Technical PM

Calgary, Canada

Competing in a data-driven world, most businesses struggle to capture real value from data and analytics. Data management constraints cause mid-size and large companies to miss key opportunities in the value chain. Companies are left vulnerable to underwhelming performance and encroachment by competitors.

A4 Systems is a world-class team of cyber physical system product developers, transforming quality data into primary competitive advantage. A trusted partner to industries like manufacturing, agriculture, and energy, A4 builds mission-critical SaaS products for customers to achieve breakthrough performance.

Job Description


Who we are:
Competing in a data-driven world, most businesses struggle to capture real value from data and analytics. Data management constraints cause mid-size and large companies to miss key opportunities in the value chain. Companies are left vulnerable to underwhelming performance and encroachment by competitors.
A4 Systems is a world-class team of cyber physical system product developers, transforming quality data into primary competitive advantage. A trusted partner to industries like manufacturing, agriculture, and energy, A4 builds mission-critical SaaS products for customers to achieve breakthrough performance.

What you'll be doing:
- Successfully delivery of professional engineering services for assigned projects
- Assist in development of project statements of work
- Draft and maintain project specific schedules / project plans
- Obtain client agreement to the project schedule and agreed upon work items
- Ensure projects are delivered within the time/resources/scope expectations
- Manage project risk mitigation and plans
- Conduct weekly status meetings and quarterly business reviews with customers for assigned projects
- Maintain daily/weekly communication with the client and all relevant stakeholders
- Identify custom engineering requests that are not part of an existing business contracts
- Manage delivery schedule of critical third party deliverables for assigned projects
- Keep management informed of the status of assigned projects
- Effectively manage customer relationships for assigned projects
- Support different time zones and work non-traditional hours as required to support the assigned projects.
- Review test code and designs frequently to ensure that program goals are being met.

Who you are:
- 5+ years of project management experience in a computer oriented / technical service field, ideally with Internet connected devices
- Strong knowledge of Linux
- Extensive experience successfully managing projects with cross-cultural and multi-continent internal and external project resources
- Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written, in English
- Strong negotiation skills
- Strong communicator who is comfortable in a customer facing role managing complex enterprise technical projects
- Strong leader and problem solver with extensive experience building successful internal and external partnerships and effective working relationships with demanding project sponsors in complex organisational environments
- PMP/PMI, or PRINCE2 Practitioner Certification preferred
- Ability and willingness to travel occasionally domestically and internationally

Salary range for this role is $80,000 - $115,000

Problem Solving
Passion for technology
Ability to learn
Communication
Teamwork

Must Have

  • Excellent organization, planning and time management skills
  • Capable of adapting quickly, manage multiple demands and competing priorities, deliver to deadlines
  • Critical thinking
  • Strong problem-solving skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills for coordinating across teams
  • A desire to learn and grow professionally and personally
  • Energy- contributing to a positive work environment
  • Ability to work independently and in a team environment

Core Values

  • Authentic
  • Accountable
  • Approachable
  • Avid Learner

Culture

  • Team building lunches every week
  • Team building activities and company events
  • Personal and professional development
  • Open door policy
  • Casual dress code

What's great in the job?


  • The opportunity to work with a diverse group of like minded individuals who believe in the sharing of knowledge
  • A management team that is hands-on with the projects
  • An open door policy that enables that sharing of ideas
  • A project based corporation where no two days are the same
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What We Offer


Each employee has a chance to see the impact of his work. You can make a real contribution to the success of the company.
Several activities are often organized all over the year, such as weekly sports sessions, team building events, monthly drink, and much more

Creative Work Environment

Professional Development

Health Spending Account and Benefits

Team happy hour and activities