Project Management & Commercial Leader

Description

The Project Management & Commercial Leader (PMCL) drives best-in-class project delivery and is responsible for building and maintaining the project management community and supporting deployment and effective implementation of Stantec corporate and business-line specific project management practices within their assigned Business Center (BC) or region.

The PMCL will report directly to the Business Center Operations Leader (BCOL) with accountability to the Business Line Discipline Leader (BLDL). Project managers and project controls staff within the BC or region report directly to the PMCL unless they report through a technical lead, in which case they are accountable to the PMCL. The PMCL will be responsible for coaching and leading project managers, as well as growing their commercial acumen and project management capabilities; maintaining compliance with the PM Practice Framework; reviewing proposals and proposed costs; and regularly monitoring and reporting on the commercial, quality and risk position of all projects in their assigned area. PMCLs also analyze overall project performance to support the BCOL in project delivery, risk management, commercial terms evaluation, and budgeting and forecasting.

Your Responsibilities

Health & Safety:

Support project managers with implementing project-focused Health, Safety, Security and Environment practices. Work in a manner to protect the health and safety of Stantec employees, clients and the public by following company health, safety and security guidelines and policies.

People:

• Oversee project management staff to ensure timely, effective, and efficient performance of project managers' responsibilities.

• Collaborate with business leaders to recruit, retain, mentor, coach and lead project managers and project managers in training, including development of succession plans for key positions and identifying and closing capability gaps among project management staff.

• Conduct continuous training sessions for project managers and project controls staff to include Oracle dashboard, Integrated Project Solutions (IPS) or Integrated Project Management (IPM) and Project Update Review Service (PURS), preparing estimates to complete, change management and other critical PM activities.

• Assign projects and pursuit efforts to appropriately qualified project managers and project technical leads in coordination with the BC management.

• Provide formal and informal feedback on individual performance of project managers.

• Update and maintain the PM Prequalification listing in consultation with the BCOL, RBL and BLDL.

Project Management & Execution:

• Conduct regular project review meetings with project managers and project controls personnel to monitor project-level performance, budget, schedule, risk, and quality management in support of program or BC-level reporting and management.

• Drive consistent project management practices and procedures in alignment with Stantec project management (PM) requirements, the business line (BL) Project Management Practice Framework, and those of the BC.

• Lead monthly project management review process including PM completion of estimate to complete, estimate at completion (EAC), and revenue recognition, and approval of EACs as the Project Independent Reviewer (PIR) in accordance with Stantec's Sarbanes-Oxley compliance program.

• Lead and support efforts to integrate improved resource management (e.g., implement resource-loaded scheduling capabilities and practices if needed).

• Recommend improvements to work processes, policies, and procedures at every opportunity to enhance project execution, control and monitoring at the project level, BL level and at the enterprise level.

• Coordinate with project managers to implement corrective actions for distressed projects, adapt and