We are seeking an experienced Senior IT Project Manager to lead complex technology projects across enterprise systems, ERP, GIS, IT infrastructure, and system integrations. The ideal candidate will have a strong track record of delivering projects on schedule and within budget, with demonstrated ownership of project financials, risk management, stakeholder engagement, and vendor coordination.
The role requires experience managing hybrid Agile and Waterfall delivery approaches, maintaining project governance, and providing clear reporting on progress, budgets, risks, issues, and dependencies. Experience in public-sector or regulated environments is preferred.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end delivery of IT projects, ensuring scope, timelines, budgets, quality, and business objectives are achieved.
- Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, resource plans, and delivery roadmaps.
- Own project budgets, monitor expenditure, track forecasts, and manage financial variances.
- Prepare regular project status reports, budget updates, and RAID logs covering risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies.
- Manage project governance, stage gates, approvals, and delivery documentation.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams, technical stakeholders, business users, external vendors, and implementation partners.
- Manage project scope, change requests, dependencies, and escalation processes.
- Apply Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery methodologies according to project requirements.
- Use Azure DevOps or Jira for backlog management, delivery tracking, work-item management, and progress reporting.
- Develop and maintain project schedules and dependencies using Microsoft Project (MS Project).
- Facilitate project kick-off meetings, stakeholder consultations, governance reviews, and final presentations.
- Ensure effective communication with senior management and stakeholders regarding project progress, risks, budget, and expected outcomes.
- Support project documentation, knowledge transfer, and handover to operational teams.
Mandatory Skills and Experience
- Minimum 8 years of experience leading IT projects, with direct responsibility for project planning, execution, and delivery.
- Demonstrated experience with project budget ownership, financial tracking, forecasting, and cost control.
- Strong expertise in project planning, scheduling, milestone management, and dependency tracking.
- Experience preparing project status reports, maintaining RAID logs, and managing project governance and stage gates.
- Proven experience in vendor management, stakeholder engagement, and cross-functional team coordination.
- Experience delivering projects using Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid methodologies.
- Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps or Jira for project/backlog tracking.
- Experience using Microsoft Project (MS Project) for project scheduling and planning.
- Demonstrated ability to deliver projects on schedule and within approved budgets.
- Strong communication, leadership, risk management, problem-solving, and reporting skills.
Technical and Project Environment
The client environment includes:
- Version Control and Delivery Tracking: Azure DevOps
- Project Domains: ERP, GIS, IT infrastructure, and system integration
- Project Planning: Microsoft Project (MS Project)
- Delivery Methodologies: Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience managing IT projects in public-sector, government, municipal, or regulated-industry environments.
- PMP (Project Management Professional) or PRINCE2 Practitioner certification.
- PMI-ACP or Scrum Master certification.
- Experience delivering enterprise infrastructure, ERP implementation, GIS, or integration projects.
- Familiarity with formal project governance, stage-gate approvals, and vendor-led implementations.