RQ08854 - Project Manager/Leader - Senior - Jobs in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M4C

Job Description

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.Project Management:

• Leads large scale, complex, high profile and high risk projects across all phases of IT projects (MUST HAVE)
• Develops and manages project schedules and/or integrated plan, scope and other project deliverables (MUST HAVE)
• Manages large project budgets and ensures a high level of fiscal control and accountability including estimates, forecasts and reconciliation/confirmation of actuals
• Promotes I amp;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 amp;IT resources
• Supervises project and consultant staff
• 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
• Leads team for all governance and Treasury Board approvals

Technical

• Strong in leading scrum teams, familiar with Azure DevOps and related tools to lead daily standups
• Knowledge, understanding and experience of established Project Management Methodologies and Techniques related to all phases of an IT project life cycle (MUST HAVE)
• Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices, including SDLC, Enterprise Architecture, PMI/PMBOK, UPM, ITIL, Agile/Waterfall
• 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

Leadershipamp; Communication

• Plan and leads all phases of complex enterprise-wide projects, scheduling activities, explaining procedures and monitoring the work of assigned technical resources
• Leads change management and leverages strategies and actions to overcome resistance
• Manages and builds effective client relationships through managing expectations, status updates
• 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
• Provides, project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders at senior executive levels
• Verbal and written communication skills to design, develop and deliver presentations, prepare proposals and business cases to clients, stakeholders, and senior management
• Manages project budget and communicates to senior management on project status

Nice to have:

• Public Sector experience
• Knowledge and understanding of social services, programs and policies

RequirementsMust haves:

• Leads large scale, complex, high profile and high risk projects across all phases of IT projects (MUST HAVE)
• Develops and manages project schedules and/or integrated plan, scope and other project deliverables (MUST HAVE)
• Knowledge, understanding and experience of established Project Management Methodologies and Techniques related to all phases of an IT project life cycle (MUST HAVE)