Senior Project Manager

About us

Appnovation is a global, full-service digital partner that combines Strategy, Experience & Design, Engineering and Managed Services. We build digital solutions that deliver real impact today and serve as foundations for future growth.  Bold ambition. Practical action. Endless possibilities.

Are you an experienced Senior Project Manager with a deep passion for digital technology? Do you wish you could find a job that lets you work on challenging and diverse projects for some of the world’s top brands? As a Senior Project Manager with Appnovation, you’ll be responsible for managing multi-functional teams in the business of consulting, designing, developing, training and supporting digital transformation and digital marketing solutions for our clients around the world!

You Will Have the Opportunity To

• Lead and manage multiple complex projects concurrently.

• Work closely with strategists, developers, architects, product managers, designers, and client representatives to define direction, approach, and requirements for project managing discovery, design, and execution.

• Participate in the pre-sales process, including opportunity management, overseeing and running pre-sales teams to create responses to RFPs, estimates, and more.

• Manage project budgets and maintain costs to remain within or under budget.

• Analyze profitability, revenue, margins, and utilization across projects.

• Determine project schedules, create detailed project plans and scope statements, and write status reports for each stage of the project.

• Estimate and track project costs, develop resource plans, and assess potential issues and risks.

• Define project management policies and ensure their implementation in all project stages.

• Develop impact assessments, statements of work, and other project documentation.

• Grow long-term relationships with clients and capitalize on “add-on” sales opportunities, while constantly seeking out new opportunities with existing clients.

• Provide leadership and guidance to all members of the project team and other Delivery team members.

• Identify and provide recommendations for process improvement in project delivery.

Who You Are

• First and foremost, you are passionate about new technology, incredible with clients, and widely recognized for the depth of your Project Management skills.

• 10+ years of Project Management experience in a digital agency, professional services, or consulting environment, with a focus on managing large client-facing project teams and budgets.

• Comfortable working with clients and discussing technical and business requirements.

• Business analysis and requirements management experience is an asset.

• Excellent organizational and time management skills, and able to communicate project details effectively.

• Able to estimate project costs, set deadlines, and effectively manage teams of professionals to meet those deadlines.

• Experience managing projects with substantial logistics, complexity, and budgets in excess of $1M.

• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills with the proven ability to effectively communicate across different levels of the organization.

• EST time zone location, located in or close to Toronto.

• An excellent working background with Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

• A technical background with a solid understanding of, or hands-on experience with, software engineering, including experience in mobile development, web development, or multi-tech platform implementation is an asset.

• Understanding of client business requirements, and the ability to present them in a form which is comprehensible to business users and technical professionals.

• Fundamentally driven by ensuring good process and able to adapt different approaches and methodologies.

• Exceptional planning, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

• Able and keen to work in a very fast-paced, growth environment.

• Interested in directly influencing the continued growth of Appnovation.

• Project Management and/or Scrum Master certifications are a plus.