Project Manager/Leader - Senior (A1575011)

As part of the modernization of Child Welfare Reporting Platform (Legacy Oracle and Cognos system), Project Manager will be required to build an integrated project plan, work with key stakeholders, build communication plan and provide day to day oversight of project team.

Project Manager with experience and a proven ability to manage business requirements and technology needs across various methodologies and manage the resources to meet them; strong ability to identify risks and satisfy expectations of project sponsors/stakeholders on time, scope, and within budget.

Requirements

Technical:

• Knowledge, understanding and experience of established Project Management Methodologies and Techniques related to all phases of an IT project life cycle
• Knowledge of technology trends, standards and processes and strategies to direct resolution of analysis and design challenges, define project scope and ensure project compliance and system integration and that critical business objectives are met
• Strong in leading scrum teams, familiar with Jira , Azure DevOps and related tools to lead daily standups
• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices, including SDLC, Enterprise Architecture, PMI/PMBOK, UPM, ITIL, Agile/Waterfall

Project Management:

• Leads large scale, complex, high profile and high risk projects across all phases of IT projects
• Manages large project budgets and ensures a high level of fiscal control and accountability including estimates, forecasts and reconciliation/confirmation of actuals
• Develops and manages project schedules and/or integrated plan, scope and other project deliverables
• Leads team for all governance and Treasury Board approvals
• Promotes I&IT standards and best practices for project management to facilitate control of system quality, adherence to standard methodology and control of the use of I&IT resources
• Analyzes project environments to identify potential risk events and issues, articulating and prioritizing recommended mitigation strategies
• Creates business case and gets approval from all stakeholders
• Supervises project and consultant staff

Leadership & Communication:

• Manages and builds effective client relationships through managing expectations, status updates
• Manages project budget and communicates to senior management on project status
• Leads change management and leverages strategies and actions to overcome resistance
• Knowledge and experience of resource management, supervise and provide leadership/guidance to project teams
• Demonstrated consultation, negotiation and mediation skills to communicate project deliverables, resolve conflicts and develop and sustain effective working relationships
• Plan and leads all phases of complex enterprise-wide projects, scheduling activities, explaining procedures and monitoring the work of assigned technical resources
• Verbal and written communication skills to design, develop and deliver presentations, prepare proposals and business cases to clients, stakeholders, and senior management
• Provides, project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders at senior executive levels

Must haves:

• Establishes and participates in steering committee and stakeholder forums
• Experience working in a cloud native product development environment
• Ability to promote I&IT project management best practices and adherence to standard methodologies
• Articulates and prioritizes issues and risks at senior executive levels and recommends mitigation strategies for decision makers.
• Effectively manages large project budgets and ensures a high level of fiscal control and accountability including estimates, forecasts and reconciliation/confirmation of actuals
• Understanding of the IT and business environment standards
• Experience developing and managing project schedules, deliverables, and scope
• Agile/Scrum experience
• Demonstrated experience directing project teams to ensure project deliverables are delivered on time and adhere to government and ministry standards