Program Manager (Security Cleared)

Job title:

Program Manager (Security Cleared)

Company

Quantexa

Job description

Job Description:What we’re all about.It isn’t often you get to be part of a tech company that, since 2016, has been innovating the data analytics market in ways no-one else can. Our technology started out in FinTech, helping tackle serious criminal activity. Now, its potential is virtually limitless. Working at Quantexa isn’t just intellectually stimulating. We’re a real team. Collaborating and constantly engineering better and better solutions. We’re ambitious, we think things through and we’re on a mission to discover just how far we go. 41% of our colleagues come from an ethnic or religious minority background. We speak over 20 languages across our 47 nationalities, creating a sense of belonging for all.If our incredible culture sounds like you, we’d love you to join us.The opportunity.At Quantexa we are expanding our project delivery teams rapidly as clients adopt our technology across the financial crime and customer lifecycle management domains. As such, we are growing our teams, in particular our teams in North America. In support of this we are seeking a Program Manager in Ottawa.Our North America delivery team supports our clients and partners with their implementation of the Quantexa platform from North America. The team is based in two primary offices in Boston and Toronto. Frequently these client teams are globally distributed based upon our clients’ global nature. All client project work takes place under the guidance of one of our Delivery Managers in North America. Our smaller projects will have a Technical Project Manager assigned. Larger programs or portfolios of projects will be assigned a Program Manager.Our projects all follow agile principles and structure. As our projects increase in size and complexity we are adopting “agile at scale” methodology to co-ordinate and describe the interactions between multiple scrum teams and to manage the overarching delivery and release plan across multiple stakeholders.As Program Manager:

• You will lead a portfolio of projects and/or programs for global clients. A Quantexa programme is where our clients have invested in a platform that uses Quantexa for multiple business purposes and therefore has multiple interdependent projects.

• You’ll drive successful outcomes – delivering programs in the most optimal way to realise maximum value to our clients.

• You will take full ownership of your portfolio, putting your arms around all aspects, actively mitigating risks and issues, driving high standards of quality and best practice, and being in full control of the costs, timelines and scope.

• You will manage the commercial aspects of your projects and programs, ensuring appropriate contractual cover is in place, monitoring expenditures, and ensuring cost-effective utilisation of people and resources.

• You will work with a high degree of autonomy with minimal supervision, seeking and knowing when to engage the Delivery Managers for support leading a program or portfolio of projects to one or more global clients.

• You’ll lead and manage the delivery teams engaged across your projects portfolio and ensuring their wellbeing and continued effectiveness.

• You will work with relevant partners and partner staff engaged on your projects to develop their skillsets and enhance the partner capabilities

• You’ll be working alongside our GTM teams to manage the overall client relationship including identifying new opportunities and forecasting ongoing project demand.

• You will drive continuous improvement across your delivery projects and feeding back process improvements to wider delivery teams and where appropriate identifying improvements to feedback to our Product and R&D teams.
• This role will require travel to client offices in Ottawa as needed.

Requirements:What you’ll bring.

• You have a strong background of complex IT system Program management and a track record of getting systems live and programs delivered

• You demonstrate strong client engagement management, for example, gained via a professional services, or a client facing, environment in a technology company, and the ability to deal with senior and challenging stakeholders

• You have the ability to inspire and lead others to a common mission and objective

• You are able to collaborate across multiple teams to drive solutions to complex problems and challenges

• You have ambitious standards matched with a sense of humility and overall, a desire to get the right thing done in the right way

• You’re able to grasp complex concepts and to communicate with clarity and gravitas across a range of subjects

• You will have a high degree of emotional intelligence, leadership, and the ability to effectively listen to employee feedback and address needs.
• A valid Secret-level government security clearance, either current or within the past year, is a mandatory requirement for this position.

Nice to haves:

• French language proficiency is an asset.

Benefits:Our perks and quirks.What makes you Q will help you to realize your full potential, flourish and enjoy what you do, while being recognized and rewarded with our broad range of benefits.We offer:

• Competitive salary
• Company bonus
• 100% RRSP match up to 5%
• Competitive annual leave, plus your birthday off, parental leave, PTO, and observed holidays
• Comprehensive benefits coverage, including mental health support, fitness reimbursements, and financial well-being
• Tax-advantageous benefits, such as commuter benefits, healthcare, and dependent care
• Regularly bench-marked salary rates
• Well-being days
• Volunteer Day off
• Work from Home Equipment
• Free Calm App Subscription #1 app for meditation, relaxation and sleep
• Continuous Training and Development, including access to Udemy Business
• Spend up to 2 months working outside of your country of employment over a rolling 12-month period with our ‘Work from Anywhere’ policy
• Employee Referral Program
• Team Social Budget & Company-wide Socials

Our missionWe have one mission. To help businesses grow. To make data easier. And to make the world a better place. We’re not a start-up. Not anymore. But we’ve not been around that long either. What we are is a collection of bright, passionate minds harnessing complexities and helping our clients and their communities. One culture, made of many. Heading in one direction – the future.It’s all about youQuantexa is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We’re dedicated to creating an inclusive and diverse work environment, where everyone feels welcome, valued, and respected. We want to hear from people who are passionate about their work and align with our values. Qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, colour, ancestry, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, citizenship, marital, disability, or veteran status. Whoever you are, if you’re a curious, caring, and authentic human being who wants to help push the boundaries of what’s possible, we want to hear from you.Internal pay equity across departments is crucial to our global compensation philosophy. Grade level and salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of experience, education, training, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, equity with other team members, and alignment with market data.Quantexa is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our talent acquisition processes. If you require support, please inform our Talent Acquisition Team. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in Canada.start. don’t stop – Apply!

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Location

Ottawa, ON

Job date

Thu, 05 Dec 2024 00:47:33 GMT

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