Program Manager
Description
About Us:
Advanced Systems Group, LLC enables creativity through better technology and operations for media creatives and content owners. From acquisition to delivery, on-premises or in the cloud, ASG ensures our clients’ success through tailored solutions. One of North America’s largest Media and Entertainment Technology and Operations suppliers, we provide engineering services, physical and cloud integration, training, support, and managed services. Our Managed Services deliver customized operations and services for all phases of media production, including creative and engineering. Founded in 1997, and providing nationwide services, ASG has teams based in North America, South America, and Europe.
We are looking for:
Advanced Systems Group (ASG) is seeking an experienced Program Manager to drive the end-to-end logistics of a high-profile virtual code lab program for our client.
- Project Leadership & Execution: Lead and manage complex projects from initiation to closure, ensuring adherence to scope, budget, and timeline.
- On-Site program logistics and operations: Manage all on-site program logistics and operations as needed. Coordinate effectively with speakers, presenters, and other external contributors, managing their involvement from invitation to post-event follow-up.
- High-Level Documentation: Develop and maintain comprehensive project documentation, including project plans, status reports, risk registers, and post-mortems, ensuring clarity and accessibility for all stakeholders.
- Exceptional Communication: Demonstrate fluency in both written and verbal communication, effectively conveying project updates, requirements, and challenges to technical and non-technical audiences alike. This includes crafting clear, concise emails, presentations, and reports, and facilitating productive meetings.
- Impeccable Time Management: Master personal and team time management, prioritizing tasks, setting realistic deadlines, and proactively identifying and mitigating potential schedule impacts to ensure on-time project completion.
- Ambiguity Navigation: Thrive in an evolving environment, demonstrating the ability to define clear paths forward even when faced with incomplete information or shifting priorities. Proactively seek out necessary information and adapt strategies as needed.
- Strategic Problem-Solving: Identify, analyze, and resolve complex project issues and roadblocks efficiently and effectively, proposing innovative solutions and making data-driven decisions to keep projects on track.
- Stakeholder Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with all project stakeholders, including team members, program members, and senior leadership, fostering collaboration and ensuring alignment.
- Risk Management: Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate project risks, developing contingency plans to minimize potential disruptions. Act as a central point of contact for inter-program dependencies, resolving conflicts and ensuring alignment.
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Project Management, Communications, Organizational Leadership/Development, Business Administration, etc.)
- 5+ years of progressive experience in program management or operations
- Proven ability to create and manage high-level documentation.
- Comfort with running events and programming, both in-person and virtually.
- Ability to independently and collaboratively manage regional events and community programs.
- A team player with the ability to exercise good judgment in rapidly changing and often ambiguous environments.
- Ability to develop and implement creative ideas, and the discipline to manage different projects to tight deadlines simultaneously.
- Ability to quickly get up-to-speed on complex technology, product, market, and economic environments.
- Demonstrated success in managing complex, multi-faceted programs
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across all levels of an organization
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a data-driven approach to decision-making
Preferred Qualifications & Experience:
- Past experience working with vendors and agency partners
- Proven track record of driving complex initiatives from conception to successful execution
- Experience working within the developer ecosystem - working closely with the developer audience and/or developer community
- PMP or equivalent certification
This full-time role offers a salary of $118,000 - $135,000 CAD depending on experience.
This role is eligible for statutory benefits plus private health insurance.
Advanced Systems Group LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.