Technical Project Coordinator Student - 4 or 8 Month Summer Term

Worker Sub-Type:

Student (Fixed Term)

 Job Description: 

BlackBerry® is a transformed company. Today, BlackBerry provides intelligent security software and services to enterprises and governments around the world. The company secures more than 500M endpoints including over 235M vehicles. Based in Waterloo, Ontario with offices around the globe, we use AI and machine learning to deliver innovative solutions to cybersecurity, safety, and data privacy solutions, and we are a leader in the areas of endpoint management, endpoint security, encryption, and embedded systems. BlackBerry’s vision is clear - to secure a connected future you can trust. 

Position Summary

The successful candidate will be responsible for working with the project managers and development teams within the BlackBerry Enterprise Software group. The student will benefit from managing projects alongside senior technical project managers as an integral participant in guiding the software planning and development release cycle of large-scale secure enterprise-grade products and services. An outgoing self-starter with excellent verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail and proactive time management will excel in this role.

Location: Waterloo, ON

Length of Term: 4 or 8 Months

What you will do:

• Managing development teams through efficient preliminary analysis, assessment and assigning of tasks for specific projects

• Coordination of weekly report updates, including requesting, collecting and collating content, followed by the hosting and guiding of the ensuing project review meetings.

• Working on the beta platform ensuring the set-up of software for beta trials and the on-boarding of beta participants

These responsibilities include tasks such as:

• Scheduling and managing regular periodic and ad hoc meetings

• Accurately recording technical meeting minutes

• Maintaining action and risk logs

• Following up on the resolution of action items with the owners

• Generating and updating project tracking metrics

• Creating and updating PowerPoint slide decks

• Accurately maintaining document repositories and technical project Wiki’s

• Other tasks may include web content updating, document management in SharePoint, working on process improvement initiatives and assisting with project planning, schedule creation, and maintenance

• Preparing Jira queries and the issues for effective triage meetings

• Accurately updating Jira issues for priority, owner assignment, comments, and any content correction or additions in a timely manner for execution by the development teams.

Who we are looking for:

• Currently enrolled in Business, Computer Science or Engineering at the Intermediate level

• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail, proactive time management skills (being a self-starter and outgoing)

• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills

• A demonstrated strength in time management

• Strong analytical skills

• A strong desire to grow your software technical skills and to fully participate in the development of enterprise grade software

• Experience with the full MS Office suite

Above and Beyond

• Project Management experience

• Leadership experience

• Experience using Jira, Confluence, WebEx/Skype for Business, SharePoint, MS Project, Visio

Student Life at BlackBerry

• Growth Mindset: employees have access to skills training and professional development courses, mentorship programs as well as unlimited access to our on-demand learning platform.

• Commitment to Wellness: employees have access to events that support physical, mental and financial wellness. We host wellness sessions, fitness courses, discounts to local gyms and offer a 24/7 Employee Assistant Program (EAP).

• Highly collaborative teams and a supportive workplace environment, with organization-wide events and a student social committee.

• Employee Perks: we have snack and beverage programs at all locations. Students also have access to discounts for local stores, transportation, restaurants and activities.

See more about the student program at BlackBerry over on our Instagram @BlackBerryStudentLife

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40