RQ00673 - Sr. Project Manager/Leader

Source Code; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 204,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Source Code is seeking a Sr. Project Manager/Leader to drive large IT programs in Toronto, balancing on-site and remote work.

You will lead multi-disciplinary teams, vendors, and stakeholders, guiding requirements, architecture, testing, and governance across agile, waterfall, and iterative approaches. Ideal candidates bring 10+ years of PM experience, PMP certification, and a proven track record in complex projects, including public sector considerations.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive project management on large IT projects using agile, waterfall and iterative approaches.
• 10+ years leading project activities and overseeing documentation (BRs, FRs, use cases, BPM/BPMN, data modeling, architecture diagrams).
• University degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Finance, or equivalent.
• PMP Certification from PMI (Active / In good standing).

Responsibilities

• Lead teams of technical staff, vendors, and stakeholders to implement projects.
• Develop detailed scope, budgeting, resources, planning, scheduling, risk management, and change requests.
• Ensure effective cross-divisional teamwork and high standards of work quality and governance.
• Develop Change Management Plan and stakeholder engagement strategies.
• Monitor projects with other divisions to ensure plan adherence.
• Provide strategic advice for capital projects in municipal environments.

Skills

Project management

PM methodologies

Agile

Waterfall

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Communication skills

Leadership

Data modeling

BPM/BPMN

Technical design specs

Education

University degree

PMP Certification

Tools

PM tools

Job description

About the job RQ00673 - Sr. Project Manager/Leader

RQ00673 - Sr. Project Manager/Leader

3 days onsite/ 2 days remote (subject to HM's discretion) -Metro Hall, 55 John Street

Must Haves:

• 10+ years of progressive project management experience on large-scale IT projects using traditional and innovative methodologies, including agile, waterfall, and iterative approaches with associated tools.
• 10+ years of experience leading project activities and overseeing project documentation, including business requirements, functional/non-functional requirements, use cases, business process workflows (BPM/BPMN), data modeling, architecture diagrams, and technical design specifications.
• University degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Finance, or an equivalent combination of education and/or relevant working experience.
• PMP® Certification from PMI (Current Status: Active / In good standing).

Nice to Have:

• Public Sector experience
• Management presentations
• Review test plans, test cases, scenarios and results documents.
• Analyze test results and creating reports for Management as needed.
• Track problems, defects and issues within a large project.
• Assure the quality of software delivered by the team.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 10+ years hands-on experience in large project and program management in government jurisdictions and/or large private sector organizations.
• University degree in Computer Science, Business Administration, Finance, or an equivalent combination of education and/or relevant working experience.
• PMP® Certification from PMI (Current Status: Active / In good standing).
• 10+ years progressive project management experience on large-scale IT projects using traditional and innovative methodologies, including agile, waterfall, and iterative approaches with associated tools.
• 10+ years extensive experience managing and overseeing cross-functional teams during business requirements gathering, impact analysis, joint-application-design sessions, and mapping business processes.
• 10+ years experience leading project activities and overseeing project documentation, including business requirements, functional/non-functional requirements, use cases, business process workflows (BPM/BPMN), data modeling, architecture diagrams, and technical design specifications.
• Experience in government/public sector settings on modernization and legacy system replacement projects.
• Experience with contract negotiations, procurement procedures, and vendor/contract management for IT business solution delivery.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; confident communicating with business partners, leadership, and vendors.
• Tenacious and willing to support the team during peak volumes and workloads.
• Strong in process management and controls to minimize risk exposure.
• Ability to achieve business objectives through influencing and effective stakeholder collaboration, including organizational change management.

Assignment of Duties

• Lead the teams of technical staff, vendors, and other intra/interdivisional stakeholders to implement
• Lead and manage the development of detailed scope requirements, budgeting, resources management, planning and scheduling, progress monitoring and reporting, manage and mitigate issues and risks, prepare and execute change requests.
• Manages assigned projects, ensuring effective cross-divisional teamwork and communication, high standards of work quality, health and safety and organizational performance and continuous learning.
• Develop and execute a Change Management Plan that addresses the needs of the project and communicates expected changes and benefits
• Develop stakeholder management strategies, including identification, analysis, conducting and documenting stakeholder assessments and developing engagement strategies
• Apply assessment tools to assess readiness, culture, risk, resistance and the impact of change, among others
• Supervises the work of multidisciplinary and inter-divisional project teams, as required, including the scheduling, assigning and reviewing of work.
• Advises and responds to requests from senior management and Division Head on project issues, status, and technical matters.
• Provides lead project management and strategic advice for various projects to the planning and execution of assigned capital projects in a complex municipal environment. Manages time, budget and scope to ensure successful project execution.
• Monitors projects with the help of other City divisions to ensure completion in accordance with approved plans, agreements of undertaking and long-term maintenance.
• Knowledge of current change management methodologies, principles, practices, processes, tools and templates
• Experience in the practical application of change management methods and strategy, including complexity, culture, risk, readiness and other assessments, stakeholder identification, analysis and engagement, change communication planning, and training strategy development

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Note: The higher end of the range is intended for absolutely exceptional candidates who meet all must-have requirements and most or all nice-to-have qualifications. The client will evaluate candidates based on both rate expectations and overall skill set when shortlisting.

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