Project manager

Introduction :

Specialized in recruitment across various activity sectors, Synergie's priority are its partners and candidates. We offer a reliable and suitable employment solution with the goal to meet everyone’s needs. Employment for all!

We are part of Groupe Synergie SA, an ISO certified organization, listed on the Paris Stock Exchange. Thanks to our 770 branches in 17 countries, we offer jobs to more than 70 000 people.

Synergie Canada is your partner of choice: quick, reliable and experienced! For more than 55 years, the support of our advisors has contributed to the success of many job seekers, companies and organizations.

Our new canadian IT & Engineering division is currently looking for senior Project/Product managers in the IT field.

The ideal candidate will be responsible for planning, coordinating, and implementing projects within the decided-upon budget, timeline, and scope.

Responsibilities:

• Identifying strategic and operational requirements of specific product management environment for IT initiatives.
• Providing ongoing advice on refinements and enhancements to the organization’s product management delivery processes.
• Developing product design criteria, planning activities, business objectives, communication and reporting protocols, implementing planning, product prioritization and phasing strategies, issues management, quality assessment and transition requirements.
• Directing, coordinating and monitoring product management activities to ensure timely, cost-effective and high-quality business and customer-focused results.

Key Responsibilities

• Articulate the product vision and product strategy - so the product team knows why they are undertaking the effort of building the product, and what the plan for doing so is.
• Prioritize features & manage the backlog - So the product team has a shared focus across tactical design and development work.
• Establish and track against measurable objectives - So the product team knows whether they are on the right path or not.
• Decide when to ship software - So customers can experience the benefits of the product as soon as possible, and the product team can continue to gather valuable feedback about how to iterate on the product.
• Continually de-risk product direction - So the product team only builds the features they should build, based on validated customer problems and business opportunities, and increase the likelihood that the product will be successful in the market.
• Communicate effectively - So the product team, stakeholders and sponsors are all aligned, and momentum is maintained.

Skills :

• Experience with identification to risk events and issues before they occur so that proper mitigating strategies can be developed.
• Ability to articulate and prioritize issues and risks at program management and senior executive level and recommend mitigation strategies for decision makers.
• Ability to create and maintain a product road map which describes how your product is likely to evolve over time.
• Ability to delivery on a product with a balanced team (product owner, user experience designers, developers) utilizing Agile (SCRUM) delivery methodologies. Scrum master experience is preferred
• Basic Knowledge in Microsoft Azure cloud platform
• Knowledge of online collaboration tools such as MIRO, Atlassian Confluence and Trello, Microsoft Office 365, Google Drive, Zoom, Slack and Microsoft Teams
• Knowledge of Backlog Management tools such as JIRA, Azure DevOps, Pivotal Tracker

Must Haves:

• Demonstrated experience in communication and mediation skills with business teams and core team members to ensure Client products are progressing according to schedule or product road map

Hybrid - 3 days onsite / 2 days remote