Project Manager, People

1 week ago

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Ciena Full time

Ciena is committed to our people-first philosophy. Our teams enjoy a culture focused on prioritizing a personalized and flexible work environment that empowers an individual's passions, growth, wellbeing and belonging. We're a technology company that leads with our humanity—driving our business priorities alongside meaningful social, community, and societal impact.

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Why Ciena:

  • We are big proponents of
    lifework integration and provide the flexibility and tools to make it a reality with remote work and potentially, parttime work.
  • We believe an
    inclusive, diverse, and barrierfree work environment makes for empowered and committed employees.
  • We recognize the importance of
    wellbeing and offer programs and benefits to support and sustain the mental and physical health of our employees and their families and offer a variety of paid family leave programs.
  • We are committed to
    employee development, offering tuition reimbursement and a variety of inhouse learning and mentorship opportunities.
  • We know that
    financial security is important. We offer competitive salaries and incentive programs, RSU's (job level specific) and an employee share option purchase program.
  • We realize
    time away to recharge is nonnegotiable. We offer flexible paid time off
  • Great work deserves
    recognition. We have a robust recognition program, with ongoing and enhanced awards for exemplary performance.

How You Will Contribute:

  • Lead programs, projects, and initiatives that contribute towards the achievement of People and Culture targets and objectives. This includes scoping new projects, setting goals and deadlines, and planning, monitoring, and executing projects to meet preestablished criteria.
  • Offer leadership, guidance, and assistance across the People & Culture department throughout the entire project lifecycle, utilizing recognized project management, change management, technology, and reporting standards.
  • Play an integral role in a team dedicated to enhancing our Employee Experience, with a particular focus on improving People & Culture processes, systems and content.
  • Manage endtoend project lifecycles, from initiation through to implementation and review.
  • Drive change management initiatives, supporting teams through transitions and ensuring buyin from stakeholders.
  • Develop detailed project plans, including scope, timeline, resources, and budget.
  • Facilitate communication between all stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment.
  • Monitor project progress, identifying and mitigating risks, and reporting on project status to stakeholders.
  • Promote a culture of continuous improvement, implementing feedback loops and iterative processes.
  • Collaborate with crossfunctional teams to ensure smooth execution of projects and initiatives.
  • Provide coaching and support to team members, fostering an agile mindset.

What Does Ciena Expect of You:

  • Exceptionally collaborative—able to bring together diverse individuals with a common goal to drive projects to timely completion.
  • Demonstrated strong communication skills particularly active listening, facilitation skills, and ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences.
  • Naturally organized; very strong thinker and planner, attention to detail, able to translate discussion and ideas into deliverables.
  • Demonstrates curiosity and intellectual bandwidth to balance big picture and tactical approaches while providing personal thought leadership and actionable insights for others.
  • Flexible and adaptable working in an ambiguous/fluid environment and the ability to deal with competing priorities.
  • Team player comfortable working across the matrix and into the business at senior levels
  • Courageous, a change catalyst who is resilient and persistent.
  • A strategic thinker who is data driven. Excellent data analysis skills
  • Problem solving and root cause identification skills, ability to track and report metrics in an easily understood, organized, and actionable manner
  • Demonstrates careerlong learning in purposeful ways

The Must Haves:

  • Minimum of 8 years of experience as a Project Manager/Scrum Master.
  • Minimum of 8 years of experience in a Human Resources environment.
  • Strong background in change management methods.
  • Proven experience in managing projects using Agile methodologies.
  • Strong knowledge of cloud HR technologies.
  • Excellent communication, leadership, problemsolving, and organizational skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and tasks in a dynamic work environment.
  • Experience working with JIRA or similar tool.
  • PMP, PRINCE II or Scrum Master certification preferred.
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