Next Pathway - The Automated Cloud Migration Company
https://www.nextpathway.com/
Listed as one of Canada’s hottest start-ups by the Globe and Mail, Next Pathway is a technology services company providing clients a pathway from existing to emerging technologies. Our automation technology helps our customers accelerate the migration of complex applications and workloads to the cloud.
We are looking for a skilled Senior Technical Project Manager (Cloud/Data Migrations/EDW) to join our team!
The candidate needs to have extensive experience as follows:
- 10+ years as a Project Manager managing risks inherent in leading complex projects
- 5+ years leading multiple technical teams that may be geographically distributed
- Technical familiarity with cloud technologies, enterprise data warehouse concepts, data integration pipelines and reporting
Project Knowledge
- Previous experience in EDW, Datawarehouse Migration or Data Integration projects
- Knowledge of cloud and related cloud solutions
Responsibilities:
- Provide project and program management skills to various projects
- Facilitate meetings with key staff from clients to gather requirements
- Prepare a detailed project plan(s) of the task by project phases
- Manage the tasks of the entire team (vendors, client, staff) to ensure the milestones are met for the completion of the project phases.
- Track and monitor the budget and consumption of the budget based on adherence to project estimates.
- Follow escalation procedures for matters relating to overall project health influenced by risks, issues and budget.
- Prepare a weekly status report to identify the current tasks, tasks to be completed next, issues, risks, budget and project milestone dates.
- Identify, track and manage issues and risks and bring them to the attention of the appropriate leadership.
- Facilitate regular status meetings with team members and client to update them on the project's progress, issues, risks and milestone dates.
- Ensure teams have access to technical clarify and focus during meetings / stand-ups.
- Facilitate operational efficiencies of the development team to plan maximum deliverables in an iteration
- Responsible for removing the impediments and blocking issues for the team.
- Implements processes, practices, and tools allow for multiple paths of delivery (i.e. create simplified, consistent, reusable, efficient and flexible methodologies).
- Recommends improvements and drive alignment across IT teams within the same line of business
Project Management / Scrum Skills:
- Knowledge of agile methodology and frameworks (i.e. Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc.)
- Understands the basic fundamentals of iterative and incremental development.
- Knowledge of other Agile approaches, like: Kanban, Crystal, FDD, XP, etc.
- Basic knowledge of software development processes and procedures to understand Team needs.
- Expert in estimation and planning and knows how to create useful, reliable and practical plans for software development projects.
- Knowledge of Agile techniques: User Stories, Continuous Integration, ATDD, TDD, Continuous Testing, Pairing, Automated Testing, Agile Games
- Ability to understand the commitment to deliver the project on time analyze, organize and prioritize work
- Experience in matrix-managing multi-disciplinary teams
- Experience in sprint planning and agile development practices
- Knows about the value of metrics and incremental delivery.
- Knowledge about tasks, backlog tracking, burndown metrics, velocity, user stories etc.
- Familiar with common development practices
Other Skills:
- Previous Consulting or Experience Conducting C-Level Presentations
- Team Player with Excellent Interpersonal and Communication Skills (Written and Verbal)
- Strong Work Ethic with a Positive Attitude and a Passion for Scrum and Project Management
- Strong Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills
- Excellent Time Management Skills
Must Have:
- Great communication skills (verbal and writing)
- Previous external client service, consulting or contracting experience
- PMP, CSM and Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related field from a reputable university.
