Intermediate Project Manager

at  Mariner Innovations

WHO WE ARE:

Mariner innovates always and everywhere, turning novel ideas into practical solutions. From products and services to venture creation, we build better futures powered by people. Our purpose has always been to be a great, everlasting technology company for those who make an impact - elevating people, data, and technology in the best way to solve hard problems. We partner with people embracing change, leveraging data, cybersecurity, cloud, and change management to drive successful business outcomes that matter to our customers.
Mariners build for change. Like SHIFT Energy, our energy management and decarbonization company. Or East Valley created to scale social economic impact in our communities through investment and mentorship of emerging change-makers and their companies.
Mariner’s purpose has always been to be a great, everlasting technology company and the core values that guide us every day are:

OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE:

This role requires strong project management skills with a focus on coordinating infrastructure upgrades, handling network integration and optimization, and managing cross-functional project teams. The successful candidate will have a proven track record in overseeing end-to-end project lifecycles, maintaining timelines and budgets, and working closely with stakeholders to achieve project goals.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING IN THE ROLE:

• Lead infrastructure upgrade and networking projects, from planning through to successful implementation.
• Identify program/project milestones, critical success factors, and resource requirements.
• Ensure that risks are proactively identified with mitigation strategies developed and monitored while also ensuring that project issues are resolved and appropriately escalated; maintain data related to key risks and issues including the status and progress.
• Engage project stakeholders regularly by keeping them informed of delivery progress, risks and issues and manage expectations on deliverables.
• Collaborate efficiently with partners and vendors to deliver projects according to plan.
• Manage budgets and align project deliverables to expected business benefits.
• Negotiate changes in scope, budget or schedule with sponsor and steering committees.
• Analyze, problem solve, and research project elements as required.
• Provide proactive leadership and direction to Project Management and Delivery teams.

WHAT SKILLS / QUALIFICATIONS YOU’LL NEED TO DO THE JOB:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience within a team environment where the candidate was called on to perform tasks in a mixture of collaborative and autonomous modes.
• Demonstrated and verifiable experience in developing and delivering tailored written and verbal communications to a varied stakeholder base; including senior and executive-level, technical, and business resources.
• A minimum of five years of demonstrated and verifiable experience as a project manager on projects with multiple stakeholder communities.
• Proven expertise in managing infrastructure upgrades, network integration, and technology refresh projects.
• Experience with project management tools such as MS Project, Jira, or Asana.
• Strong understanding of the consulting process, project management, organizational change management.
• Ability to communicate effectively with a broad range of audiences (technical, management, executive).
• Experience working in client-based consulting role is highly desirable.
• Relevant industry certifications are an asset (PMP,PRINCE2).