Project Manager, Operational Excellence in Vaughan

The Operational Excellence Project Manager plays a vital role in leading strategic initiatives that drive business transformation, operational efficiency, and organizational growth. This role extends beyond managing deadlines and budgets; it involves bridging the gap between strategy and execution, ensuring that every project delivers significant value to the business. We are seeking a strategic thinker and influential leader who excels at solving complex problems, building cross-functional relationships, and leading teams to successful outcomes. The ideal candidate brings a balance of analytical thinking, emotional intelligence, and organizational skills to lead projects with measurable impact.

This full-time hybrid position includes a flexible group insurance plan and a company contribution to a group retirement plan from the first day of employment, as well as opportunities for career advancement and development. The expected annual salary for this position is in the range of $95,000 - $105,000 based on the richness and diversity of the candidate’s experience, training, skills and internal equity. The position or associated salary could vary depending on the profile of the candidate.

Responsibilities:

• Leading cross-functional projects from launch to delivery, ensuring alignment with business objectives and strategic priorities.
• Collaborate with sales and technical managers to define project objectives, success criteria and measurable results.
• Translate the strategic vision into concrete project plans, with clearly defined deliverables, key milestones and responsibilities.
• Promote collaboration and communication between stakeholders to ensure clarity, alignment, and accountability.
• Proactively identify risks, dependencies and challenges, and develop effective mitigation strategies.
• Facilitate decision-making by presenting data-driven information and assessing the trade-offs needed to support the organization's objectives.
• Promote best practices in project management, governance and continuous improvement within the PMO.
• Acting as a leader of change, promoting adaptability, transparency and engagement between teams and departments.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in business, project management or a related field.
• 3 to 5 years of progressive experience in managing cross-functional or enterprise-level projects in a professional environment.
• Solid understanding of project management methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid) and governance frameworks.
• Certification such as PMP, PRINCE2 or PMI-ACP preferred.
• Proven ability to manage stakeholders, budgets and timelines for complex initiatives.
• Proficiency in project management tools.

Key skills and general skills:

• Strategic thinking: ability to have a global vision, to link initiatives to business strategy and to make informed decisions that create long-term value.
• Critical thinking: the ability to analyze complex situations, identify root causes, and develop reasoned and feasible solutions.
• Communication: excellent written and oral communication skills, with the ability to convey complex information clearly and persuasively.
• Leadership and influence: inspires confidence, fosters collaboration and motivates teams to achieve common goals.
• Problem solving: tackles challenges with creativity, ingenuity and a results-oriented mindset.
• Stakeholder management: establishes trust and alignment between business units, leaders, and project teams.
• Adaptability: thrives in dynamic and changing environments, balancing multiple priorities with calm and focus.
• Decision-making: demonstrates common sense and relies on data to guide projects through ambiguity and change.

Telecon values different views and new ideas. Telecon is committed to providing a fair, inclusive, equitable, accessible, and respectful workplace to all independent of age, gender, race, beliefs, or background. We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities, we will be glad to provide accommodations upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.