Project Manager, GIS

Reporting to the Director, PMO, the Project Manager is responsible to successfully implement global or regional projects.

• Manages large, cross-functional projects involving multiple business functions, GIS teams, vendors, and stakeholders.
• Leads all phases of projects in accordance with the Apotex project management methodology using Waterfall, Agile, and Hybrid delivery approaches.
• Produces project management deliverables including charters, plans, status reports, risk and issue logs, financial reports, closure reports, and operational handover documentation.
• Collaborates with sponsors, business leads, BRMs, SMEs, architects, technical teams, and operational stakeholders to define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and expected outcomes.
• Establishes project governance and ensures compliance with PMO standards, stage-gate requirements, project controls, and audit requirements.
• Communicates project status, risks, issues, decisions, dependencies, and recommendations to sponsors, steering committees, and leadership.
• Leads project teams of GIS professionals, business representatives, vendors, and contractors to achieve objectives and drive collaboration and accountability.
• Manages project budgets, forecasts, accruals, and financial reporting, ensuring alignment with approved funding and analyzing variances and risks.
• Develops and maintains integrated project schedules, including resource assignments, dependencies, milestones, critical path activities, and forecasting.
• Develops resource plans, identifies capacity constraints, and works with functional leaders to secure project resources.
• Identifies and manages project risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, and constraints, implementing mitigation strategies with stakeholders.
• Manages project scope and change through established governance and change control processes.
• Monitors project execution to ensure deliverables meet defined requirements, quality standards, regulatory requirements, security requirements, and organizational policies.
• Coordinates change management, communications, training, and business readiness activities to support successful implementation and adoption.
• Ensures operational readiness and transition to support teams, including knowledge transfer, support documentation, service management processes, monitoring, backup and recovery, and support model definition.
• Facilitates decision-making, escalates issues as required, and ensures accountability for project actions and decisions.
• Performs project closure activities including lessons learned, retrospectives, financial closeout, acceptance, and transition of ownership.
• Contributes to the continuous improvement of PMO governance, methodologies, tools, templates, and practices.
• Works safely and collaboratively to achieve team objectives.
• Demonstrates behaviours aligned with organizational values of Integrity, Teamwork, Courage, and Innovation.
• Complies with all applicable ethics, quality, safety, environmental, and HR policies and procedures.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Education

• University or Community College degree in in Information Systems or Business Administration or equivalent business experience
• PMP Certification
• Scrum designation an asset;

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Superior knowledge of the key principles of Project Management methodologies including Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid.
• Experience in leading and influencing the activities and interaction of project team members and stakeholders on technology projects.
• Excellent conflict management skills.
• Ability to prioritize and effectively time manage responsibilities.
• Excellent oral and written English communication skills.
• Thrives in fast-paced, dynamic environments.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to relate well to internal and external stakeholders.
• Expert-level experience with MS Project, OnePlan, or other planning software.
• Demonstrated ability to grasp key concepts.
• Strong planning and organizational skills.
• Ability to learn quickly.
• Travel between local Apotex sites and global affiliates may be required.
• Business acumen in Commercial / Finance functions an asset.

.Experience

• 5-7 years Project Management experience leading large and complex projects, post PMP certification.
• 5+ years of experience in the Pharmaceutical/Process Industry, Consumer Packaged Goods, or Information Systems preferred.