Senior Project Manager - Government / Public Sector Experience (Hybrid Position)

CGI; City of Moncton; Hybrid; CAD 85,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading IT services company in Canada seeks an experienced Senior Project Manager to oversee mid-large sized IT projects. The role requires managing client relationships and project teams while ensuring satisfaction and budget adherence. Candidates should have over 5 years of project management experience, ideally in the public sector, and possess strong interpersonal skills. The position also values formal project management certifications.

Qualifications

• Five years or more as a Project Manager.
• Experience working with provincial or municipal governments.
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Development of project proposals and management plans.
• Managing project team time and effort.
• Ensuring proper change and scope management.

Skills

Project Management

Interpersonal skills

Goal orientation

Education

Undergraduate degree in Business, Engineering, or Computer Science

Tools

Project Management training and certification (PMP)

Change Management training and certification

Job description

Position Description

This is a great opportunity to join our CGI team in Fredericton providing leading IT services to our clients. We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager who has managed mid-large sized application management and development projects in a complex environment. The successful candidate will ideally have a strong delivery background in the Public Sector.

In the role of Project Manager, you would be responsible for the successful delivery of them to budget, timeframes and customer satisfaction, enabling new and extension business. You will ensure resourcing is achieved and performance reviews are completed for people assigned to your projects as well as managing client relationship.

Your future duties and responsibilities :

• Development of project proposals, project charters, and project management plans
• Managing the time and effort of the project team
• Ensuring proper change, scope, risk, and expectation management are applied
• Reporting accurate project financial and profitability figures
• Holding regular status meetings with team and clients and providing regular status reporting
• Playing a lead role in the development of business requirements documentation
• Prepare and present to senior client executives

Required qualifications to be successful in this role :

• Experience working with provincial or municipal governments
• Five years or more as a Project Manager
• Possess excellent interpersonal skills and well-developed written, verbal and presentation skills
• Must be goal oriented, results driven and client focused
• Strategic and operational business planning
• Governance and organizational design
• Change management and communications
• Undergraduate degree such as Business, Engineering, or Computer Science or equivalent

Desirable Skills

• Project Management training and certification (PMP)
• Certified Management Consulting (CMC)
• Change Management training and certification

Skills

• Project Management