Project Manager (#3914) Jobs

New Value Solutions, a national IT consulting company, is seeking a Project Manager to help our client manage and support the planning phase of a Project Management Information System (PMIS) corporate implementation.

Responsibilities:

• Acceptance criteria
• Project logs (including stakeholder register and RAID log)
• Developing full-scale project management plan, implementation plan and associated communications documents.
• Estimating and identifying the resources and participants required to achieve project goals.
• Developing a sustainment and support model for the corporate system.
• Defining the process for reviewing, sign-off, and testing of business requirements.
• Validating the business requirements for corporate implementation, including integration requirements with other existing systems.
• Defining guiding principles for the project.
• Ensuring proper risk management by documenting all risks and employing an effective mitigation strategy.
• Defining project scope, goals, and deliverables that support business objectives in collaboration with the senior leadership team and internal stakeholders.
• Corporate implementation plan
• Establishing effective and appropriate project governance.
• Developing key project deliverables, including:
• Business requirements document and work breakdown structure
• Identifying opportunities to standardize business requirements and processes across the various departments.
• Planning and scheduling project timelines and milestones using appropriate tools.
• Monthly status reports
• Identifying the priority modules for system implementation.
• Project management plan
• Developing an acceptance criteria and process for the pilot implementation.
• Project charter
• Ensuring proper financial management of the project.

Requirements:

• Ability to influence and foster an environment of shared accountability.
• Experience in planning, implementing and supporting a PMIS or other corporate Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system for a large utility, municipal or government organization.
• Considerable knowledge of information technology components, processes and developments related to the work performed.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent organization and presentation skills.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) designation is an asset.
• Excellent knowledge of project management methodologies, knowledge areas and tools.
• Strong ability to document, analyze and assess business processes, system interactions and to propose consolidated alternative business processes.
• Ability to clearly articulate messages to a variety of audiences.
• 10+ years of project management experience.
• Thorough knowledge of problem definition and analysis related to business processes and systems planning.
• Ability to be flexible and highly adaptive in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent vendor management and negotiation skills.
• Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) and Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) designations are an asset.
• Considerable knowledge of the functions of departments served and their requirements in information technology.

In addition, this position requires the ability to:

• Perform assigned duties with minimal supervision, although direction will be given
• Provide advice and assistance on matters related to the work
• Communicate effectively orally and in writing
• Maintain confidentiality
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with a variety of internal contacts

If you have this expertise, and are able to work in Canada, please submit your resume. While we thank all candidates in advance for their application, only those candidates who are shortlisted will be contacted.

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