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Location:
Toronto
Position:
Project Manager
Description:

Responsibilities:

  • Manages and delivers projects on budget, on time, and on schedule
  • Manages all aspects of project: scope, risk, schedule, budget, quality, and communication
  • Prepare project documentation: Project plans, Project charters, Status reports, Risk Assessment plans, Change Requests, Resource Requests
  • Lead multi-disciplinary project teams through all phases of the project life-cycle providing coaching, motivation and inspiration
  • Provide leadership to the team
  • Work closely with the Account Manager to communicate with clients and teams on an ongoing basis and ensure changing resource and project requirements are met and understood
  • Responsible for project revenue management and reporting
  • May be required to manage overall client relationship from a production perspective across various projects that are staffed with other project managers.
  • Manage all project related requests with the client
  • Effectively interact with all levels of account management.
  • Participate in client pitches and proposals by preparing of project budgets and related materials.
  • Leverage project knowledge and client relationships to assist in revenue growth within the account.
  • Attainment of personal utilization requirements

Skills/Experience:

  • A minimum of 3-5 years project management experience managing multi-phased complex interactive projects.
  • Experience managing ecommerce, web related or content management projects preferred
  • A track record delivering complex projects on time and on budget while maintaining effective client and team relationships preferably in an e-commerce environment
  • Highly developed relationship management skills
  • Solid knowledge of project management tools (preferably Microsoft Project) best practices and processes
  • Understanding of internet technologies
  • Highly developed communication, presentation, leadership, facilitation and negotiation skills
  • An undergraduate degree and/or equivalent experience and the successful completion of project management courses
  • Online marketing campaigns an asset
  • Implementation of Content Management solutions an asset
  • Understanding of technologies that enable personalization and customization an asset

Attributes:

  • Calm and patient under pressure
  • Thrives in a changing, dynamic environment
  • Assertive and proactive
  • Presents him/herself in a polished, professional way
  • Able to see the big picture while paying attention to the smallest end details
  • Anticipates and manages risk
  • Passionate and outspoken
  • Confident leader
  • Strong work ethic