OUC

Job Purpose:

Senior Project Manager leads, oversees and ensures the successful delivery and management of single or multiple projects varying in size and complexity. The Senior Project Manager must do this within scope, to a certain quality, and within time and cost constraints. These factors may be clearly defined or may require dynamic change management to deliver business value.

Primary Functions:

• Engage in complete life-cycle management of projects, varying scopes, sizes and numbers including planning, design, and scheduling, costing, and deliverable management in partnership with internal and external stakeholders.
• Review project proposals or plans to determine a time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing projects, staffing requirements and the assignment of available departmental resources to various project phases.
• Identify and schedule project deliverables, milestones, and acquire/collaborate with stakeholders on acquisition of resources, budget, personnel and technology for successful completion of assigned projects.
• Provide leadership and motivation to project team members throughout the project life cycle and confer with project staff to outline a work plan. Direct and coordinate the activities of project personnel to ensure projects progress on schedule and within budget.
• Implement a project communication plan and facilitate on-going dialog with stakeholders to ensure proactive management of expectations.
• Establish a work plan and staffing for project activities, iterations or phases, and arrange for recruitment or assignment of project personnel. Review/approve the work plan of any external service providers or consultants contracted to execute the project.
• Conduct risk assessment and create and implement mitigation plans.
• Monitor project activities, ensuring the currency, quality and integrity of information, while providing consistency in content and “look and feel” across the organization.
• Ensure that project goals are in line with business objectives and achieved.
• Prepare status reports and modify schedules or plans as required. Establish standards and procedures for project reporting and documentation.
• Benchmark project management performance continuously to identify the potential for improvements and increase capability in project and portfolio management. Support the creation and implementation of metrics to track and improve project management process and outcomes.
• Assist with the creation and maintenance of a knowledge repository with industry best practices.
• Coach junior team members, executives and others who need assistance and advice regarding project management practices. Assist with training and mentoring of rising project managers within PMO and Business units.
• Support the continuous improvement of creation, coordination and implementation of PMO templates, policies, procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.