Supervisor, Project Management (12 month contract role)

McDonald's Corporation•Toronto, ON

7d•CA$76,799 - CA$102,398

About The Position

We are looking for a self-starting teammate to be a part of the Global Technology Canada PMO team. This position entails combining Project Management practices with waterfall, agile, and change management best practices to ensure effective and efficient planning, execution and deployment of technology solutions to our Restaurant, Customer and Corporate systems. The Technology Project Manager role is a cross functional position responsible for overseeing technology solutions from the Requirements gathering phase through Production deployment. This individual will have the responsibility of supervising and facilitating project stakeholder groups in a matrix environment, to enable them to achieve common project goals to enable the business and its priorities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in IT, Computer Science, or a related field
Minimum of 8+ years experience in IT project management
PMP certification an asset or formal Project Management Training
Passion for technology with strong technical acumen
Strong analytical, organizational and multi-tasking skills
Strong communication and inter-personal skills; ability to provide updates to senior leadership levels; adept at building relationships with internal teams and external partners
Demonstrated ability to lead and to be a self-starter with minimal guidance/oversight required.
Proficiency in project management software tools, techniques, and methods
Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently
Experience managing complex technical projects in a matrix environment and completed projects through full Software Delivery Life Cycle (SDLC), Requirements and Design, Quality Assurance and Implementation and Release Management
Experience leading IT Projects focused on hardware solutions, infrastructure & networking, software implementation
Ability to effectively synthesize information.
Willing to have the ‘tough discussions’ and in challenging situations, is tireless, strong willed, persistent, tenacious and determined
Strong time management skills with the ability to prioritize personal and project work according to benefit, goals and objectives
Adapts quickly to new or changing conditions

Responsibilities

Organize and form a team, leading them through discovery efforts to defining detailed scope statements for projects.
Develop and manage end-to-end detailed project plans, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and within budget.
Define project scopes, objectives, and deliverables while involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility.
Proactively coordinate cross-functional teams, develop, direct and monitor the progress on a project by managing the plan and resources.
Establish relationships across organization, specifically with McDonalds Product Managers, development teams, and Technical SMEs.
Maintain consistent communication with stakeholders about project status, risks, and changes.
Develop and maintain relationships with vendors, ensuring timely and cost-effective project deliverables.
Identify potential risks, develop mitigation strategies, and implement contingency plans.
Leverage project management best practices to implement tools/templates/techniques necessary for consistency in the delivery of project deliverables.
Build and leverage strong business relationships with project sponsor and subject matter expertise in the business domain they are operating in and the systems/solutions they are supporting.
Work with the project team to determine functional requirements.
Identify and supervise critical path activities and solve problems or raise them to immediate supervisor as needed.
Ensure proper governance is in place throughout all phases of the project management lifecycle to best meet project objectives.
Communicate a clear vision of the project objectives and motivate the team to achieve them.