Expert Program and Project Management

Found in: beBee S CA - 3 weeks ago

Montreal, Canada CN Full time

At CN, we work together to move our company—and North America—forward. Be part of our Information & Technology (I&T) team, a critical piece of the engine that keeps us in motion. From enterprise architecture to operational technology, our teams use the agile methodology to automate and digitize our railroad ensuring our operations run optimally and safely and our employees can focus on value-added tasks. You will be able to develop your skills and career in our close-knit, safety-focused culture working together as ONE TEAM. The careers we offer are meaningful because the work we do matters. Join us

Job Summary

The senior project manager will possess the authority to manage end-to-end planning and delivery of multiple parallel projects within the Operational Technology program office. Oversees all aspects of projects, sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, and monitors and summarizes progress of the project, builds and maintains working relationships with team members, vendors, and other departments involved in the projects. Prepares reports for upper management regarding status of the projects and verify that the project portfolio achieves the potential benefits defined in the projects business case. The senior project manager will actively participate in the deployment of projects governance, standards & best practices. The senior project manager will be responsible to supervise project team members as well as manage project managers.

Main Responsibilities
• Responsible for coordination and completion of large scale and complex projects;
• Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices, and procedures;
• Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals;
• Negotiates changes in scope, budget or schedule with sponsor and steering committee and/or management according to CN I&T operating model;
• Leads and directs the work of others;
• Report progress to delivery manager and/or head of a unit/department and steering committee;
• Identify resource requirements;
• Identify milestones and critical success factors;
• Communicate and collaborate with people across the organization, partners, clients and vendors to get work done;
• Ensure project transparency with timely and effective project communications;
• Escalate issues and risks with available options as appropriate;
• Lead steering committee with the Senior Delivery Managers.
• Align delivery teams & practices throughout the projects execution.
• Manage project constrains & assumptions and maintain projects KPIs throughout the projects lifecycle.
• Handover successfully the projects outcomes to operation & support teams, leading to successful projects closure.

Requirements
• At least 10 years experience in IT Project Management.

- Proven experience with cloud migration projects such as Azure and GCP

- Knowledge on energy management and fueling solution is an asset.

- Experience with end to end delivery of mission-critical technology products/services where down time is close to zero

- Ability to think strategically and at the same time diving deep into technical and operational details

• PMP Certification, or equivalent (Prince-2, PMI-ACP, …).

• Highly familiar with Agile methodologies (Lean, Scrum,…), Dev-Ops, and continuous integration & continuous delivery.
• Master project management best practices and strong interpersonal and communication skills to interact with different levels and types of users.
• Ability to deliver projects on-time/on-budget that meet business objectives;
• Ability to coordinate interdependencies with other projects.
• Strong leadership, negotiation, facilitation and interpersonal skills;
• Quick learner, autonomous and comfortable managing ambiguity in a fast paced, changing environment;
• Knowledge of Microsoft Project Professional Server (PPM)/PWA);
• Intermediate to expert skill with MS Excel or MS PowerPoint.
• Excellent communication of both written and spoken English and French.
• Experience working in the Transportation or Rail industry on IT projects is an asset.

This position is posted as a grade 7. For internal candidates, note that the grade level of the position may adjust based on the employee's experience.

About CN

CN is a world-class transportation leader and trade-enabler. Essential to the economy, to the customers, and to the communities it serves, CN safely transports more than 300 million tons of natural resources, manufactured products, and finished goods throughout North America every year. As the only railroad connecting Canada’s Eastern and Western coasts with the Southern tip of the U.S. through a 19,500 mile rail network, CN and its affiliates have been contributing to community prosperity and sustainable trade since 1919. CN is committed to programs supporting social responsibility and environmental stewardship. At CN, we work as ONE TEAM, focused on safety, sustainability and our customers, providing operational and supply chain excellence to deliver results.

CN is an employment equity employer and we encourage all qualified candidates to apply. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only candidates under consideration will be contacted. Please monitor your email on a regular basis, as communication is primarily made through email.

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