IT Project Manager

Are you looking to grow with a company that puts people first? Where you collaborate daily with colleagues to create real solutions? 

Skyrocket your career with Elantis! Certified as a Great Place to Work®, Best Workplace™ for Today’s Youth, and Best Workplace™ for Inclusion, we're looking for a passionate and driven Project Manager.

Here are some of the great things you can expect from Elantis:

• Competitive salary and comprehensive extended health benefits, fully paid by Elantis.
• Mentorship, training, and ongoing opportunities for development to fuel your career growth and build your expertise.
• Relaxed environment with a casual dress code, community involvement opportunities, and lots of fun social events.
• Any excuse to celebrate our successes with lunches and treats - which is pretty often!
• Free access to an on-site fitness facility.

This role is onsite in our Edmonton office.

The Ideal Candidate

At Elantis, employees’ cultural fit and alignment with our values are the most important factors in selecting a successful candidate. We are guided by our core values of Own the Experience, Focus on People, and Do the Right Thing. You’re a great fit for our team if you: 

• Want to work closely with a talented team to create innovative solutions for customers and contribute to a vibrant work culture.
• Proactively offer solutions, think outside the box, and are confident in bringing your ideas forward to overcome obstacles and make a positive impact.
• Are comfortable with ambiguity and willing to seek direction if you need it.
• Are a lifelong learner. You’re curious, learn quickly, and enjoy mentoring to help others grow their career while you grow yours.
• Can move easily from project to project and juggle competing priorities with ease.
• Want to create an exceptional experience for customers, colleagues, and yourself.
• Enjoy collaborating with colleagues in-person to share ideas, solve problems, and celebrate together.
• Proactively providing support and mentorship for your team with regular check ins, additional learning, and offer guidance for best practices.

The Role

We are seeking a skilled and adaptable Project Manager to join our growing team. This role is responsible for proactively managing delivery of technology transformation projects.

As a Project Manager at Elantis, your projects will include:

• Managing concurrent multidisciplinary project teams using both Waterfall and Agile practices.
• Accurately managing and reporting on all aspects of project budget, schedule, scope, and risk.
• Monitoring and control development and implementation activities for delivery.
• Facilitating presentations to internal and external stakeholders.
• Negotiating and documenting project changes as needed.
• Supporting Architects in guiding customers to project decisions.
• Balancing agile practices with adherence to contracts and ensuring clients receive expected value.
• Applying industry best practices, tools, and techniques to improve Elantis’ project management and organizational change management capabilities.

• On the technical side, here are some of the skills and experience we’re looking for:
• Five or more years’ experience in managing complex technology projects.
• Experience in consulting roles.
• Ability to manage multiple customers and projects typically ranging from $50k-$500K, with a combined multimillion-dollar budget.
• Demonstrated leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills, enabling you to present to C-level customers and the Elantis leadership team.
• Experience creating detailed WBS from sales proposals and working collaboratively to ensure all delivery team members understand their assigned tasks.
• Ability to control project scope and deliverables by assessing risks, ensuring strict change control, and leveraging exceptional stakeholder management.
• Meticulous entry and review of timesheets and generation of recurring status reports.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Project Online, DevOps, and related project management tools.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365 solutions.
• Current project management certification (PMP or CSM preferred). Other complementary certification paths are an asset (e.g., Prince2, Prosci, Lean, ITIL, etc.)

Elantis gives you the opportunity to make a real impact in your work with clients and our internal team. We welcome you to apply today!

This job posting will remain open until a suitable candidate is found. Elantis will be screening applications as they are received.