Senior Project Manager

Job Summary:
 
Responsible for leading project teams to accomplish project objectives and ensure that projects are completed in scope, on time and within budget, following EdisonLearning’s project management methodology, standards, tools, processes and reporting mechanisms.  May also manage programs. 
 
Main Responsibilities:

• Project Planning and Execution: Develop Work Breakdown Structures from scope documents. Prepare critical path schedules based on a common understanding of project timelines, milestones, and expectations on delivery. Provide direction and support to the project team members to ensure projects are executed and completed in accordance to the expectations of senior management. Drive appropriate business decisions within the team. Effectively manage project communications, meetings and documentation. Manage vendors to conform to contract requirements.
• Monitoring and Tracking: Identify, track and manage action items as needed for each assigned project or program.  Manage schedule, scope and budget changes per PMO processes. Prepare status reports and metrics on overall project progress for management.  Responsible for the documentation of customer acceptance of project deliverables.
• Scope and Budget Management: Identify and manage scope changes and project issues, recommend appropriate action, and implement recommendations or escalate issues as needed to avoid delay or other impact to delivery. Validate the scope documents mapping to elicited requirements..
• Risk Analysis and Management: Conduct risk analysis, develop appropriate action plans to address and track risks against progress.  Partner with project team and clients to identify and select solutions that maintain quality. 
• It is expected that this role will involve some travel.

 
Key Relationships:
Internally: Able to develop strong cross functional relationships and credibility within EdisonLearning across all functional departments. Works closely with project team members as assigned.
Externally: May oversee consultants &/or vendors performance to ensure completion of project milestones.
 
Key Behavioral Competencies:

•  Experienced in using decision making approaches such as consultative, command and consensus
• Project plans are based around logical models, with contingency plans developed
• Assumes personal accountability for ensuring everything is done to achieve results; does not blame others for mistakes, oversights or omissions
• Consistently delivers on agreed goals and tasks and can be relied upon to meet or exceed expectations
• Demonstrates concern for the long-term as well as immediate short term goals and actions when developing project plans
• Resolves requests and complaints in a timely manner, demonstrating a high level of commitment to meeting requirements within policy and compliance guidelines
• Develops and maintains extensive knowledge of key influencers within EdisonLearning and uses social networks effectively, knows who to access to obtain help, co-ordinate activities and build support for common purposes
• Drives hard to meet and frequently exceed goals and objectives within tight timeframes
• Consistently delivers on agreed goals and tasks and can be relied upon to meet or exceed expectations
• Makes decisions with sufficient, rather than complete, information
• Identifies, analyzes and discusses decision making alternatives with multiple stakeholders
• Shifts priorities to address changes in events or assigned goals
• Seeks opportunities to share information for the benefit of others; seeks the input of others to encourage participation, both within and outside the group
• Refuses to violate own ethical standards, despite the pressure of deadlines and the requirement to meet business goals
• Builds a shared understanding of goals and targets necessary for successful achievement of strategy in own area
• Critically evaluates risk associated with various courses of action and makes calculated decisions, with contingency plans to mitigate risk
• Demonstrates trust in others by delegating responsibility, rather than taking charge, when they have the capability
• Sources and listens to all points of view and respects differing opinions when developing solutions
• Finds areas of agreement when working with conflicting individuals or groups
• Inspires groups of individuals to work together to achieve a common purpose; promotes a culture of open communication and respect
• Possesses excellent organization skills and can juggle several responsibilities at the same time
• Adjusts project management methodology based on project requirements and personalities of team members