The Project Manager reports to a Program Manager. Works closely with Directors and Subject Matter Experts, designers, developers and quality to ensure flawless project execution, efficient resource allocation, project financial sanity and client satisfaction. He/She supports grows project delivery discipline and helps to develop processes, documentation, standardization and tools. He/She is a key player on building high-energy, multi-disciplinary teams. He/She is interested, invested and passionate about the industry, the clients we serve, and the work produced.

You will:

• Responsible for immediate supervision project delivery including scope, resource, risk, financial and time management.
• Responsible for monitoring the daily activities of the projects assigned.
• Works on issues of limited to moderate scope.
• Receives predetermined work assignments that are subject to a moderate level of control and review.
• Follows established practices and procedures in analyzing situations or data from which answers can be readily obtained.
• Requires moderate knowledge of own area of functional responsibility.
• Follows practices which ensure there are no delays in schedules, deadlines, outcomes.
• Understand and applies the Agile values and principles.
• Raise flags to its Program Manager on needs and opportunities for improvement of Agile practice.
• Follows Hangar Agile governance approaches - such as ticket descriptions, metrics, dashboards and reporting.
• Manages projects and resources in charge.
• Understands project delivery phases and manage them with minimal supervision ( initiation, planning, definition, design, implementation/development, testing and deployment cycles).
• Drives weekly releases for vertical and/or horizontal; review and prioritization of work and resource planning.
• Coordinates with Development and QA teams and communicates with all impacted Stakeholders.
• Collaborates with IT technical teams to ensure successful delivery of projects.
• Ensures all projects stay in scope and on schedule and inform the Program Manager if anything risk is identified (even with low probability or impact).
• Partners with our AP team to drive cohesion around the customer experience and partner retention.

You have: 

• Ideally Intermediate English Proficiency (C1).
• 3+ years of experience managing a variety of digital project types; site builds, ecommerce, marketing campaigns, microsites, maintenance.
• 3+ experience in project finance, pipeline planning, forecasting, road mapping and leadership.
• 3+ experience in resource management for projects including balancing priorities, timelines.
• Knowledge of collaboration and issue tracking tools such as Box, Jira, Confluence.
• PMP designation, SCRUM Master, Six Sigma.

What We Offer:

• Competitive benefits packages
• Vacation, compassionate leave, sick days, and flex days
• Access to online services for families and new parents
• End of year closure days (not deducted form vacation balance)
• Diversity and Inclusion Board with 12 affinity groups
• Internal learning and development programs
• And more…

At Critical Mass, we value our employees and offer competitive compensation and benefits packages.  If you’re looking for a challenging and rewarding opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of our employees, we encourage you to apply for this exciting position today!

The Talent Team at Critical Mass is focused on ensuring we provide the best training, onboarding, and employee experience possible! Our new hires & employees are the future of our organization, and we want to set you up for long-term success. 

About Us: 

Critical Mass is a team of 1,500 inspired folks based in 12 offices around the world, providing full-service digital capabilities for the greatest brands on Earth. Our secret sauce is our uncompromising design standards, our relentless focus on customers, and an ability to put powerful new technologies to work for our clients.

We work with the best—Apple, Nike, Diageo, Airbnb, BMW, BNY Mellon, Johnson & Johnson, and many more—brands who strive for connected digital ecosystems and unparalleled experiences. We help them get there by gaining deep insight into their consumers and orchestrating data, AI, design, media, and tech stacks around human stories.

We’re a global agency founded in Canada, but digital is our home. If you know us, then you know we’re a special, quirky place that attracts big talent and tiny egos. (We actually give out a “so f-n nice” award—lots of them). But just because we’re friendly doesn’t mean we’re not a force to be reckoned with. We’re driven. Relentless. And we live our values. We’re Critical Mass, but our friends call us CM. Please call us CM!

Our Values: 

• Honest - Tell the trust and make courageous choices
• Driven - Never stop trying
• Real - Never be fake
• Equal - Treat each other as equals – always
• Purposeful - Make the world a better place
• Inspired - Listen and engage 

Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We do not tolerate discrimination on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. If you are an individual with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, please reach out to accommodations@criticalmass.com.

We are committed to fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion within our pool of candidates, with a target of achieving at least 50% representation from underrepresented communities.

The Critical Mass Talent Acquisition team will only communicate from email addresses that use the URLs criticalmass.com and us.greenhouse-mail.io. We will not use apps such as Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, or Google Hangouts for communicating with you. We will never ask you to send us money, technology, or anything else to work for our company. If you believe you are the victim of a scam, please review your local government consumer protections guidance and reach out to them directly.

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