Senior Project Manager - IT Project Management Office
Top Benefits
About the role
Location:
22 St. Clair Avenue East, Toronto, Ontario, M4T 2S5
Senior Project Manager - IT Project Management Office
Overview
Reporting to the Director, Project Management Office, the Project Manager works closely with stakeholders at all levels to ensure that internal projects of strategic importance are delivered according to plan, in a manner that achieves the business objectives, and ensures that the solution implemented is both supportable and sustainable.
The Senior Project Manager is accountable for the overall execution of project processes and deliverables in-line with the project plan, including planning, communication, stakeholder, risk and issue, and scope management. The incumbent will leverage and coordinate resources from a myriad of sources, both internal and external, with project profiles including applications, reporting, operational, transformational, and organizational change management.
Primary Responsibilities
Planning and Execution:
- Work with internal stakeholders to define project scope, goals and deliverables that support the business objectives
- Establish an overall project plan in accordance with defined project management methodology and change management protocols
- Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path tasks
- Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear manner
Communication Management:
- Consistently communicate succinct, clear, quality information to capture interest, inform and gain support, to all levels, across the enterprise
- Schedule and facilitate timely and effective meetings
- Effectively communicate relevant project information to all project stakeholders, at all levels across the enterprise, both written and verbal
- Resolve and/or escalate issues in a timely fashion
- Communicate difficult / sensitive information tactfully
Stakeholder Management:
- Manage the day-to-day deliverables of all project resources and provide guidance and leadership throughout the project life-cycle,
- Manage expectations of all project stakeholders, at all levels, from IT and the Business, from the project sponsors down to the project team
- Collaborate and independently manage a wide range of vendors to assess off-the-shelf solutions
- Manage vendor delivery in accordance with any project statements of work
Risk, Issue, and Scope Management:
- Identify, assess, rank and describe the process of how project risks will be avoided or mitigated and assign accountability around the ongoing monitoring of any perceived risks that the project might encounter that could impact the ability to successfully deliver
- Proactively identify, prioritize, address and monitor project issues as they arise throughout the project life-cycle including potential changes to project scope, and propose contingency plans
- Oversee the creation of business cases and functional and non-functional requirements to ensure alignment with project charter
- Document all scope changes
Financial Management:
- For projects that require outside resources, develop a budget and resource plan, and actively monitor costs incurred against the approved budget
- Provide timely notice to stakeholders of expected cost overruns and recommend appropriate remedial action
Skills, Experience & Education
- Bachelor’s degree
- 5+ years of project management experience
- Project management certification required
- Significant experience in the project delivery function; proven success implementing solutions within a complex multi-stakeholder organization
- Demonstrated understanding and experience in project management best practices
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and successfully
- Demonstrated ability to utilize technology of new, in-conception and/or unknown complexity
- Proven experience and capability to contribute to the decision-making needed to introduce substantial technology and process change/transformation into internal business teams
- Ability to recognize symptoms that indicate problems and manage client’s perceived view/assessment of business risks appropriately
- A track record of building strong relationships with internal clients and external business partners
- Outstanding interpersonal, written and verbal communication and documentation skills
- Good skills and knowledge of facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
- Entrepreneurial, agile, and "change agent" style and mindset.
- Understanding of commercial real estate is an asset
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
About Choice Properties
Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust is an owner, manager and developer of well-located retail and commercial real estate across Canada. Choice Properties’ portfolio spans approximately 65 million square feet of gross leasable area and consists of over 700 properties primarily focused on supermarket-anchored shopping centers.
Choice Properties’ strategy is to create value by enhancing and optimizing its portfolio through high quality transactions, strategic development and active property management. We mainly focus on necessity-based retail, and high-quality industrial and mixed-use assets. In particular, we have a strategic relationship with Loblaw, our largest tenant, that provides us with access to high quality investment opportunities.
Our established operating platform with a proven track record of success also provides us with access to a transformational development pipeline that we believe supports superior long-term value creation and growth. A commitment to continuous learning and development is a strong part of our culture.
Choice Properties REIT recognizes Canada's diversity as a source of national pride and strength. We have made it a priority to reflect our nation’s evolving diversity in the people we hire, and the culture we create in our organization. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants and employees with disabilities.
In addition, we believe that compliance with laws is about doing the right thing. Upholding the law is part of our Code of Conduct – it reinforces what our customers and stakeholders expect of us.
Number of Openings:
1
Please Note: If you have Employee Self Service (ESS) on Workday, apply to this job via the Workday application.
About Choice Properties REIT
Choice Properties is a leading Real Estate Investment Trust that creates enduring value through the ownership, operation and development of high-quality commercial and residential properties.
We believe that value comes from creating spaces that improve how our tenants and communities come together to live, work, and connect. We strive to understand the needs of our tenants and manage our properties to the highest standard. We aspire to develop healthy, resilient communities through our dedication to social, economic, and environmental sustainability. In everything we do, we are guided by a shared set of values grounded in Care, Ownership, Respect and Excellence.
Senior Project Manager - IT Project Management Office
Top Benefits
About the role
Location:
22 St. Clair Avenue East, Toronto, Ontario, M4T 2S5
Senior Project Manager - IT Project Management Office
Overview
Reporting to the Director, Project Management Office, the Project Manager works closely with stakeholders at all levels to ensure that internal projects of strategic importance are delivered according to plan, in a manner that achieves the business objectives, and ensures that the solution implemented is both supportable and sustainable.
The Senior Project Manager is accountable for the overall execution of project processes and deliverables in-line with the project plan, including planning, communication, stakeholder, risk and issue, and scope management. The incumbent will leverage and coordinate resources from a myriad of sources, both internal and external, with project profiles including applications, reporting, operational, transformational, and organizational change management.
Primary Responsibilities
Planning and Execution:
- Work with internal stakeholders to define project scope, goals and deliverables that support the business objectives
- Establish an overall project plan in accordance with defined project management methodology and change management protocols
- Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path tasks
- Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear manner
Communication Management:
- Consistently communicate succinct, clear, quality information to capture interest, inform and gain support, to all levels, across the enterprise
- Schedule and facilitate timely and effective meetings
- Effectively communicate relevant project information to all project stakeholders, at all levels across the enterprise, both written and verbal
- Resolve and/or escalate issues in a timely fashion
- Communicate difficult / sensitive information tactfully
Stakeholder Management:
- Manage the day-to-day deliverables of all project resources and provide guidance and leadership throughout the project life-cycle,
- Manage expectations of all project stakeholders, at all levels, from IT and the Business, from the project sponsors down to the project team
- Collaborate and independently manage a wide range of vendors to assess off-the-shelf solutions
- Manage vendor delivery in accordance with any project statements of work
Risk, Issue, and Scope Management:
- Identify, assess, rank and describe the process of how project risks will be avoided or mitigated and assign accountability around the ongoing monitoring of any perceived risks that the project might encounter that could impact the ability to successfully deliver
- Proactively identify, prioritize, address and monitor project issues as they arise throughout the project life-cycle including potential changes to project scope, and propose contingency plans
- Oversee the creation of business cases and functional and non-functional requirements to ensure alignment with project charter
- Document all scope changes
Financial Management:
- For projects that require outside resources, develop a budget and resource plan, and actively monitor costs incurred against the approved budget
- Provide timely notice to stakeholders of expected cost overruns and recommend appropriate remedial action
Skills, Experience & Education
- Bachelor’s degree
- 5+ years of project management experience
- Project management certification required
- Significant experience in the project delivery function; proven success implementing solutions within a complex multi-stakeholder organization
- Demonstrated understanding and experience in project management best practices
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and successfully
- Demonstrated ability to utilize technology of new, in-conception and/or unknown complexity
- Proven experience and capability to contribute to the decision-making needed to introduce substantial technology and process change/transformation into internal business teams
- Ability to recognize symptoms that indicate problems and manage client’s perceived view/assessment of business risks appropriately
- A track record of building strong relationships with internal clients and external business partners
- Outstanding interpersonal, written and verbal communication and documentation skills
- Good skills and knowledge of facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency
- Entrepreneurial, agile, and "change agent" style and mindset.
- Understanding of commercial real estate is an asset
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
About Choice Properties
Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust is an owner, manager and developer of well-located retail and commercial real estate across Canada. Choice Properties’ portfolio spans approximately 65 million square feet of gross leasable area and consists of over 700 properties primarily focused on supermarket-anchored shopping centers.
Choice Properties’ strategy is to create value by enhancing and optimizing its portfolio through high quality transactions, strategic development and active property management. We mainly focus on necessity-based retail, and high-quality industrial and mixed-use assets. In particular, we have a strategic relationship with Loblaw, our largest tenant, that provides us with access to high quality investment opportunities.
Our established operating platform with a proven track record of success also provides us with access to a transformational development pipeline that we believe supports superior long-term value creation and growth. A commitment to continuous learning and development is a strong part of our culture.
Choice Properties REIT recognizes Canada's diversity as a source of national pride and strength. We have made it a priority to reflect our nation’s evolving diversity in the people we hire, and the culture we create in our organization. Accommodation is available upon request for applicants and employees with disabilities.
In addition, we believe that compliance with laws is about doing the right thing. Upholding the law is part of our Code of Conduct – it reinforces what our customers and stakeholders expect of us.
Number of Openings:
1
Please Note: If you have Employee Self Service (ESS) on Workday, apply to this job via the Workday application.
About Choice Properties REIT
Choice Properties is a leading Real Estate Investment Trust that creates enduring value through the ownership, operation and development of high-quality commercial and residential properties.
We believe that value comes from creating spaces that improve how our tenants and communities come together to live, work, and connect. We strive to understand the needs of our tenants and manage our properties to the highest standard. We aspire to develop healthy, resilient communities through our dedication to social, economic, and environmental sustainability. In everything we do, we are guided by a shared set of values grounded in Care, Ownership, Respect and Excellence.