Job Description

Senior Project Manager

Posted Date: May 16, 2023

SENIOR PROJECT MANAGER

Location: Regina or Saskatoon, SK

Type of Position: Permanent Full Time

Number of Positions: 1

Salary: Salary determined based on education and experience

Close Date: May 31, 2023

If you are interested in working in the dynamic telecommunications industry at one of Saskatchewan\'s Top employers and thrive working in a collaborative team environment, then keep reading.

SaskTel, the leading Information and Communications Technology (ICT) provider in Saskatchewan, is looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager in our Enterprise Program Management Office with a demonstrated history of successful project delivery.

With a focus on our customer, SaskTel continues to digitally transform and modernize all aspects of our business to deliver on our mission of delivering an exceptional customer experience. Helping us continue to meet our vision of being the best at connecting people to their world.

A project management career with SaskTel\xe2\x80\x99s PMO provides you with a fantastic opportunity to further develop your project leadership skills across a broad variety of projects including new consumer and business products; information system applications; cloud applications, business transformation; cyber security; and, wireline/wireless network technology.

As a Senior Project Manager, you will have the opportunity to showcase and develop your PM skills by working with other program and project professionals; accessing project management training opportunities; and further developing via a formal project management career path.

You will be called on to lead project teams as well as managing budgets, timelines and stakeholder expectations from project initiation to closing. If you have experience delivering information systems, cyber security and product development projects and have a passion for leading diverse teams and using project delivery methods including waterfall, hybrid agile and agile; we would be interested in talking to you!

POSITION OVERVIEW

Accountability is to provide leadership, direction and project management expertise to enable the effective implementation of multiple projects or one larger project and is accountable for taking the project from initiation through final implementation. Lead multifunctional and cross divisional project teams on people, process, and technology projects of medium to high risk and complexity.

LEADERSHIP ACCOUNTABILITIES

People
1. Leads, directs and manages staff to ensure the effective use of HR resources. Maximizes performance by selecting (hire external or promote from within), developing, mentoring and sustaining a high level of expertise among staff. Organize and direct work including prioritizing assignments, establishing objectives, providing regular performance feedback, conducting year end performance appraisals and taking necessary corrective action as may be required. Assists in staff career planning, establishes development and succession plans and ensures relevant HR procedures and policies are followed (provisions of the collective agreement, performance appraisals, discipline, grievance, etc). Accountable for provisioning and managing contracted resources as may be required.
2. Accountable for promoting a productive and positive environment for staff that encourages innovation, teamwork, initiative and models corporate values. Motivates staff by assigning challenging work, planning and managing internal communications and awareness of corporate direction, mission, plans and activities.
3. Ensures all safety, health, environmental and code of conduct policies, programs and standards are understood and complied with at all times.
4. Proactively identify and action opportunities to increase customer satisfaction (internal and external customers).

Financial
1. Ensure sound financial control within area of responsibility by developing annual operating and capital budgets, monitoring performance to budget and taking action as appropriate. Develops, negotiates and implements contracts for acquisition of goods & services related to area of responsibility.

Innovation
1. Accountable to research, develop, define and implement innovative long and short term plans, policies and objectives. Provides expertise to senior management providing education, studies and consulting on opportunities that will impact business strategy. Ensures alignment and integration with the corporate strategic plan and develops plan and operational metrics, including approaches for demonstrating business value.
2. Accountable to proactively identify and action opportunities to improve revenue and growth initiatives, decrease costs, increase customer service levels and increase employee engagement.
3. Accountable to develop opportunities to spark innovation in technology or product service delivery or process improvements.

SPECIFIC ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. Accountable for all aspects of the project (or phase) over the entire project life. Accountable for procurement, managing vendor relations, distributors and managing end user expectations. Responsible for communicating status to project sponsors. Is responsible for financial reporting.
2. Supports an effective, proactive cross-functional project team that may consist of both management & non-management individuals in an environment that encourages innovation, teamwork, initiative & open communication; promotes and models the corporate values. Recognizes both personal and team success.
3. Maintains a high level of competency in project management related disciplines.
4. Accountable to provide project management leadership to the corporate project management community thorough coaching, guiding, mentoring, facilitating and educating via multiple channels in various formats.
5. Effectively communicates to all levels of stakeholders of projects using an appropriate method of communication in a timely manner. Ensures a common understanding by setting expectations in accordance with the project plan, in order to align the stakeholders and team members.

QUALIFICATIONS (Formal Education, knowledge, experience, essential management skills and abilities)

1. 5 years experience in project management leadership or equivalent. Demonstrated success in delivering large and complex projects with constraints of budget, timelines and resources.
2. 3 years project procurement and vendor management experience. Typically 1 year managing third party partners (e.g. consultants, system integrators)
3. PMI Project Management Professional Certification (PMP) required.
4. Education and training normally gained through post secondary education at the University or Technical Institute level in one of following: Computer Science/Business Administration/ Engineering.
5. Extensive knowledge of project management standards, methodologies and related practices. E.g Project Management Institute\xe2\x80\x99s (PMI) PMBOK, PRINCE2 and Prosci Change Management.
6. Strong leadership skills with a demonstrated ability to influence and negotiate with all levels of the company to achieve results.
7. Excellent written and oral communication skills to convey information clearly, concisely and logically.
8. Consistently demonstrates PM leadership in the areas of PM process improvement, coaching & mentoring, and improved educational & technical competency.
9. Must demonstrate a high level of commitment to the effective implementation of Partnership for Excellence process along with the ability to lead, inspire and motivate individuals within the team.

About SaskTel

SaskTel is the leading Information and Communications Technology (ICT) provider in Saskatchewan, with over $1.3 billion in annual revenue and approximately 1.4 million customer connections including 639,000 wireless accesses, 289,000 wireline network accesses, 289,000 internet accesses, 114,000 maxTV subscribers, and 81,000 security monitoring customers. SaskTel and its wholly-owned subsidiaries offer a wide range of ICT products and services including competitive voice, data and Internet services, wireless data services, maxTV services, data centre services, cloud-based services, security monitoring services, advertising services, and international software and consulting services. SaskTel and its wholly-owned subsidiaries have a workforce of approximately 3,400 full-time equivalent employees (FTEs). Visit SaskTel at .

Thank you for your interest in SaskTel - we look forward to reviewing your applications!

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