Project control officer, Project management

As a project control officer, you help plan and monitor projects to meet objectives on time and on budget. You work alongside the project/agile leader and serve as a point person for the team to help them meet their performance objectives. You are the resource person for project management tools, planning and performance monitoring. As a specialist, you serve as a resource person in your area of expertise.

You help the project/agile leader and their team monitor projects, programs and groups of projects and ensure they are efficient. You plan, prioritize and coordinate work to meet objectives. You anticipate issues and trends, suggest solutions and ensure they are implemented. You use analysis and assessments to recommend innovative solutions. Your initiatives require extensive knowledge of your specialty area. You are the point person for the implementation of Project Delivery Office processes and requirements.

You are responsible for highly complex projects and programs that require solid analysis and understanding of the organization and line of business and the ability to deal with complexity, ambiguity and/or multiple initiatives rdination is critical, so you frequently interact with stakeholders working in many other fields. You play an integrator or coordinator role with various work groups. You lead and serve as specialist to teams, decision‑making bodies and external providers.

More specifically, you will be required to:

• Monitor project scopes, budgets and timelines in order to produce reports
• Anticipate, identify and analyze trends and discrepancies and suggest solutions to help the team meet their performance indicators
• Assist the team with risk, issues and document management
• Ensure project management best practices are followed
• Help the team update the timeline by keeping track of milestones and key dates for squads and contributors
• Monitor and analyze the plan, make resource capacity recommendations and update the project plan

• Competitive salary and annual bonus
• 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
• Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
• Group insurance including telemedicine
• Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment

* Benefits apply based on eligibility criteria.

#LI-Hybrid

• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• A minimum of six years of relevant experience
• Please note that other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered
• Knowledge of French is required

• Action oriented
• Customer Focus
• Differences
• Interpersonal Savvy
• Nimble learning
• Plans and aligns

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Project management (FG)