IT Project Management Analyst (PCO)

COFOMO; Montreal; Hybrid; CAD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

COFOMO is seeking an IT Project Management Analyst (PCO) in Montreal for a hybrid role. You will support planning, governance, and portfolio oversight using Microsoft Project and Azure DevOps, delivering dashboards and management information across multiple teams.

The ideal candidate has 7+ years in planning or project control, experience with agile or hybrid approaches, and a strong ability to consolidate data for governance reviews.

Qualifications

• Hold an undergraduate degree in information technology, business administration, management or a related field.
• Have at least seven years of experience in planning, project control or project management.
• Completed at least three mandates of at least one year each in large-scale IT projects as a PCO.
• Experience in organizational transformation programs.
• Master Microsoft project management tools for planning, monitoring, reporting.
• Ability to consolidate, analyze and present management information.
• Experience producing dashboards and performance indicators.
• Knowledge of tracking scope, timelines, costs, risks, dependencies and benefits.
• Excellent organizational, coordinating, analytical, synthesizing and rigorous skills.
• Good written and verbal communication skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.

Responsibilities

• Support integrated project planning, including prioritization, capacity management, and resource allocation.
• Collaborate with project managers in development, updating and monitoring of schedules.
• Track scope, timelines, costs, risks, dependencies, benefits, and progress of projects.
• Ensure integrity, quality and consistency of planning data in PM tools.
• Produce dashboards, progress reports, performance indicators and accountability documents.
• Prepare presentations and debriefings for governance bodies.
• Promote standardization and continuous improvement of PM processes.

Skills

Project management

Microsoft Project

Azure DevOps

Dashboards

Reporting

Governance

Agile methods

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

Undergraduate IT/Business degree

Tools

Microsoft Project

Azure DevOps

Microsoft Dynamics

Job description

87331# IT Project Management Analyst (PCO)MontrealHybridProgram Management and Technology LeadershipApplyWith over 30 years of recognized expertise, COFOMO is now a leading Canadian consulting firm specializing in digital and artificial intelligence. Supported by more than 3,000 experts, 10 Centers of Excellence, and 4 offices across the country, we are uniquely positioned to successfully guide our clients through their transformations. Both strategic and tactical, we help organizations across a wide range of industries thrive in today’s rapidly evolving world.## Our promiseHelp our clients succeed and maximize the impact of their transformation initiatives, turning them into powerful drivers of growth and innovation.## Job description**Here's a brief overview of the tasks and responsibilities you'll be able to do:** * Support integrated project planning, including prioritization, capacity management, and resource allocation;* Collaborate with project managers in the development, updating and monitoring of schedules;* Track scope, timelines, costs, risks, dependencies, benefits, and progress of projects;* Ensure the integrity, quality and consistency of planning data in project management tools;* Contribute to the start-up, follow-up and closure of projects;* Implement and maintain governance mechanisms related to the IT project portfolio;* Participate in the preparation and animation of monitoring, portfolio and decision-making committees;* Produce dashboards, progress reports, performance indicators and accountability documents;* Prepare presentations, follow-up documents and debriefings for the various governance bodies;* Keep track of decisions, actions, commitments, and outstanding items;* Improve indicators and monitoring mechanisms for the project portfolio;* Support project compliance with applicable organizational, methodological and normative requirements;* Analyze the compliance status of projects with project management frameworks, processes, and best practices;* Perform quality checks on project management deliverables and documentation;* Maintain traceability of decisions, actions, risks, issues and relevant management information;* Identify deviations, recommend and follow up on appropriate corrective actions;* Consolidate and analyze management information from project teams to ensure quality, consistency and reliability;* Track project efforts, costs, commitments, and financial information;* Maintain management dashboards that include performance, advancement, risks, issues and items requiring attention;* Perform the necessary reconciliations between project data and available financial data;* Participate in trend analysis, forecasting and deviation control;* Support project managers, Scrum Masters, RTEs and other stakeholders in the application of traditional, agile or hybrid project management practices;* Use Microsoft project management and tracking tools, including Azure DevOps, as well as corporate tracking tools;* Act as a resource person for the use of project management tools, templates and methodologies;* Promote standardization and continuous improvement of project and portfolio management processes, tools, and practices;* Advise stakeholders on project planning, monitoring, control, and governance. **The profile you are looking for is as follows:** * Hold an undergraduate degree in information technology, business administration, management or a related field;* Have at least seven years of experience in planning, project control or project management;* Have completed at least three mandates of at least one year each in large-scale organizational projects in information technology, as a PCO;* Demonstrate experience in organizational transformation programs or projects;* Knowledge of the methods, frameworks and best practices of project management using traditional, agile or hybrid approaches;* Master Microsoft project management tools for planning, monitoring, reporting and the production of management information;* Demonstrate an ability to consolidate, analyze and present reliable, consistent and structured management information;* Experience in producing progress reports, dashboards, performance indicators and management analyses;* Understand the mechanisms for tracking scope, timelines, costs, risks, dependencies, and benefits;* Demonstrate excellent organizational, coordinating, analytical, synthesizing and rigorous skills;* Possess good written and verbal communication skills as well as the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously in a complex and multi-team environment;* Have in-depth knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics and Azure DevOps (an asset);* Experience in managing Agile projects with Scrum, Scrumban, Kanban, DAD or SAFe, or a hybrid Agile/Waterfall approach (an asset);* Demonstrate experience in dashboard production, project portfolio monitoring or organizational reporting (an asset);* Knowledge of the field of information technology (an asset);* Experience in the field of health and social services (an asset);* Experience in a large public or para-public organization (an asset);* Hold certification in Agile, Scrum, SAFe, PMI-ACP, PMP, CAPM, PRINCE2, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Power Platform, Portfolio Management, PMO, PCO, Prosci or any other relevant certification related to Microsoft project management tools or change management (a major asset).