Job Details: Project Manager - ID#56267
| Job Title: | Project Manager - ID#56267 |
| Job ID: | 56267 |
| Company: | AReS Staffing Corporation |
| Position Type: | Permanent |
| Pay Rate: | tbd |
| Date Posted: | May-12-08 |
POSITION TITLE: Project Manager
LOCATION: Montreal
DURATION: Full-Time, Permanent
POSITION OVERVIEW:
Project Managers are responsible for managing all assigned implementations including projects involving multiple locations and/or departments in a hardware/software, multi-vendor, multi-protocol environments. This position will be the focal point for all communications with the customer on their assigned accounts through the implementation process. The Project Manager is responsible for customer satisfaction and will efficiently lead both customer and internal resources to meet the established implementation milestones and targeted completion dates. In general, the scopes of projects are of moderate complexity in a mid-market account base. The position works with minimal supervision.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Project Manager will be the key focal point to the customer and be the manager of all resources being supplied to ensure a timely efficient, successful implementation with a goal of 100% referencability.
On a day-to-day basis a PM will:
1. Assist the Region Professional Services Manager (PSM) in implementing corporate service programs as they pertain to the region.
2. Ensure a thorough understanding of customer expectations through meetings with sales and discussions with the customer.
3. Ensure local and corporate implementation processes and standards are met.
4. Be the focal point of all communications with the customer and regularly communicate with the customers' project manager and decision-maker verbally and in writing throughout the implementation process.
5. Communicate regularly with the customer and resources assigned to ensure schedule and scope integrity. Identify and escalate any unresolved or unusual installation problems through the appropriate resource network.
6. Ensure the Application Consultants, and other resources, are efficiently scheduled, executing against that schedule, and ensuring customer readiness.
7. Set up and conduct a pre-implementation planning meeting with the customer, ensuring that all roles and responsibilities are established and timelines are set.
8. Finalize and develop the project team, deliverables and task flow, and project schedule with the customer's project manager.
9. Ensure that the customer's executive sponsor(s) understand scope and timelines.
10. Manage the project timeline; communicate deviations; resolve scope changes; confirm system activation date, and end-user training is scheduled and executed.
11. Ensure 100% compliance with Project Change Control procedures.
12. Transition customer from installation to customer support.
13. Ensure that the customer will be a reference.
QUALIFICATIONS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a Business, Computer Sciences or related field
• Minimum of 5 years experience in managing application deployment project initiatives
• Familiarity with the use of a Professional Service Application (PSA)
• Demonstrated experience in managing projects to profitability, while balancing customer needs/expectations
• Strong verbal and written communications
• Effectively communicates with executive level customer personnel
• Project Management certification is in process, or complete. Certification level expectations are that the candidate achieves Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), with a goal to achieve certification as a Project Management Professional (PMP), through the Project Management Institute (PMI).
• Must be Bilingual (English/French).
| Location: [rss] | Canada-QC-Montreal |
| Telecommute: | No (Onsite Position) |
| Contact Name: | AReS Staffing Consultant |
| Contact Phone: | 416.480.2700 |
| Contact Email: | 56267.ares@hiredesk.net |
| URL: | http://www.aresstaffing.com/hotjobs.html |
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If you or anyone you know is interested and available please feel free to send your resume to: 56267.ares@hiredesk.net Feel free to call us with any questions about this opportunity at 416.480.2700. As well, feel free to visit our online career centre for this opportunity and many more at: www.aresstaffing.com AReS Staffing Corporation is a Canadian full service contract, temporary and permanent recruitment corporation that was founded in 1996. Our head office is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario and offers contract, temporary and permanent staffing services to the North American marketplace. AReS Staffing also offers payroll administration services. We specialize in the following areas: - Information Technology - Executive Search - Administrative Support - Call Centre, Customer Service & Helpdesk - Sales and Marketing |
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