Project Director

Government Entity; Canada; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Part time

Job summary

A key government organization in Canada seeks a Global Talent Strategist to bridge talent across various regions. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in agile software development and service design product delivery, along with senior leadership capabilities. This contract role focuses on overseeing project portfolios, managing risks, and collaborating with diverse stakeholders to achieve project goals. Candidates should possess a university degree in business or related fields.

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience with complex project delivery in large organizations.
• Senior leadership experience in defining project scopes and deliverables.
• Proficient in managing project/program financials effectively.

Skills

Agile software development

Service design-based product delivery

Project governance

Risk management

Budgeting and forecasting

Stakeholder management

Project scheduling

Education

University graduation in business, management or a related discipline

Job description

Overview

Global Talent Strategist | Bridging Global Talent Across Canada, USA, Middle East & India

Qualifications

• University graduation in business, management or a related discipline and 6-year experience working on agile software development and modern, service design-based product delivery comparable in size and complexity for a large organization, such as state, provincial, or federal government or a private company with 5,000 or more employees or for a startup or small business addressing a complex challenge at scale.
• Senior leadership experience defining project scope, goals and deliverables such as roadmaps, governance, briefing notes, and business cases that support project goals in collaboration with business stakeholders.
• Experience as Program Manager managing a portfolio of projects by providing governance, prioritizing, monitoring, reporting at a Program level.
• Experience identifying, analyzing and managing project risks on large, complex projects.
• Experience in managing project/program financials such as budgeting and forecasts.
• Experience making decisions and recommendations on highly technical or complex issues without formal guidelines or precedents and exercises resourcefulness, and experience supporting and collaborating directly with stakeholders, external users and internal business areas. Ability to coordinate and communicate necessary information well to all clients.
• Experience in developing project schedule plans and strategies, estimate resource requirements, develop and monitor work plans for completion of project tasks.

Seniority level

• Director

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• Government Administration, Public Safety, and Public Policy Offices