Project Manager - Remote

About Compugen Compugen is Canada's largest privately-owned Technology Ally. To innovate industries, transform businesses, connect communities, and drive meaningful change, we must think bigger, reach broader, and act bolder. Through knowledge, curiosity, and collaboration, Compugen helps organizations delivering experience by design. This is what it means to be human-centered and technology-enabled.

Dreaming, designing, and delivering isn't just a mantra for us — it's a way of life. We believe that technology is the conduit, but our people – they are the connection that truly makes the magic happen!

Our Culture We are a human-centered culture where we prioritize your well-being and are invested in helping you reach your fullest potential. We're not only focused on achieving our goals — we're dedicated to helping you achieve yours.

If you're relentlessly curious, driven to make a difference, and collaborative at the core, then you belong with us.

Position Overview:

Compugen is seeking a Project Manager for an initial 12 month contract working remotely. Candidates must currently reside within British Columbia

Key Responsibilities:

• Utilizing a project management methodology and processes for project activities and gates; creating and managing standard project management artifacts and activities as required, including project plans, budget, scope, schedule and timeline, risk register, status reports, and others, with a focus on effective delivery.
• Conducting initial project planning, soliciting estimates, requirements and user stories, incorporating change management, establishing timelines, and monitoring progress to ensure timely completion of projects.
• Obtaining and allocating resources: assigning tasks to agile delivery team, allocating resources effectively to ensure project success.
• Ensuring compliance with information privacy and security assessments, and project governance, procedures and practices, including escalating unresolved issues.
• Monitoring project deliverables to ensure they meet quality standards and align with project requirements, managing testing activities as required.
• Content and business writing and maintaining accurate project documentation, including project plans, status reports, and meeting minutes, for communication, future reference and auditing purposes
• Executing and supporting other project activities and tasks for one or more projects as reasonably required by the Project Manager
  
  
  

Skills & Qualifications:

• Project management training and certification including PMP (preferred) or PRINCE2
• University degree or two-year diploma in computer science or a related discipline from an accredited post-secondary institution
• 5 years of significant and recent, related experience in a leadership capacity on complex initiatives, including the ability to lead and motivate a team, delegate tasks, manage vendors, manage a budget, and provide guidance and support throughout the project lifecycle in an agile delivery environment.
• A strong background in projects within IT Asset Management or Device Management domains, including:
  
  
  

o Familiarity with ITAM frameworks and best practices. o Familiarity with modems in a retail environment. o Web development and website infrastructure.

• Familiarity with cyber security and Zero Trust best practices.
• A strong background in large hardware replacement rollouts, including:
• Mitigation plans and strategies to handle unexpected challenges
• A strong background in application implementations using vendors and partners for implementation, including:
• SaaS applications, mobile applications, and integrations in complex environments.
• Excellent organizational, planning and scheduling skills with very strong attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills to prioritize tasks, manage deadlines, and ensure timely completion of project deliverables.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills, including the ability to communicate complicated technical issues effectively to a variety of technical and non-technical audiences: executive and senior leadership; product managers; project agile team members; vendor-partners; service providers; and other stakeholders.
• Familiarity with predictive and hybrid project management as well as managing projects in kanban/agile style and utilizing work management tools such as Jira.
• Strong analytical skills including the ability to quickly identify potential issues and risks and craft innovative solutions.
• Experience navigating interdependencies across multiple business teams, agile delivery teams (Scrum, Kanban, Hybrid methodologies) and external vendor partners.
• Effective negotiation with sponsors of other initiatives, product owners of teams with competing priorities and deadlines, and others.
• Application of appropriate judgment and discretion in the resolution or escalation of project issues and recommendations to the Project Sponsor, Steering or Governance committees.
• In depth knowledge of standard project management methodologies and tools including scope and budget management, work breakdown structures and scheduling, stakeholder management, communication planning, risk assessment, readiness assessment, etc.
• Fluent in Confluence, Jira, the Microsoft Office Suite/SharePoint, and MS Project.
• Experience working with a Crown corporation is preferred.
• Experience with the gambling industry preferred.
  
  
  

Equity Statement At Compugen, we're committed to diversity, equity and inclusion, actively recruiting from all groups. We provide accommodation upon request to all applicants during the recruitment process. At Compugen, we believe that everyone deserves a seat at the table. If you require an accommodation, our People & Culture representative will work with you to meet your needs.

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