Job Description

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager (PM) to join our Digital Transformation Program, a multi-year initiative modernizing business systems, processes, and data capabilities across our manufacturing operations in Canada. The PM’s first project will be the Data Foundations Project, which includes establishing data governance and a reporting center of excellence (COE), enhancing an interim SQL Warehouse solution, and finally delivery a true modern data platform (Snowflake) with medallion architecture. On this project the PM will oversee a number of technical resources, as well as a tiger team of analysts from across the organization who represent all of our key departments. The role may subsequently lead additional enterprise initiatives, including M&A;, CMS, IoT, and operational support projects.

Responsibilities

- Assign, track, and manage tasks for a technical team of data integration analysts, report analysts, and other specialists.
- Manage both technical and business resources assigned to the project from our ERP implementation partner and any other vendor as required. Track hours of vendors against a budget.
- Manage and enable a tiger team of analysts from across the business in validating solutions and reporting, and in highlighting project progress to key stakeholders across the organization.
- Implement straightforward common sense master data management processes.
- Enhance our current SQL based data warehouse to allow for the sustainment of key reporting through the plant by plant phased rollout of our new ERP (Syspro).
- Establish reporting governance and a reporting COE that leverages both IT resources, and enables tiger team members to create reports and conduct analysis tasks,
- Maintain a backlog of reports
- Lead the implementation of a best-in-class data platform solution (snowflake) with medallion architecture.
- Manage dependencies and resource constraints across projects in the program.
- Take on any other tasks related to Data as required by the program.




- Develop detailed project plans, schedules, budgets, and resource plans
- Apply project management best practices (waterfall or hybrid)
- Identify and manage project risks, issues, and change requests
- Facilitate workshops, steering committee updates, and decision-making sessions with executive sponsors and project stakeholders.

Qualifications

- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field
- PMP, PRINCE2, CAPM, or ITIL certifications considered an asset
- 8+ years of progressive project management experience, including at least 3 years managing large-scale enterprise IT or digital transformation projects
- Hands-on experience managing technology implementations involving enterprise software vendors and systems integrators
- Experience leading cross-functional initiatives in manufacturing, industrial, or asset-intensive environments preferred
- Hands-on technical experience such as in ELT, SQL Stored Procedures, Python or in pipes, coding, or scripting that connects to databases.
- Familiarity with data governance, data platforms, or analytics modernization projects preferred

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Job Number: 14128

📌 Digital Transformation Project Manager (Surrey)
🏢 Affinity
📍 Surrey