Full Job Description
JANA's Senior Project Managers are responsible for guiding projects from conception to completion, ensuring projects are completed on time and within budget. Several projects are typically in the process of being completed at any given time, and a Senior Project Manager must be able to manage multiple aspects of the process simultaneously. Senior Project Managers work cross-functionally and communicate to all parties involved in a project. As well, Senior Project Managers provide mentorship to the project management team and support to the JANA's Gas Operations team.
Responsibilities
- Manages and coordinates multiple projects throughout the project lifecycle
- Accountable for meeting budget, timelines, and resource commitments
- Organizes and plans project tasks and schedules
- Establishes goals and expectations and takes corrective action as needed to maintain and control project scope, cost, schedule, and quality
- Creates, manages, and drives resolution of issues log including description, ownership and action plan
- Documents and distribute all decisions and agreements related to the project
- Defines, collects, monitors, and analyzes project metrics and prioritizes/resolves issues
- Effectively communicates project expectations to team members and clients in a timely and clear fashion
- Works with Sales & Market Teams to develop Statements of Work, including cost estimates and project plans
- Communicates project status to stakeholders and key project participants
- Stays aware of company goals and strategies to ensure projects align with business priorities
- Has the ability to turn around troubled projects
- Facilitates and encourages collaboration across departments to ensure projects are completed successfully
- Facilitates Client project meetings, implementation workshops and training, as required
- Determines and mitigates any project risks
- Contributes and problem-solves any challenges to ensure project goals and objectives are met
- Establishes and maintains project governance
- Facilitates open information flow among project stakeholders
- Ensures that the terms and conditions of the contract are met
- Ensures adherence to project management standards and best practices
- Provides support to project teams and keeps the teams informed of pertinent issues
- Conducts project post-mortems and identifies successful and unsuccessful projects
- Provides mentorship to members of the Project Management team
- Helps identify Project Management-related training needs to ensure the effective application of project management and leadership principles
- Conduct training to help improve the skills - both hard and soft - that are required for successful planning, execution, delivery, and support of projects
- Make continuous improvement a priority
Required Skills & Experience
- Undergraduate degree in a STEM field
- 5+ years of client-facing Project Management experience
- Thorough understanding of project management techniques and methods
- Excellent knowledge of change management principles
- Ability to influence cross-functional teams without formal authority
- Must be able to travel in the US and Canada up to 20% of the time