Delivery Lead

4 weeks ago


Toronto, Ontario, Canada Robots and Pencils Full time
Company Description

WE EMBRACE A TALENT-LED CULTURE

Our work is driven by our team's desire to be pioneers.

In 2009, we created Robots & Pencils with the then-contrarian view that mobile would be more transformative than the Internet. Turns out we were right.

Today, our thinking is rooted in the belief that, in the age of unprecedented technology acceleration, maintaining a competitive advantage requires new strategies and a focus on innovation.

Our approach has been to create a company designed to follow the talent, allowing us to amass an unfair share of hyper-skilled people who call Robots & Pencils home. A team of people who not only develop innovative solutions to transform businesses, but also create products that have been previously inconceivable.

What are our core values?

  • Strong Work Ethic
  • Top Drawer
  • Always Learning
  • Heart
  • Discipline
  • Efficacy

Robots & Pencils offers:

  • We follow the talent meaning you can be located anywhere in North America and work remotely. You also have the option to work in our offices if you live in an area where we have a local office.
  • We work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment where everything is constantly changing from the tools we use to how we think about software.
  • We hire only the best talent we can find. You do remarkable things and solve tough problems where many others have failed before.
  • Attractive compensation package
Job Description

What you'll do:

  • Review key account performance with client account leaders and delivery leads; oversee project delivery
  • Work with client account leadership to set client expectations, participating in client account planning and forecasting activities
  • Overall management, tracking and reporting of deliverables in support of new business capabilities, ensuring on time and on budget delivery, adherence to compliance and quality standards, and alignment to the strategic objectives of the Statement of Work
  • Implement tracking methods and metrics to monitor progress, report status, identify deviations and implement corrective action, effective change control process to identify impacts (scope, schedule, cost, business case benefits), complete an impact assessment, and present recommendation
  • Responsible for defining and working towards a successful managed project outcome
  • Responsible for ensuring team is aligned around the product vision and how their work adds to that vision
  • Responsible for defining documenting solution that balance business impact, scope and team resources
  • Responsible for timeline and running sprint ceremonies
  • Responsible for status & project communications to the client as well as removing delivery team blockers
  • Responsible for uncovering the business needs, product vision, and requirements to inform the technical solution
  • Responsible for project growth efforts (EE)
  • Manages project team and supports career development
  • Responsible for decision analysis and recommendations for delivery issues
  • Facilitate program stage gates to validate deliverables and approve progression to the next phase
  • Ensure accurate and timely financial management including actual spend and forecasts for labor, non-labor and strategic partner support; explain cost variances and implement corrective action; track cost risks and cost opportunities
  • Responsible for updating various Portfolio management tools and systems such as Salesforce, Harvest (time tracking system) etc
Qualifications

Skills & Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent
  • Minimum of 2-3 years of Program Management or PMO Lead experience
  • Minimum of 2-3 years of managing large, complex portfolios with Agile delivery methodologies
  • Has run at least 4 substantial projects or programs
  • Minimum of 2-3 years consulting experience
  • Experience with tools like Salesforce, Harvest etc.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Make judgment calls on priorities
  • Is able to influence without persuasion
  • Comfortable conversing and has built relationships with teams outside of the PMO
  • Transport & Logistics experience
  • Can train others in their skillset and is open to knowledge sharing
  • Can take on client work and multiple Levvel initiatives without guidance of priorities remaining effective at both
Additional Information

Robots & Pencils aspires to have a workforce that is representative of the diversity of our country and encourages applications from everyone



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