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Mitacs

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 1999

💰 $1.4M Grant on 2023-04

At Mitacs, we are bringing innovation to more people in more places across Canada and around the world. We make investing in new knowledge easier through access to top researchers, flexible project plans, and co-investments in talent. Our teams work closely with businesses, researchers, and governments to create new pathways to safer cities, better healthcare, improved products, a cleaner environment, and a more diverse and inclusive economy.-----À Mitacs, nous amenons l’innovation à plus de personnes dans plus d’endroits au Canada et dans le monde. Nous simplifions les choses pour les personnes souhaitant investir dans de nouvelles connaissances en leur donnant accès à l’élite de la recherche, à des plans de projet flexibles et à des investissements conjoints dans le talent. Les équipes de Mitacs collaborent étroitement avec le monde des entreprises, la communauté de la recherche et des instances gouvernementales pour explorer de nouvelles voies menant à des villes plus sûres, à de meilleurs soins de santé, à des produits plus efficaces, à un environnement plus propre ainsi qu’à une économie plus diverse et plus inclusive.

📋 Description

• Lead and manage the BGT portfolio to ensure organizational transformation initiatives are aligned with the organization’s priorities. • Lead end-to-end implementation of organizational transformation programs: planning, execution, risk and issue management, dependency management, budget management, stakeholder engagement, and achievement of key program objectives. • Work closely with transformation sponsors, workstream leads, and cross-functional teams to integrate multiple workstreams and create a coordinated roadmap to meet program objectives and ensure successful adoption. • Manage vendor coordination and governance, including day-to-day relationship management with consulting partners. • Provide regular written and verbal updates to senior leadership, workstream leads, and stakeholders on program progress, key performance indicators, and risks.

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years of program management experience in complex, multi-stakeholder environments. • Proven experience coordinating multiple concurrent initiatives or portfolios. • At least five years of direct management experience supervising project managers or in a similar role. • Program management (PgM) or Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, or equivalent. • Scrum Master certification (Certified Scrum Master, CSM), SAFe certification, and Agile certifications (e.g., SAFe, PMI-ACP). • Expertise with project management tools such as Smartsheet, MS Planner, Jira, or other leading platforms. • Experience managing portfolio budgets in excess of $10 million. • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to build and manage relationships with stakeholders at all levels of the organization. • Experience managing external consulting partners (e.g., Big 4). • Proficiency in written and spoken English is required for this role.

🏖️ Benefits

• Equity, diversity, and inclusion • Recruitment focus on underrepresented groups • Continuous improvement and innovation