RQ08534 - Project Manager/Leader - Senior

Rubicon Path; Toronto; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Senior Project Manager to oversee IT initiatives, ensuring effective project management and delivery. The role involves strategic planning, team coordination, and stakeholder communication, focusing on delivering high-quality results and continuous improvement. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in enterprise project management, agile methodologies, and strong interpersonal skills.

Qualifications

• 10+ years managing enterprise projects, including scope, risk, resources, schedules, and costs.
• Experience with Agile delivery, including Scrum Master role preferred.

Responsibilities

• Articulate the product vision and strategy, ensuring the project team understands the purpose.
• Prioritize features and manage the backlog to focus the project team on tactical design.

Skills

Communication

Team building

Risk identification

Negotiation

Presentation

Tools

Microsoft Azure

JIRA

Atlassian Confluence

Trello

Microsoft Office 365

Google Drive

Zoom

Slack

Microsoft Teams

Azure DevOps

Job description

RQ08534 - Project Manager/Leader - Senior

About the job RQ08534 - Project Manager/Leader - Senior

The Project Manager is responsible for the following activities:

• Identifying strategic and operational requirements of specific project (product) management environment for IT initiatives;
• Providing ongoing advice on refinements and enhancements to the organization's project (product) management delivery processes;
• Developing project (product) design criteria, planning activities, business objectives, communication and reporting protocols, implementing planning, project prioritization and phasing strategies, issues management, quality assessment, and transition requirements;
• Directing, coordinating, and monitoring project (product) management activities to ensure timely, cost-effective, and high-quality business and customer-focused results.

Key Responsibilities:

• Articulate the product vision and product strategy, ensuring the project (product) team understands the purpose and plan.
• Prioritize features and manage the backlog to focus the project (product) team on tactical design and development work.
• Establish and track measurable objectives to monitor progress.
• Decide when to ship software to deliver benefits to customers promptly and gather feedback for iteration.
• De-risk product direction by building features based on validated customer problems and business opportunities.
• Communicate effectively to align stakeholders and maintain momentum.

Deliverables include (but not limited to):

• Product vision and road map (current, near, and future timelines)
• Product strategy: target audience, problems to solve, value propositions
• Customer discovery insights through end-user research activities
• Product features and functions via product management backlog and user stories
• Product KPIs or success criteria, including a metrics dashboard
• Product decision and direction rationales
• Product wins (success stories)
• Continuous shipping of features to improve the minimal viable product using user-centered design and agile methodologies
• Communications to senior management, including summaries and status updates

Skill Set Requirements:

• Experience in communication and mediation with business teams and core members to ensure project progression
• Team building, consensus building, and relationship management skills
• Strategies to overcome resistance to change during all project stages
• Risk identification and mitigation planning
• Ability to articulate and prioritize issues and risks at senior levels
• Creating and maintaining a product roadmap
• Experience with Agile (SCRUM) delivery, including Scrum Master role preferred
• Requirements gathering and detailed project planning experience
• Experience with reporting to multi-stakeholders and participating in steering committees
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Azure cloud platform
• Familiarity with collaboration tools like MIRO, Atlassian Confluence, Trello, Microsoft Office 365, Google Drive, Zoom, Slack, Microsoft Teams
• Experience with backlog management tools such as JIRA, Azure DevOps, Pivotal Tracker
• Strong interpersonal, negotiation, presentation, and communication skills

Skills, Experience, and Skill Set Breakdown:

Project Management and Technical Documentation - 45%

· 10+ years managing enterprise projects, scope, risk, resources, schedules, costs

· Experience in creating project documentation and recommending revisions

Technical Knowledge - 25%

· Knowledge of IT project management frameworks and environments like Oracle, Unix, Windows, WebLogic, IIS, Mainframe

Tools and Process - 25%

· Experience with project documentation tools and cost-benefit analysis

Public Sector Experience - 5%

· Experience with Ontario Public Service policies and procedures is an asset

Must haves: 10+ years of enterprise project management experience, including scope, risk, resources, schedules, and costs.