Who We Are You know those big cities that still feel like small towns? Where everyone’s friendly and helps each other out? That’s like Doane Grant Thornton. Except here we’re all professionals and there isn’t a mayor or a general store. What we’re trying to say is that we’re a large and growing professional services firm that still feels like a community. We employ about 3000 people across Canada, and we truly care about our colleagues, our clients and the communities where we work and live. That’s what’s most important to us. We’re building a thriving organization that’s purpose driven and still want to remember what your favourite milkshake flavour is.

As a Senior Project Manager your responsibilities will include:

• Delivery of projects within the constraints of scope, time and cost, and agreed levels of quality, within the organization's governance and project management framework.

Main Responsibilities:

• Undertake one or large projects and programs and manage them successfully throughout the entirety of the project lifecycle.
• Create project plans, Waterfall/Agile/hybrid with clear articulation of business outcomes including, the metrics to confirm success of those outcomes and the identification of key underlying assumptions, business and technology risks, prerequisite initiatives, required supporting actions and intermediary outcomes.
• Provide consulting and guidance on multiple projects/programs including business case preparation and developing creative/alternative approaches to problem resolution.
• Facilitate schedule and cost forecasting - manage 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.
• Resolve issues and conflicts, remove barriers, and resolve minor project issues. Act as an escalation point for potential conflicts between direction and project constraints.
• Lead project closure initiatives such as retrospect sessions, cross-functional team lessons learned analysis and financial closure.
• Document action plans for any identified areas of improvement.
• Work with external vendors and third parties (consultants, off shoring, outsourcing) and manage the relationships at the portfolio level.
• Through collaboration and persuasion, you will direct stakeholders towards common objectives and goals.
• Assess the impact on all areas of the business and develop thorough change management strategies to ensure successful implementations and high rates of adoption.
• Support Product Owners in managing customer expectations for project deliverables, managing stakeholder communications, and helping to implement an effective system of project governance.
• Support, educate and mentor project team members in all the project management methodologies and best practices and project management tools.
• Other duties as assigned

Doane Grant Thornton If you’re a bit like us, you’re driven to connect with how others are feeling and thinking. Here we walk in others shoes before taking action. Just imagine being part of a team that puts “we before me”, where flexAbility is a mindset, and where you trust your colleagues to have your back. At Doane Grant Thornton, you’ll work with inspiring leaders who support your development, both personally and professionally. This is a place where your insatiable curiosity enables you to think, see and hear from a variety of perspectives, a place where every day is different and having the courage to grow is part of who you are. And when all this comes together, well that’s when the magic happens!

Want to learn more about who we are and how we live our purple every day? Read our colleagues’ stories at www.discoveryourpurple.ca Think you’ve got what it takes to be a Senior Project Manager? Like the colour purple? Great. Here's a few more boxes we’re also hoping you can tick:

• Bachelor's degree, post-secondary education, and/or equivalent work experience required.
• 7+ years of project management experience, with focus on IT cloud infrastructure, software integration, software development and information security.
• Certified in one or more of the following: PMP, Prince 2, and 3PO
• Proficient at managing business or technology projects, including organizational change management components (training and communications).
• Experience with HRIS systems is preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship skills with the ability to influence a variety of stakeholders.
• Solid organizational skills with an ability to multitask.
• Resourceful and innovative, and strong problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Collaborative, communicative and energizing management style.

At Doane Grant Thornton we’re focused on making a difference in the lives of our clients, our colleagues and our communities. That’s our purpose. Or, as we like to say, living our purple.

What's in it for you? Profit sharing, Flex days, RRSP contributions, Firmwide holiday closure, Wellness benefits, Concierge-like benefits, Work from anywhere in Canada in the summer for 4 weeks, and more!

Our special culture shines through when we have the opportunity to connect in person. That’s why we’re working in a model where teams are required to be together in the office 4 days per week. Are you ready to Discover Your Purple? Doane Grant Thornton is committed to employment equity, human rights and respectful workplace principles throughout the life cycle of employment, including at the recruitment and hiring stages. We welcome applications from members of all equity deserving groups, including persons with disabilities, women, racialized and/or Indigenous applicants. Should you require accommodation in relation to the recruitment process, please notify us by emailing and we will work with you to meet your accommodation needs.