Offer summary

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in IT or related field., Proven experience as a Project Manager in IT, particularly with large complex software projects., Strong skills in project scope definition, deliverable development, and managing multiple projects concurrently., Experience in stakeholder communication and relationship management, especially in a public sector context..

Key responsabilities:

Coordinate and complete IT projects, overseeing all aspects including deadlines and responsibilities.

Prepare reports for upper management on project status and manage client relationships for satisfaction.

Develop project plans that outline objectives, scope, risks, and resource requirements.

Document project status and facilitate tracking of issues and risks, ensuring effective communication throughout the project.

Job description

This is a remote position.

Client is seeking for a Senior Project Manager(IT).

Duties:

Responsible for the coordination and completion of IT projects. Oversees all aspects of projects. Sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, and monitors and summarizes progress of project. Builds and maintains working relationships with team members, vendors, and other departments involved in the projects. Prepares reports for upper management regarding status of project.

Compile project charters and business/project plans to support activities, including the most suitable approach to be used in the development of each applicable project, to ensure business objectives and data integrity are achieved.
Manage project(s) that will document business requirements, design and deliver IT solutions that are compliant with and contribute to the Ministries’ enterprise architecture.
Assist with the development of recommendations including providing details of resource requirements, dependencies, interdependencies, policy implications pertaining to internal/external influences and the methodology to be applied.
Produce and package deliverables for presentation to various internal support teams, steering committee, and other project stakeholders.
Manage multiple projects, project resources and project governance.
Work with project sponsors to ensure that effective project communication exists through the duration of the project including escalation of risks as required.
Take responsibility for ongoing client satisfaction – manage peer-level client relationships and overcome hurdles to ensure win-win solutions.
Collaborate with business and IT leadership to develop a well-defined project plan that clearly states the project’s objectives, scope, assumptions, timeline, resource requirements, risks, benefits and budget.
Work with project sponsors and the project management office to develop a project organization structure with clearly defined roles and responsibilities for all stakeholders.
Document and report project status against established objectives, milestones, budget and resources and facilitate tracking and closure of issues and risks.
Develop project schedule plans and strategies, estimate resource requirements, develop and monitor work plans and take corrective action for completion of project tasks.
Provide guidance to project resources in establishing work priorities and prompt delivery of project tasks.
Develop, as required, related requirements documentation.
In collaboration with project sponsors, assess whether the project achieved stated outcomes and identify opportunities for improvement for future similar projects.
Provide leadership and assistance to business and project teams that require change management and communication support.
Work within the standards defined by the project management office and in the absence of standards work with the project management office to define new standards.

Requirements

Must Have

Work Experience

Experience defining project scope and goals in collaboration with business stakeholders.
Experience developing project deliverables including project charters, business cases.
Experience managing multiple projects concurrently.
Experience working as a Project Manager on a large complex custom software.

Nice to Have

Work Experience

Experience conducting, facilitating and interpreting impact and risk assessments.
Experience creating and managing project forecasts in Microsoft Project.
Experience developing and maintaining positive relationships.
Experience in project coordination of government and vendor-wide information.
Experience leading and facilitating meetings with stakeholders at all levels.
Experience leading change management and communication planning.
Experience leading custom software application development projects following a formal.
Experience working in or for the public sector.
Experience working on Enterprise Content Management systems.
Senior leadership experience working in the public sector (ideally Canada)