Senior I&IT Project Manager

Symbiotic Group; Canada; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Symbiotic Group's Symbiotic Digital division is seeking an experienced Senior I&T Project Manager to lead a critical infrastructure modernization initiative. You will manage migrating databases from legacy systems to modern platforms, coordinate cross-functional teams, and ensure delivery within tight timelines.

The role emphasizes stakeholder management, business analysis, change management, and security/privacy deliverables, with remote work available across Ontario.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of project management experience.
• Advanced knowledge of project management principles and methodologies.
• Experience facilitating client meetings and workshops.
• Experience translating business needs into technical requirements.
• Experience creating and maintaining project plans and status reports.
• Experience managing privacy and security deliverables.
• Experience in Agile environments.
• Proven experience leading technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage strategic communication and change management strategies across all project phases.
• Provide business analysis to support enterprise initiatives, data analytics, dashboards, and stakeholder reporting.
• Lead organizational change efforts and partner with diverse stakeholder groups.
• Develop project strategies, risk mitigation plans, and recommendations.
• Apply PM methodologies to direct, coordinate, execute, monitor, and complete projects.
• Manage complex schedules, resources, approvals, deliverables, and reporting.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Agile

Business analysis

Change management

Requirements elicitation

Leadership

Tools

Microsoft 365

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Office Suite

Microsoft Visio

Job description

Location: Remote, anywhere within Ontario.

Job ID#: RQ11457

Duration: 7 Months

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior I&IT Project Manager to lead a critical infrastructure modernization initiative focused on migrating application databases from legacy infrastructure to supported platforms. This role requires an accomplished project leader with strong stakeholder management skills, technical acumen, and the ability to drive complex enterprise-wide initiatives while managing competing priorities and tight timelines.

The successful candidate will work closely with cross-functional teams, technology professionals, business stakeholders, and leadership to ensure successful project delivery while supporting organizational change and modernization objectives.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and manage strategic communication and change management strategies throughout all project phases, from planning through implementation.
  
• Provide business analysis expertise to support enterprise-wide initiatives, data analytics, executive briefing materials, dashboards, and stakeholder reporting.
  
• Lead organizational change efforts and foster strong partnerships across diverse stakeholder groups.
  
• Develop project strategies, frameworks, risk mitigation plans, and recommendations.
  
• Apply project management methodologies and best practices to direct, coordinate, execute, monitor, and successfully complete projects.
  
• Manage complex project schedules, resource estimates, approvals, deliverables, and reporting activities.
  
• Facilitate client meetings, workshops, and stakeholder engagement sessions.
  
• Translate business requirements into technical requirements and project deliverables.
  
• Oversee privacy and security-related project deliverables.
  
• Lead technical teams and support Agile project delivery methodologies.
  
• Conduct research, analyze emerging trends, and provide recommendations for continuous improvement.
  
• Prepare project plans, status reports, presentations, executive briefings, and related documentation.
  

Required Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years of experience as a Project Manager.
  
• Advanced knowledge of project management principles, methodologies, and techniques.
  
• Proven experience facilitating client meetings and workshops.
  
• Experience translating business needs into technical requirements.
  
• Experience creating and maintaining project plans and status reports.
  
• Experience managing privacy and security deliverables.
  
• Experience working within Agile development environments and methodologies.
  
• Proven experience leading technical teams.
  
• Strong technical and business aptitude.
  
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
  
• Strong attention to detail.
  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  
• Self-motivated leadership style with exceptional interpersonal skills.
  
• Experience managing multiple priorities and meeting challenging deadlines.
  
• Experience with requirements elicitation, analysis, specification, and validation.
  
• Strong collaboration, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
  
• Excellent facilitation, presentation, and time-management skills.
  
• Ability to build trusted stakeholder relationships and resolve issues effectively.
  
• Strong research and analytical capabilities.
  

Technical Skills

• Microsoft 365
  
• Microsoft Teams
  
• Microsoft Project
  
• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  
• Microsoft Visio
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous public sector or government experience.
  
• Experience working with complex enterprise technology modernization initiatives.
  

Work Arrangement

• Remote, anywhere within Ontario.
  

About Symbiotic Digital.

Symbiotic Digital provides the IT Experts you need that solve problems and get things done. See what the top 2% in their field can do for you. (Symbiotic Digital is a division of Symbiotic Group Inc.) We serve customers in two ways, we provide:

• Digital Experts: IT Consulting expertise. Bright Minds That Produce Proven Results
  
• Recruitment: Find The Right People You Need
  

Serving IT & Business leaders, Symbiotic Digital provides a business system that enable us to provide the Expert Technical staff needed to solve challenging business and IT problems. IT leaders in the most reputable organizations in Canada have relied on Symbiotic Digital to help them staff difficult assignments with proven Experts uniquely evaluated by our proven QMS- Quality Management System Staff Development Model. We are a 100% Indigenous owned company.