Senior Project Manager

CGI; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in Ottawa is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead multiple projects ensuring successful delivery on time and budget. The ideal candidate should have over 10 years of experience in project management, excellent communication skills, and a PMP certification. Responsibilities include managing client expectations, mentoring team members, and providing detailed reporting. This role offers a competitive salary range of $90,000–$140,000 annually, along with a supportive work environment focused on professional growth.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Opportunity for growth

Inclusive work environment

Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years of general experience in Project Management delivery.
• Excellent consulting, communication, and collaborative skills.
• Project Management Professional (PMP, PgMP) Certification.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple projects ensuring quality, on-time, and on-budget implementation.
• Provide regular updates to the program leadership and PMO teams.
• Set and manage expectations regarding project scope and timeline.

Skills

Delivery Management

English

Project Management

Oracle HCM (Human Capital Mgt)

French

PMI Project Management Prof

ERP System CSB

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

Overview

Position Description: We are currently hiring for a Sr. Project Manager who is local to Ottawa. The Project Manager will lead and deliver projects within scope, budget, and timelines while ensuring quality and stakeholder satisfaction. The ideal candidate must be a strong communicator along with being proactive, organized, and must possess strong leadership and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple, concurrent projects ensuring quality, on-time, and on-budget implementation.
• Provide regular updates to the program leadership, sub-program leads and PMO teams.
• Assist in the development of performance metrics and/or standards that could be applied during the implementation of the initiatives or support activities.
• Set and manage customer expectations in regard to project scope and timeline, stakeholder roles and responsibilities, project governance, risk management and organizational readiness.
• Communicate project objectives to project leads.
• Define, document, and maintain plans using a variety of project management tools including Microsoft Office Project Planning software (MS Project).
• Provide knowledge transfer to departmental personnel on an on-going basis.
• Must strongly focus on client relationship and management.
• Mentor team members on best practice consulting – facilitating workshops, documenting requirements etc.

Deliverables

• Supporting and coaching PMO team members to maintain over level monitoring, control, and reporting documents (project schedule; dashboard; risks/issue logs; etc.).
• Review of sub team plans and assuring alignment of key milestones and deliverables.
• Manage PMO team sub tasks.

Reporting Requirements

• Monthly Task Authorization Status Report is required.
• Financial reporting and budget tracking.
• Additional reports/documents may include an Action Item Register, Project Status reports, Agendas, Minutes, Resource Utilization Plan and Knowledge Transfer Plan.

Required qualifications to be successful in this role

• The proposed resource(s) must have the following minimum demonstrated experience:
• Project Management (Government and ideally HCM and/or ERP).
• Risk Management.
• Client Relationship.
• Project Scheduling.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 10+ years of general experience in Project Management delivery.
• Excellent consulting, communication, and collaborative skills.
• Provides expert independent strategic advice and guidance to the senior management regarding the strategy on how best to deliver all multiple projects within the overall project/program.
• Excellent client relationship and business acumen.
• Demonstrated experience with managing a large transformation project that impact the organization.
• Demonstrated experience with the management deliverables (e.g., project plan, work plan, management reviews, request for changes, outstanding issues and risks), using Microsoft Project.
• Project Management Professional (PMP, PgMP) Certification.

Asset

• Experience in Human Capital Management (HCM) Applications consulting and / or ERP projects is preferred.
• Working experience with Federal government clients.

Compensation

CGI is providing a reasonable estimate of the pay range for this role. The determination of this range includes factors such as skill set level, geographic market, experience and training, and licenses and certifications. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $90,000–$140,000. This role is an existing vacancy.

Skills

• Delivery Management
• English
• PMI Project Management Prof
• Project Management
• ERP System CSB
• French
• Oracle HCM (Human Capital Mgt)

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