Associate Project Manager

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Role overview

We are adding an Associate Project Manager to our Implementation team. We use Smartsheet for schedules and Jira for the technical work. MS Project experience is fine too. The company is based in Edmonton, Canada. We are a distributed team spread across a few time zones. We hire in the US through an employer of record, so this is a regular full-time job with local payroll and statutory benefits. Core hours overlap with US Central time, 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM CT.

What you'll do

• Report status to sponsors and steering committees.
• Handle change requests and their effect on scope, time and cost.
• Build and maintain project plans in Smartsheet or MS Project.
• Coordinate work across IT, operations, finance and vendors.
• Oversee vendor statements of work and deliverables.
• Manage project budgets and forecast spend to completion.
• Escalate blockers before they turn into missed dates.

Minimum qualifications

• 1-2 years of project management experience.
• Organized, with a habit of following up.
• Working knowledge of waterfall and Agile methods.
• Strong written status reporting.

Preferred qualifications

• ERP or software implementation experience.
• Change management training such as Prosci.
• Scrum Master certification (CSM or PSM)

The base pay range for this position is $65,000 - $78,000/year. Actual pay depends on experience, skills and location.

Benefits

• Paid parental leave.
• Public holidays observed per your country.
• Health insurance through our employer-of-record partner.
• Company laptop.
• Flexible hours.
• Annual team retreat.
• Paid sick days.

Velvetlane Consulting Group is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.

Please include a short note on why this role interests you.

Start: Within 30 days.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Velvetlane Consulting Group.