Job Description

Join a Montreal headquarter company that helps organizations around the world create a personalized journey of impact and fulfillment for their people. Explorance offers innovative People Insight Solutions because we believe that each experience matters.

Explorance is a rapidly growing software company recognized for its unique workplace culture. We strive to be the best we can for our people, our customers, and the community. Currently, we are looking for a Project Manager to join our dynamic team who thrives in a demanding, fast-moving environment.

This role is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control, and completion of specific projects ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments, and goals.

What you\xe2\x80\x99ll you do as our Project Manager

• Assist Product manager / Owner in the definition of the project scope, objectives and the success criteria
• Ensure with Dev and QA leaders the availability & allocation of the resources needed to reach the project objectives & deadline
• Develop with Dev and QA a detailed project schedule and work plan
• Ensure that all project Epics / Stories / sprints & tasks are created in Jira
• Coordinate & manage resources in an effective and efficient manner to meet project deadline
• Provide project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders about strategy, adjustments, and progress
• Utilize industry best practices, techniques, and standards throughout entire project execution
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on quality, time & within scope
• Perform risk management to minimize potential risks; list all risks & associated actions plan
• Monitor progress and make adjustments as needed
• Provide the Head of PMO with sprint reports: Overview project progress (%), List of tasks completed during current sprint and list of tasks to do during next sprint
• Communicate & review project plan adjustments with Head of PMO
• Communicate adjustments or change of plan when needed to various stakeholders
• Measure performance, using appropriate project management tools and techniques, to identify areas for improvement
• Report and escalate to Head of PMO and management layer as needed

What you\'ll bring to the role

• Bachelor\'s degree in computer science, business, or a related field
• 5-8 years of project management and related experience
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is an asset
• Proven ability to solve problems creatively
• Strong familiarity with project management software tools (such as Jira and confluence), methodologies, and best practices
• Experience seeing projects through the full life cycle
• Excellent analytical skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and extremely resourceful
• Proven ability to complete projects according to outlined scope, budget, and timeline

Project Manager Skills

• Leadership
• Supervision
• Staffing
• Coaching
• Project Management
• Management
• Process Improvement
• Planning
• Performance Management
• Communication
• Problem Solving
• Analytical Skills
• Technical Skills
• Verbal Communication
• Written Communication
• Detail-Oriented
• Risk Management
• Negotiation
• Critical Thinking

At Explorance, we take inclusion to heart and live it each day. We put the \xe2\x80\x98human\xe2\x80\x99 first in everything we do and take pride in our authenticity and culture of inclusion. We therefore encourage persons of any race, religion, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, immigration status, disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics to apply. We make employment-related decisions without regard to any of these characteristics. And to ensure a safe workspace for all our employees, all employment is contingent upon receipt of a satisfactory background and reference check.

About Explorance

Explorance is a provider of People Insight solutions. The company empowers organizations with actionable decision-making by measuring students\' and employees\' needs, expectations, skills, knowledge, and competencies. Through scalable automation with tools including and and expert-based services, Explorance facilitates continuous improvement and accelerates the insight-to-action cycle, leading to personal growth and organizational agility.

Founded in 2003, Explorance is headquartered in Montreal with business units in Chicago, Chennai, Melbourne, Amman, and London. Explorance works with 35% of the Fortune 100 and 25% of the top higher education institutions, including 8 of the world\xe2\x80\x99s top 10 business schools. The company has clients in more than 40 countries. Since 2014, Explorance has been consecutively ranked as a top employer by the Great Places to Work Institute\xc2\xae and remains highly ranked by employee review website Glassdoor. To learn more, please visit Explorance.com and connect with us on , , and @explorance.

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