application or SAAS solution implementations.
Project Manager/Business Analyst with experience leading application or SAAS solution implementations.
This is a 6 month contract to start with strong possibility of extension. Preference given to those candidates in Regina or Calgary. Is a remote role.
Must Haves:
- 5+ years of business experience, including 3+ years as a Project Manager leading projects or business transformation initiatives through the full project lifecycle.
- As a Project Manager you have experience with project planning, scope management, scheduling, risk and issue management, dependency management, change management, and project governance.
- Business Analysis experience with strong requirements gathering and stakeholder facilitation experience, including workshops, discovery sessions, stakeholder interviews, and building alignment across diverse groups.
- Experience leading business transformation projects requiring significant stakeholder engagement, communications, organizational change, or externally facing deliverables.
- Experience working in Agile, hybrid, and/or traditional project environments, including experience helping teams improve delivery practices and collaboration.
- PMP, PRINCE2 Practitioner, or equivalent project management certification.
- Preference will be given to candidates that have worked in the the banking or insurance
Nice to Have
- Experience helping established Agile teams improve their practices, collaboration, and delivery processes.
- Experience with communications, stakeholder engagement, public engagement, marketing, digital media, events, campaigns, or other externally facing initiatives.
- Experience working with external partners, sponsors, customers, industry organizations, government stakeholders, or vendors.
What You’ll Do
- Lead business transformation projects from discovery and planning through implementation and close-out.
- Work with business leaders, stakeholders, subject matter experts, vendors, and delivery teams to define objectives, requirements, scope, priorities, and deliverables.
- Facilitate workshops, discovery sessions, stakeholder interviews, and planning discussions to build alignment and support effective decision-making.
- Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, risk and issue tracking, dependency management, governance, and status reporting.
- Manage project scope and changes, assess impacts, and provide recommendations to sponsors and stakeholders.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams and delivery partners to keep work moving, resolve issues, and manage competing priorities and dependencies.
- Support stakeholder engagement, communications, organizational change, and externally facing deliverables as part of business transformation initiatives.
- Prepare and present project updates, risks, issues, options, recommendations, and decisions for sponsors, leadership, and governance groups.
- Work within Agile and hybrid delivery environments, supporting backlog and roadmap planning, stakeholder reviews, retrospectives, and continuous improvement.
- Help established teams improve delivery practices, collaboration, and ways of working.
Disclaimer: AI may be used in evaluating candidates. This posting is for an existing vacancy.