Senior Project Manager/Leader

CYNET SYSTEMS; Central Ontario; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Central Ontario is seeking a skilled Project Manager to oversee large-scale government IT projects. The ideal candidate will ensure project deliverables align with business requirements, manage client relationships, and lead project teams effectively. This role demands strong communication skills and the ability to navigate complex project landscapes while adhering to government standards.

Qualifications

• Experience managing and monitoring project progress.
• Ability to manage multiple streams of work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Provides project management on large scale, complex projects.
• Ensures project deliverables meet clients' business requirements.
• Articulates and prioritizes issues and risks at senior executive levels.

Skills

Project Management

Client Relationship Management

Process Coordination

Effective Communication

Education

PMBOK Knowledge

Job description

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• Provides project management on large scale, complex, high profile and high risk projects for Government I&IT initiatives.
• Ensures project deliverables meet clients' business requirements on time, scope and budget, with a focus on cost-effectiveness, efficiencies and compliance with Government project management methodologies and frameworks.

General Skills:

• Promotes Government I&IT standards and best practices for project management to facilitate control of system quality, adherence to standard methodology and the control of the use of I&IT resources.
• Process coordination and optimization.
• Client relationship management, with a particular focus on Government/NGO/NPO, risk advisory, and consulting environments.
• Ensures project deliverables meet clients' business requirements on time, scope and budget, with a focus on cost-effectiveness, efficiencies and compliance with Government project management methodologies and frameworks.
• Leads organizational development, strategy development, business planning, and Ministry funding requests.
• Gathers and develops requirements to create and maintain a detailed project schedule and/or integrated plan.
• Ability to monitor and forecast project costs and provide reporting and input to ensure targets are met.
• Experience developing and managing project schedules, deliverables, and scope.
• Demonstrated experience directing project teams to ensure project deliverables are delivered on time and adhere to government and ministry standards.
• Extensive experience coordinating and monitoring project processes and developing/communicating guidelines and procedures.
• Sources, selects and on-boards team members in various disciplines, clarifies roles and responsibilities, and sets task/deliverable/performance expectations for resources that are both Government unionized employees and fee-for-service (FFS) consultants.
• Resolves resourcing and interpersonal conflicts, negotiates changes to resourcing, and ensures knowledge sharing among team members to meet project objectives and deliverables.
• Articulates and prioritizes issues and risks at senior executive levels and recommends mitigation strategies for decision makers.
• Provides project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders at senior executive levels.
• Uses appropriate strategies and actions to overcome resistance to change and support change initiatives during all project stages — concept, definition, planning, implementation, and close-out.

Additional Skills:

• Knowledge of Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).
• Understanding of Information Management principles, policies, and practices.
• Ability to recommend acquisition of software, hardware, and technology resources.
• Experience managing and monitoring project progress, troubleshooting issues, and providing expertise for project effectiveness.
• Ability to identify conflicts between project and functional areas and develop responses to address them.
• Ability to manage client relationships, expectations, and provide updates, while identifying potential conflicts.
• Ability to manage multiple streams of work in a fast-paced environment with external dependencies.
• Effective communication skills with internal and external stakeholders, with flexibility to pivot as required.