Jr. Project Manager, Gvmt. Software Implementation

The Company 

Serving the People Who Serve the People 

Granicus is driven by the excitement of building, implementing, and maintaining technology that is transforming the Govtech industry by bringing governments and their constituents together. We are on a mission to support our customers by meeting the needs of their communities and implementing our technology in ways that are equitable and inclusive. Granicus has consistently appeared on the GovTech 100 list over the past 5 years and has been recognized as the best companies to work on BuiltIn.

Over the last 25 years, we have served 5,500 federal, state, and local government agencies and more than 300 million citizen subscribers powering an unmatched Subscriber Network that uses our digital solutions to make the world a better place. With comprehensive cloud-based solutions for communications, government website design, meeting and agenda management software, records management, and digital services, Granicus empowers stronger relationships between government and residents across the U.S., U.K., Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. By simplifying interactions with residents, while disseminating critical information, Granicus brings governments closer to the people they serve—driving meaningful change for communities around the globe. 

Want to know more? See more of what we do here.

Granicus is looking for a Junior Project Manager to join our GovService Software Implementation, Professional Services team. As a Project Manager, you’ll become an expert on the govService platform, and be the primary partner to our government clients, overseeing and managing successful software implementation projects and deployments. This role is perfect for someone with a passion for helping clients reach their strategic goals. Your role starts at project kick-off by providing the client with a project plan, oversight of discovery, and requirements gathering, and ensuring the client receives the appropriate training for their implementation – where clients are both enabled and encouraged to utilize the system to its fullest potential. You’ll help clients update their processes – often weighing options that test the status quo. You are a highly consultative partner.

Please note, candidates must be able to obtain a 'Secret'-level, Canadian government clearance,to perform the duties of this position. Therefore candidates must be Canadian citizens with at least 10 years of stable Canadian residency to be considered for this role. 

Additionally, due to frequent interaction with the Canadian Federal government, bilingual-French speaking candidates will be given preferred consideration as long as they they meet all other position requirements.

What your impact will look like:

• Manage large and small software deployment projects, and cross-product, platform implementations, from start to finish
• Create project plans aligned to client software and platform implementation goals
• Discover and assess client business processes -anticipating requirements, uncovering areas for improvement, and developing and implementing solutions
• Steer requirement gathering sessions, both internal and external
• Write user stories ensuring acceptance criteria are clearly defined and verify it matches the requirements
• Create test plans and facilitate user acceptance testing of custom-built services
• Documentation – assist with the creation and maintenance of current and future state process maps, functional requirements, user interface requirements, etc.
• Create and maintain project plans, schedules, status reports, and other relevant project documentation
• Identify risks and mitigation – as early as possible
• Ensure solutions meet business needs and requirements
• Prioritize initiatives based on business needs and requirements
• Participate in sprint planning, review, and retrospective meetings and provide feedback to the team
• Work closely with Process Designers (internal “builders”) to advise on progress and ideate
• Serve as an advisor to the client as they improve their online processes – keeping the client experience top-of-mind at every turn.

You'll love this job if:

• You have 1 –3 years of experience working in software/tech, specifically around project management, business analysis, consulting, client onboarding and/or training
• You know process improvement and how to effectively apply it to the client’s software implementation experience
• You have experience working within an Agile framework
• You demonstrate timely and thorough communication of strategy, deliverable status, and results
• You have a proven ability to flex between the technical and business sides of your brain – engineers and cross-functional team members alike love to work with you
• You can work with multiple cross-functional teams to build and evaluate business cases to provision product investment results
• You have a relentless obligation to doing the most valuable work first
• You have excellent communications skills – listening, verbal, and written
• You can work both alone and as a member of cross-functional teams, some remote
• You help drive your team’s success
• You thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with opposing demands
• You value the importance of user experience and have a passion for clients
• Proven track record of developing and maintaining profitable and referenceable client relationships

Security Requirement:

Responsible for Granicus information security by appropriately preserving the Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) of Granicus information assets in accordance with the company's information security program.

Must be willing and able to obtain/maintain a Secret-level security clearance through the Government of Canada. Details regarding the requirements for a Secret-level security clearance can be found on this website: https://www.tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca/esc-src/msc-csm/chap4-eng.html#s42

Spoken Languages:

English is required, additionally, Canadian French is preferred but not required.

Don’t have all the skills/experience mentioned above? At Granicus, we are trying to build diverse, inclusive teams. We do not have degree requirements for most of our roles. If you don’t meet every requirement above but are excited to learn more, we encourage you to apply. We might just be able to find another role that could be a perfect fit! 

The Team

- We are a remote-first company with a globally distributed workforce across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, India, Armenia, Australia, and New Zealand.

The Culture

- At Granicus, we are building a transparent, inclusive, and safe space for everyone who wants to be

a part of our journey.

- A few culture highlights include – Employee Resource Groups to encourage diverse voices

- Coffee with Mark sessions – Our employees get to interact with our CEO on very important and

sometimes difficult issues ranging from mental health to work-life balance and current affairs. 

- Microsoft Teams communities focused on wellness, art, furbabies, family, parenting, and more.-=- - We bring in special guests from time to time to discuss issues that impact our employee

population 

The Impact

- We are proud to serve dynamic organizations around the globe that use our digital solutions to make the world a better place — quite literally. We have so many powerful success stories that illustrate how our solutions are impacting the world. See more of our impact here.