• Job Description

  Req#: 3056
  Project Manager (Remote- Canada)
  
  Job Location (Short): Madison, United States
  
  Workplace Type: Remote
  
  Req Id: 3056
  
  Responsibilities
  
  Octave project managers lead large-scale software implementations within our North America Public Safety division. The PM is responsible for overseeing all aspects of project implementation, communication, customer relationship success, and maintaining delivery on time, on budget, and within scope. The Octave PM is the gatekeeper to a project's successful contribution to the overall business portfolio.
  
  Key Responsibilities
  
  Communication
  
  Serves as the primary liaison to customer PM partners, agency and Octave stakeholders, and project teams
  
  Responsible for hosting regularly scheduled internal and customer-facing status meetings, including ownership of agendas, details, minutes, notes, and follow-ups
  
  Partnering with project teams on task performance/completion, overall project progress, statuses, and documentation
  
  Maintaining customer-facing task tracking/project plan updates, ensuring completion, accuracy, quality, and achievement of contracted SOW tasks
  
  Escalating within PMO and Services leadership as required to maintain project success
  
  Conducting/Representing Project To Executive Leadership as required
  
  Technical Project Aspects
  
  Understanding and aligning provided project SOW's, Levels Of Effort (LOE's), to overall project progress, completion, and delivery success
  
  Collaborating, requesting, and coordinating project resource needs as required with Technical/Pod management
  
  Aligning with project team members to track issues, disposition, and escalations to technical leadership and Product (GTC) as needed
  
  Facilitating the resolution of issues and escalations, internally and externally, to maintain project schedule, budget, and quality expectations
  
  Risk Management And Mitigation
  
  Maintaining consistent updates in the PMO Salesforce portal covering current developments, risk categories, and critical path dates for the projects and portfolio
  
  Presentation of project and portfolio risks, successes, and needs on regular Risk Reviews
  
  Budget And Financials
  
  Analysis of labor reports to individual task expectations and completion
  
  Management of monthly Estimate At Completion (EAC) projections, coordinating with Project Accounting group
  
  Mitigation of the weekly/monthly path of the project against allotted budget, mitigating potential budget overages with PMO leadership as needed
  
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  Education / Qualifications
  
  Bachelor's degree, or commensurate documented experience in a role with similar responsibilities
  
  PMI PMP, or equivalent certification, required
  
  Minimum 5 years project management experience implementing large-scale software implementations, or equivalent scope
  
  Strong understanding of Public Safety culture, success, and collaboration preferred
  
  Strong written and oral communication, presentation, and critical-thinking skills
  
  Intermediate-to-Senior level knowledge of Microsoft Office suite - including Microsoft Project
  
  A self-motivated, organized, and detail-oriented mindset
  
  An open-minded, embracer of diversity of thought and contributing to PMO team culture
  
  About Octave
  
  Octave provides mission-critical software that empowers organizations to make informed decisions across every stage of the asset lifecycle - Design, Build, Operate and Protect - where performance, safety, and reliability are non-negotiable and failure is not an option.
  
  Turning complex operational data into actionable intelligence, Octave connects expertise, real-world conditions and enterprise-scale insight to improve performance, resilience and incident response where it matters most.
  
  Octave has more than 7,000 employees in 45 countries. Learn more at octave.com and follow us on LinkedIn.
  
  Why work for Octave?
  
  All in. Always forward. That's the way we do things around here. We put trust in our people because we believe it's the best way to unleash potential, bring ideas to life, and keep moving ahead. And it's why we're committed to creating an environment that's truly supportive, providing you with the resources you need to support your ambitions, no matter who you are or where you are in the world.
  
  Everyone is welcome
  
  At Octave, we believe that diverse and inclusive teams are critical to the success of our people and our business. Here, everyone is welcome. As an inclusive workplace, we don't discriminate. In fact, we embrace differences and are fully committed to creating equal opportunities, an inclusive environment, and fairness for all.
  
  Respect is the cornerstone of how we operate, so speak up and be yourself. You're valued here.

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