Wave

Director, Regional Project Management

Wave$100K — $130K *
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in business, management, engineering, or related field
  • 5+ years of project management experience
  • Strong communication skills in various formats (in-person, phone, writing)
  • Effective prioritization and organizational skills
  • Analytical and data interpretation abilities
  • Leadership experience managing complex projects

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage regional project managers for program delivery
  • Direct work efforts and escalate resource needs for project resolution
  • Guide project integration, adjusting scope and budgets
  • Support project managers with performance reviews and improvement
  • Act as liaison for the Corporate SPMO, assigning regional projects
  • Maintain and prioritize the Regional Road Map with regular updates
  • Create reports to measure project impact using operational metrics

Benefits

  • Office environment with required travel estimated at 25%
  • Opportunities for leadership development
  • Engagement in strategic operational projects
  • Chance to influence regional business outcomes
  • Collaboration with corporate and regional teams
Full Job Description
Job Summary

Do you thrive on transforming strategic vision into actionable plans that drive operational progress? At Spectrum, you'll lead the charge in converting regional strategy into organized, sustainable project plans, ensuring seamless execution and minimal operational disruption. Your leadership will directly influence the quality and effectiveness of our regional operations, making a lasting impact on our business outcomes.

Responsibilities

How You'll Make an Impact
  • Lead and manage regional project managers, overseeing the delivery of programs and projects
  • Direct work efforts, review integrated project plans, escalate resource needs and drive issue resolution
  • Guide the integration of projects, adjusting scope, timing and budgets to align with business priorities
  • Support direct report project managers through performance reviews and continuous improvement monitoring
  • Act as the single point of contact for the Corporate SPMO team, assigning projects within your regional team
  • Maintain and prioritize the Regional Road Map, ensuring updates and evaluations are consistently performed
  • Create and track reports measuring project impacts and effectiveness using company-wide field operations metrics

Working Conditions
  • Office environment with travel required, estimated at 25 percent within the regional footprint


Qualifications

What You'll Bring to Spectrum

Required Qualifications

Education
  • Bachelor's degree in business, management, engineering or a related area

Experience
  • 5+ years of project management experience

Skills
  • Ability to read, write and speak English clearly and professionally
  • Strong communication skills with employees, customers and suppliers in-person, by phone and in writing
  • Ability to manage multiple projects and tasks
  • Proficiency with personal computers and software applications
  • Effective prioritization and organizational skills
  • Analytical and data interpretation abilities
  • Sound judgment and initiative
  • Capability to prepare and deliver data-driven presentations
  • Skill in communicating with all levels of management and personnel
  • Ability to influence stakeholders and build consensus
  • Decision-making and problem-solving skills under pressure
  • Leadership and direction for cross-functional and virtual teams
  • Oversight of large, complex and strategic projects impacting the regional organization

Preferred Qualifications

Experience
  • 5+ years working in an MSO
  • 3+ years operations experience

Skills
  • Complete knowledge of Spectrum products and services
  • Demonstrated management skills leading teams of individual program and project managers
  • Ability to build high-performance teams and to define key performance indicators and metrics
  • Supervisory and motivational skills
  • Strong relationship development with peers and project members

About Wave

Wave is a Canadian financial services company that provides accounting, invoicing, and payment processing software for small businesses. The company was founded in 2010 by Kirk Simpson and James Lochrie. Wave's software is used by over 4 million small businesses around the world. In 2019, the company was acquired by H&R Block for $405 million. Wave is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
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Size
200 employees
Industry
Founded
2011

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