[Hiring] Application Implementation Project Manager @Parkinson Canada

Role Description

Reporting to the Director of Finance, we are hiring an Application Implementation Project Manager for a 12 month contract. In this role, you will lead the organization’s internal activities for the implementation of NetSuite. Working closely with business leaders, the internal project team, subject-matter experts, and the implementation partner’s project manager, you will ensure that organizational requirements, decisions, data, resources, and project deliverables are completed accurately and on schedule.

As the Application Implementation Project Manager, you will own the internal project plan, coordinate dependencies and activities across departments, monitor the project budget and timeline, and provide clear reporting on progress, risks, issues, and decisions. The role will proactively identify risks, facilitate resolution of project issues, and escalate matters requiring leadership attention.

This is a remote role based anywhere in Canada, with occasional travel for team meetings and events, typically one or two times per year.

Key Responsibilities

• Project Planning, Governance, and Coordination
  • Develop and maintain the internal implementation work plan in coordination with the implementation partner’s project manager.
  • Coordinate internal participation in requirements gathering, process walkthroughs, configuration reviews, validation activities, and business decision-making.
  • Maintain complete and current project governance records, including the project schedule, budget tracker, risk and issue log, decision log, defect log, change request log, action tracker, testing dashboard, and status reports.
  • Document and track key business, technical, scope, configuration, data, and implementation decisions.
• Technical Dependencies, Change Management, and Operational Readiness
  • Coordinate internal and third-party resources involved in system integrations, data exchanges, licensing, access, security, privacy, and other technical dependencies.
  • Monitor completion of required project training, process documentation, end-user materials, communications, change-management activities, and operational readiness requirements.
  • Coordinate cutover and go-live readiness activities.
  • Support the transition from implementation to operational ownership.
• Risk, Issue, Budget, and Stakeholder Management
  • Regularly review risks, issues, assumptions, dependencies, overdue decisions, resource constraints, quality concerns, and potential impacts.
  • Monitor implementation partner performance and deliverables.
  • Provide regular project updates to sponsors and stakeholders.
• Team Collaboration and Communication
  • Participate in Parkinson Canada's EOS operating framework.
  • Work collaboratively with business leaders, internal project team members, subject-matter experts, Finance, Operations, IT, and other departments.
  • Facilitate clear communication between internal stakeholders and the implementation partner.
  • Support a coordinated, practical, and well-documented implementation process.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in business administration, finance, information systems, project management, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing system implementation, ERP, finance system, or enterprise application projects.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional project teams, external implementation partners, and business subject-matter experts.
• Strong understanding of project governance, risk and issue management, testing coordination, data migration, change management, and go-live readiness.
• Working knowledge of core finance and accounting processes.
• Project management certification or formal project management training is considered an asset.
• Hands-on experience with NetSuite or a comparable ERP system is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience managing external vendors and implementation partners.
• Experience managing project budgets.
• Experience leading organizational change management and user adoption for system implementations.
• Business analysis and process-mapping capability.
• Proficiency with project and portfolio management tools.
• Familiarity with recognized project delivery methodologies.

Compensation

At Parkinson Canada, we believe that compensation should be fair and supportive of your experience and growth. For this role, the salary is between $78,000–$92,000 per annum. Our salary ranges reflect progression from learning in the role to excelling, with each offer based on skills, experience, and role complexity.

Parkinson Canada is firmly committed to diversity within its community and welcomes applications from various groups. We are committed to providing equitable opportunities in employment and to providing a workplace which is free from discrimination and harassment.