Job Description
ENDAVA AT A GLANCE
We are a global public technology company with over 23 years of experience working with some of the biggest global names in payments, banking, financial services, insurance, media, technology, and more. Through Digital Evolution, Agile Transformation, and Automation solutions, Endava helps its clients be more engaging, responsive, and efficient by supporting them from ideation to production. We exist to create an environment and a culture that breeds success by caring for our customers as individuals and enabling our people to be the best that they can be.
Endava has 11,742 employees, as of March 31, 2023, located in close to client locations in Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Singapore, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and nearshore delivery centers in the European Union: Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, Romania, and Slovenia; Central European Countries: Bosnia & Herzegovina, Moldova, North Macedonia, and Serbia; Latin America: Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, and Uruguay; Asia Pacific: Malaysia and Vietnam.
Not only are we committed to nurturing long-term customer relationships, Endava recognizes the importance of providing rewarding and challenging careers for our people and, by doing so, we have established ourselves as a great place to work. At Endava we value career growth and expansion. You will have various opportunities to grow into the career you desire. We offer mentorship programs and multiple career tracks to help you achieve your personal and professional goals.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
Our Endava family is growing! We are seeking an independent, tenacious, Agile Project Manager to join our Project Delivery Management team. As an Agile Project Manager at Endava, you will have a minimum 4 years of experience in the end-to-end management of software projects, with ideally a strong understanding of warehouse management systems for this role. You must have knowledge of stakeholder management, risk management, and Agile methodologies, as well as be willing to travel for this role.
As an Agile Project Manager (PM), you will take a people-first approach to leadership and be highly self-motivated. Our PMs are proactive in identifying gaps, suggesting improvements, and taking initiative. As a PM, you operate as a natural storyteller, understanding the context of decision-making and explaining it to others. You are not afraid to give candid and constructive feedback with empathy and know how to adapt your communication style for different seniorities and audiences.
In this role, you will have the flexibility to adapt to different roles, as the client needs, and be unphased by date or plan changes made by the client. You have the endurance to weather narrow timelines and shifts in team morale, as well as the tenacity to follow up on action items, decisions, and impediments until they are resolved. You can build trust within your team and transparently raise blockers, risks, and dependencies both inside and outside your team.
THIS IS A FIXED-TERM CONTRACT, 1 YEAR FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT
Responsibilities:
- Full leadership of client’s cross-functional teams to drive project delivery as defined in the Statement of Work
- Being on-site with client teams when requested, resulting in weekend work and/or longer days
- Responsible for all phases of the Project Lifecycle to ensure a successful ‘Go-Live’ for the facility
- Tracks and reports on overall status, risks and issues, timeline and milestones, dependencies, expectations, and other key project metrics to the client as part of established routines
- Creates and owns project documentation: i.e., project plans, Go-Live plans, quality assurance and SOX compliance checklists, timelines, status reports, communication plans, risk logs, RACI charts, etc.
- Lead all project people; tracking vacations, collaborating with Subject Matter Experts, and the client’s Operations Teams
- Able to lead and influence teams that don’t report directly into this role
- All administrative actions regarding project meetings, including but not limited to: organizing, facilitating, taking notes, distributing notes, following up on deadlines and action items, etc.
- Where applicable, will approve timesheets and expense reports
- Work with account team - Account Manager, Sales Partner, and/or Delivery Manager - to help deepen client relationship
- Work with sales and marketing team to help build knowledge base of each client’s business, organization, objectives, and needs
- Assure project legal documents are completed and signed prior to the project starting
- Light management per facility
- Handles changes and their subsequent approval process, as needed
- Establishes and maintains a well-communicated schedule for a project at various Program and Project level meetings
- Evaluate key results and final product to ensure traceability of requirements, high quality, and customer/client acceptance
- Responsible for acquiring sign-off on all project deliverables, including Go-Live plans
- Facilitate project retrospective sessions to capture key Lessons Learned
- Create and distribute Lessons Learned documentation
Required Skills and Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
- Minimum 4 years of relevant experience
- 2+ years’ experience with Agile methodologies
- Experience using project management tools (e.g., Smartsheet, SharePoint, MS Project, JIRA, Oracle, etc.)
- Experience using instant messaging tools (e.g., MS Teams, Slack, etc.)
- Must be willing to travel and/or fly up to 25% and occasionally over a weekend, as project schedule requires
Preferred Skills:
- 3+ years of demonstrated ability in consulting clients in a variety of business issues
- 3+ years IT experience in project, product, or business analyst roles
- 1+ years’ experience in supply chain, logistics, and/or warehouse management systems
- Experience with both waterfall and Agile delivery methodologies
- Experience with Microsoft Office Suite
Endava Benefits:
Because for us, it is always all about people.
Need more reasons to join our team? Here is what you can expect!
- Opportunity to work in an exciting and growing high-tech Global Organization
- Career Development opportunities
- Work/Life balance is the heart of culture
- Like to Travel? Great! We have over 51 offices in 49 cities, within 27 different countries
- Endava provides competitive full salary packages
- Personal and Professional growth with continued training opportunities
- Comprehensive benefits package (region specific)
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Flexible Spending Accounts (USA only)
- Employer Paid Life Insurance and AD&D Coverages
- Health Savings account paired with our low-cost High Deductible Medical Plan (USA only)
- Retirement plan with employer match
- Need incentives to stay healthy? We offer Wellness Benefits & Gym reimbursements
- Employee Assistance Programs
- Wellness Benefits
- Endava Wellbeing resources and webinars
- Never stop learning- Our North American Learning and Operational Development Teams have something for everyone!
Location: Ontario, Canada
We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to a diverse workforce. We are committed to a policy of equal employment and will not discriminate against an applicant based on their age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, color, creed, religion, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, marital status, familial status, people with physical or mental disabilities, pregnancy or any other category protected under the laws we operate under.
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