Project Manager

Descartes Unites the People and Technology that Move the World
The need for efficient, secure, and agile supply chains and logistics operations has become ever more critical and complex.  By combining innovative technology, powerful trade intelligence and the reach of our network, Descartes helps get goods, information, transportation assets, and people where they’re needed, when they’re needed. 

We’re one of the most broadly deployed logistics and supply chain technology companies in the world. More than 22,000 customers around the globe use our cloud-based solutions to transform the way they move inventory and information to enhance productivity, better serve customers, thrive competitively, keep pace with evolving regulations, and respond to rapidly changing market conditions. Descartes is publicly traded (Nasdaq:DSGX, TSX:DSG) with headquarters in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and offices and partners around the world. With record financial performance for more than 16 years, we lead the industry in innovation investment. Every day, logistics service providers, manufacturers, retailers, distributors, and other logistics-intensive businesses of all sizes rely on our scale, stability, and comprehensive solution footprint to move what’s most important to them. Learn more at www.descartes.com. 
 
We’re growing fast and invite you to join our amazing team. 

The Migration Project Manager is responsible for shepherding a Descartes Internal Migration Project (or Migration) from inception to completion. When Descartes Product determines that a given application is no longer viable – it is redundant; requires expensive or non-support hardware or software; has fewer clients than the operating costs permit – it will face end of life.  For the clients who use that application, a Migration will be instituted.  A comparable, supported application will be identified and the Migration team will work with Product Management, R&D, the Service Desk, and Sales to move our clients successfully to the new application. The Migration Project Manager, under the Supervision of the Network Migrations Product Manager, will make sure that a Migration is completed efficiently and on time.

Responsabilities

• Project Plan: the general outline of every migration of every migration is essentially the identical.  However, the each project will have unique requirements and therefor unique actions.  The preferred candidate will be able to take the template project plan (we use the application Aha! to manage Projects) and modify it to meeting the requirements of our internal and external stake holder.
• Coordinating internal Resources: the Migration team members are generalists.  Migrations may require specialized knowledge. The Migration Project Manager will collect the necessary requirements and identify company resources who may assist with Project Tasks
• Resolving Conflicts to Meet Global Objectives: a Migration Project operates across responsibility centers.  While we all work to a common goals, some groups may have different priorities, and those priorities may conflict with the objectives of a Migration.  The ideal candidate will be able to navigate these conflicting priorities with a focus on Objectives and Key Results set above all pillars.
• Report on Success: the successful candidate will be using the tools built in to Aha! among others to clearly and regularly share the Team’s successwith the entire Descartes organization, as well as Key internal and External stakeholders.

Skills

• Accountability

• Adaptability

• Clear Communication

• Creativity

• Decisiveness

• Delegation

• Leadership

• Organization

• Problem Solving

• Strategic Thinking

• Stress Management

• Time Management

Location: This is a hybrid position and may require employees to come to the offices in Montevideo a couple of days per week. #LI- Hybrid

Join Us 
As we scale, we’re looking for new doers, collaborators and innovators to join Descartes in uniting the people and technology that move the world as the Global Leader in Logistics and Supply Chain Technology. We’re entrepreneurial, hardworking, geeky-in-a-good way problem solvers. Guided by our values, we nurture a TEAM focused culture that invests in people and creates opportunities for advancement across a broad spectrum of career paths. We prioritize work-life balance and foster an environment with the space to take ownership, to be heard, and to carve a path for your individual accomplishments to help drive our success. At Descartes, everyone has a voice and the best idea wins, regardless of who makes it. We offer competitive compensation, great benefits, remote and flexible work hours, and the opportunity to join a company on an awesome mission with a great existing team and trajectory.

Descartes also has a deep sense of environmental responsibility. Learn more about how we helped our customers save over 552,000 metric tons of CO2 in 2020 by reducing fuel and paper consumption: https://www.descartes.com/who-we-are/social-responsibility-sustainability/environmental-impact.  Join a team that’s committed to working with customers to conserve resources and enhance sustainability. 

If you feel you have 70% of the qualifications we are looking for, and Descartes sounds like the team and the mission you want to be part of, apply now. We can’t promise it will be a fit, but we do promise to consider your experience. 

Through COVID-19, we implemented a virtual hiring process and continue to interview and onboard candidates by video using Microsoft TEAMS. We record interviews and use them strictly for quality assurance, training and general record keeping purposes. Should you have any questions about this process, please connect with our hiring team in advance of scheduled interviews. We value the safety of each member of our community because we know we’re all in this together. 

We are an Equal Employment employer. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial, or local law. For more information about our commitment to equal employment opportunity, please review our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics at Descartes.com.  

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