Senior Lead, Project Manager [Contract]

What will you work on?
The Senior Lead, Project Manager will be responsible for driving the execution of global toys and games portfolios, and ideally possesses a technical, manufacturing, strategic, and/or process-mapping background.  The person in this role will work closely with large cross-functional teams (Design, Brand, Marketing, Engineering, Product Development, Quality, Packaging, etc.) to manage product development from concept through production.  Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, establishing critical path/milestones/dependencies to ensure timely and successful delivery of products, identifying risks and opportunities to pre-empt development hurdles, providing escalation management, and working with stakeholders to balance business, design, and technical objectives.  The successful candidate will be able to operate in a highly dynamic CPG environment, by exercising considerable judgment in employing methods, techniques, and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
How will you create impact?

• Drive project plans in collaboration with cross-functional development teams to determine tasks, milestones, resources, planned and actual dates
• Act as integration lead amongst multi-disciplinary teams and global partners, and execute project plan from concept to production
• Lead product milestone and integration meetings, and creating action plans with clear deliverables
• Clearly communicate highly technical information to all cross-functional team members and effectively leads development meetings
• Manage programs to time, cost, and quality reflective of business and development objectives
• Identify, anticipate, and manage risks or issues at the project level
• Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule, and costs
• Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools, and techniques
• Partner with global operations to proactively mitigate delays, and strategize appropriate solutions in development plans or processes to deliver on demand forecast revisions
• Support and drive cross-functional category teams to manage projects including risks, key handoffs, and deliverables
• Report and escalate to management as needed;
• Lead corporate initiatives related to new process, continuous improvement, and methodologies for product development
• Coach and mentor (formally and informally) to support the development of our team members
• Exercise professionally mature discretion in approach to all aspects of the job

What are your skills and experience?

• Experience in project management role
• Extensive experience with plastics, materials, manufacturing, and/or engineering costs for durable goods 
• PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent certification a plus
• Expert in Asana, Planisware, MS Project, Agile, Yardi Voyager, Monday.com, Trello -OR- other relevant project portfolio management tools to define and plan end-to-end development
• Proven track record for creating new processes to integrate new and existing technologies, spanning a multitude of digital mediums and touch points, into conventional CPG development
• Advanced proficiency in creating and leading presentation materials for executive review

This posting is for an existing vacancy. This position requires an onsite presence four days per week.

The anticipated salary range for candidates who will work in Ontario is $100,000 to $110,000 per annum. The salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to years of experience within the job, years of experience within the required industry, education, etc. Spin Master ltd. is a multi-provincial employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work only in other provinces.

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This job posting is tied to an open vacancy.

What you can expect from us:

Our mission is to Make Life More Fun with a vision to push the boundaries of innovation, creativity, and fun.

• Growth and Career Opportunities

• Flexible Work Hours

• Innovation, Collaboration and Fun

• Comprehensive Benefits

• Other fun Perks!

What’s it like to work here?

Spin Master is a fast-paced, hands-on organization that provides many great opportunities for impactful decision-making; though our challenging start-up atmosphere isn’t for everyone, we have a proven record of opportunities for future advancement and internal transfers for our passionate and results driven team.

Everyone is welcome in our sandbox and we are committed to an accessible and inclusive hiring process that provides reasonable accommodation to all applicants.

Spin Master strives to create an accessible and inclusive application and selection process and is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants who may require provisions to participate in the recruitment, selection and/or assessment processes. Should you require an accommodation, please contact our Talent Acquisition team, by email at [email protected] or by phone at 416 364-6002 and we will work with you to meet your accessibility needs.

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We do appreciate all interest; however only those selected for interview will be contacted.