Senior Project Manager, Transformation and Integration

Job Description

The Opportunity :

WSP Canada is currently seeking a Senior Project Manager, Transformation and Integration , to join our team and lead complex organizational transformation initiatives.

This role is critical to the continual improvement of our fast growing company, and will provide ample opportunity for the successful candidate to build relationships with various corporate and operational functions, while expanding their skills and understanding of the enterprise and its culture.

Reporting to the Vice President, Business Transformation & Integration, the successful candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams, defining and executing transformation plans that enhance efficiency, foster collaboration, while ensuring people-first focus approach.

Due to the role requirements, fluency in both French and English is required.

Why choose WSP?

• We value and are committed to upholding a culture of inclusion and belonging
• Our Flexible Work Policy - we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours.

We will support you on and off the job so you can be fully present in both your work and home lives.

• A Canadian success story - we're proud to wear the red and white of this beautiful country and show the world what Canada has to offer.
• Enhance the world around you - from the environment to the highways, to the buildings and the terrain, WSP is the fabric of Canada.
• Outstanding career opportunities - we're growing and pushing ourselves every day to be greater than yesterday - we're open to your ideas and trying new things.
• A phenomenal collaborative culture and a workforce filled with genuinely good people who are doing humbly important work.

Come find out for yourself what it's like to be a part of our journey.

We offer attractive pay, flexible work options, a great corporate culture, comprehensive and employee-focused benefits including virtual healthcare and a wellness platform as well as great savings programs, and a clear vision for the future.

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What you can expect to do here :

• Lead and manage organizational transformation initiatives, overseeing the seamless merging of processes, systems, and teams to achieve operational synergies.
• Ensure the methodologies, standard processes and tools defined by the Canadian Transformation Office (CTO) are used for all transformation project phases, from set-up to close-out.

Report project key milestones progress, main achievements and risks to the CTO.

• Act as a change champion, demonstrating a positive and constructive attitude towards change, and actively promoting the development of this mindset among team members and stakeholders.
• Act as a leader and foster collaboration between cross-functional teams, departments, and business units to ensure cohesion, alignment and effective communication.
• Define and execute comprehensive project management plans, outlining clear objectives, well-defined timelines, responsibilities, risks, and communication protocols.
• Implement project information management tools and methodologies to ensure accurate documentation and communication throughout project.
• Customize processes and approaches to match the unique characteristics and goals of each transformation initiative, with a focus on maintaining a people-centric approach.
• Provide mentorship and guidance to junior team members, contributing to their professional growth.

What you'll bring to WSP :

• Due to the role requirements, fluency in both French and English is required.
• Proven track record in delivering and managing multi-disciplinary projects, skills / experience in schedule, budget, quality, risk and information management.
• Strong experience in strategic / corporate and technology / systems project management, and / or in merger & acquisition (M&A) projects.
• Experience in engineering field would be an asset.
• Excellent leadership skills and experience managing, motivating, and developing strong relationships.
• Proficiency in using people-centric language to effectively communicate with diverse stakeholders, including the ability to tailor communication styles to different audiences, ensuring clarity and understanding.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills - verbal, written, and presentation.
• Ability to lead through influence and collaborate with different types of stakeholders - technical, functional, executives.
• Effective stakeholder engagement and conflict resolution skills, ensuring productive relationships and effective collaboration.
• Ability to prioritize and manage conflicting priorities; monitoring and controlling schedules.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify risks and issues and develop effective mitigation plans.
• Bachelor's degree or Diploma in Business Administration, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Analytics, or equivalent.
• PMI Project Management Professional Certification (PMP), equivalent certification or experience.

About Us

WSP is one of the world's leading professional services firms. Our purpose is to future proof our cities and environments.

We have over 65,000 team members across the globe. In Canada, our 12,000+ people are involved in everything from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transportation networks, from finding new ways to extract essential resources to developing renewable power sources for the future.

At WSP :

• We value our people and our reputation
• We are locally dedicated with international scale
• We are future focused and challenge the status quo
• We foster collaboration in everything we do
• We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable

Please Note :

Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. Given the importance of keeping one another safe it is expected that you comply with our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) policy at all times as well as client HSE policies when working at client locations.

Offers of employment for safety-sensitive positions involving fieldwork are contingent upon candidates being able to perform key physical tasks of the job as described in the job posting and interview.

This may include the ability to work in a variety of environmental conditions, such as remote or isolated areas, working alone, and in inclement weather (within safe and reasonable limits).

WSP welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

WSP is committed to the principles of employment equity. Only the candidates selected will be contacted.

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. For more information please READ THE FULL POLICY.