Project Manager, IT

**OVERVIEW**:
From corrugated packaging, paper bags, retail displays, pre-print, supply and inventory management, paper mills and recycling, Atlantic is strategically positioned to provide customers with a total packaging solution.

**THE OPPORTUNITY**:
The Project Manager, IT is an integral team member of Atlantic’s Transformation Management Office responsible for leveraging technology to revolutionize our core capabilities to maximize business outcomes. This role will join a growing team that will contribute to the digital delivery portfolio within Atlantic. Our technology projects underpin Atlantic’s digital strategy, which is focused on systems, data, and automation.

This role will ensure the successful, end-to-end delivery of multiple projects within the IT transformation program through active enterprise engagement. The Project Manager, IT will partner with the Senior Director, IT & Cybersecurity, Director of Infrastructure, Senior Director of Technical Services and Senior Director, Enterprise Systems to lead project teams to execute the IT deployment and will be accountable for ensuring that projects are chartered, governed, planned and executed within agreed scope, cost, schedule, and quality.

As a Project Lead, this role will lead the execution of the IT strategy, provide project and change management leadership throughout the project lifecycle, and ensure projects deliver desired outcomes, interdependencies are recognized and managed, and decisions made on projects are in the best interests of the organization.

**Location: Montreal**

**RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Own the delivery of multiple concurrent projects within the IT transformation program.
- Define project priorities, objectives, scope and deliverables, in alignment with business goals, working in conjunction with business sponsors and delivery partners.
- Develop and manage project plans, communications, tasks, milestones, risks, issues, and deliverables. Deliver transparent and timely reporting of project status, issues, risks, and financials.
- Lead and manage project teams and stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle. Adapt to resource constraints and changing priorities to ensure successful delivery of projects.
- Lead and coordinate cross-project and cross-functional activities to drive discussions, develop solutions, solve problems, resolve uncertainties and assess project progress and health.
- Determine critical paths and ensure that mitigation plans are in place.
- Plan and lead quality assurance and performance review sessions (stage gates) to mark major program milestones.
- Lead change management and transition of projects to business-as-usual activities.
- Travel within North America will be required.

**ROLE REQUIREMENTS**:

- University Degree in Business, Information Technology, or related major.
- Certification in Project Management (PMP, Prince 2).
- Certification in Change management (CCMP, CM2) would be an asset.
- 10+ years’ experience delivering complex enterprise-wide ERP and ancillary technology implementations, preferably in Manufacturing.
- Experience working with different project delivery methodologies (i.e., Waterfall, Agile, SAFE), with a focus on agile and iterative value creation in a customer-centricity environment.
- Ability to engage and influence stakeholders and collaborate with cross-functional teams effectively and with a high sense of urgency.
- Ability to oversee multiple projects and excel in a complex and evolving portfolio. Demonstrates appropriate flexibility in all situations and comfortable with ambiguity, while pivoting from macro to micro issues, from shaping the strategy agenda through to the day-to-day.
- Ability to challenge the status quo, exhibit a mindset of creativity, determination and an energetic drive to succeed.
- Demonstrates change leadership by successfully guiding the organization through change, while maintaining focus, intensity and team cohesion.
- Strong experience in Microsoft products, experience in cloud migrations, IaaS, SaaS, general understanding of security concepts, general understanding of UcaaS (VoIP).
- Experience with Fortinet, Dell, HP and Aruba.
- Experience with starting up new facilities from the ground up would be an asset.
- Ability to communicate fluently in French would be an asset.

**COMPETENCIES**:
**Customer Focus** - Personally demonstrates that external and internal customers are a high priority. Identifies customer needs and expectations and responds to them in a timely and effective manner. Anticipates and prevents delays or other things that can adversely affect the customer. Keeps customers informed about the status of pending actions and audits customer satisfaction with products or services.

**Decision Quality** - Gathers enough information to allow a pragmatic assessment of risks and benefits of alternative approaches in any decision. Stays focused on objectives and considers both the short-term and longer-term impact of decis