Writer | Speaker | Project Leader
Ottawa-based Project Managers looking for work? This week I’m noticing a continued trend toward senior PM, PMO, construction, and strategy-focused roles locally. Less entry-level activity this time around, but some really solid opportunities for experienced folks. Here are a few worth checking out 👇 Senior Advisor, Enterprise PMO — EDC, OttawaProcess-focused PMO role (with my…
Ottawa-based Project Managers looking for a new role? Here you go: this week’s list of current opportunites. Definitely noticing a trend this week: lots of senior PM and leadership-level roles showing up locally, especially in construction, government, and client-facing delivery. Here are a few worth checking out 👇 Senior Sales Enablement Curriculum Manager — Barracuda…
Ottawa-based Project Managers looking for work? I’m seeing a steady stream of new roles locally right now, a mix of junior → senior, and a blend of on-site + remote. Here are a few worth checking out this week👇 Senior Technical Program Manager — Warner Bros. Discovery (Remote / Global)Senior role. Has been posted for…
The noise around AI has been insufferably incessant for a few years now. I’ve used the technology, mostly quietly. I’ve watched organizations reorganize themselves around this “new big thing” in real time. Teams expanding, teams shrinking, job descriptions getting rewritten, all orbiting this new gravitational centre called AI. From where I sit (as a Project…
Ottawa-based Project Managers looking for work? I’m seeing a steady stream of new roles locally right now—a mix of junior → senior, and a blend of on-site + remote. Here are a few worth checking out 👇 Junior IT Project Manager — Mitel (Ottawa, On-site)GREAT ENTRY POINThttps://lnkd.in/dWKAdGFT Advisor, Project Management (Screening Technology) — CATSA (Ottawa)https://lnkd.in/dMQzivqE…
When Your Efficiency Becomes Someone Else’s Problem I was teaching a project management class when someone shared a story that has stuck with me. An HR team had redesigned one of their internal processes, which was their prerogative. They had thought it through carefully. They reduced back-and-forth emails, clarified approvals, and eliminated a few bottlenecks…
AI Is Powerful. But Implementation Still Requires Project Management. I use AI almost every day. And no, I’m not a bot. It helped me edit this article, to be honest. It helps me structure my articles when I start to lose the plot, as well as making structural recommendations. Not as good as a bonafide…
For the first decade or so of my career, I was an accidental project manager. I worked as a technical writer, and then shifted into educational development. I started designing courses for our local college and learning materials for different audiences. The work was chock full of deadlines, personalities, creative tension, and constant coordination. I…
Senior project management is not defined by deeper technical expertise, but by the ability to exercise judgment, create clarity, and maintain momentum in conditions of uncertainty. There is a particular lie many project managers absorb early in their careers, often without realizing it. It is the belief that progress equals knowledge, and that seniority is…
When reflecting back on some rougher projects I’ve seen over the years, it’s easy to blame a Project Manager, or a team or an organization when things go wrong. But ultimately, it’s none of those. Sometimes, it’s a simple lack of process that can send a team or a project into a painful death spiral. …