Senior Project Manager (ID#5575)

Job summary

Lead complex IT projects from planning through delivery, managing scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, dependencies, and quality. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams, vendors, and stakeholders while maintaining governance, reporting, change management, and operational transition activities.

Job details

New Value Solutions is recruiting experienced Senior IT Project Managers to support Government of Canada consulting engagements focused on enterprise technology modernization, digital transformation, systems implementation, and IT infrastructure initiatives. We are seeking accomplished Project Managers with demonstrated experience leading complex technology projects, managing multidisciplinary teams, and delivering successful outcomes within large, highly structured organizations. Responsibilities: Lead the planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery of complex IT projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives, schedules, budgets, and quality expectations. Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, risk registers, and project governance documentation. Manage project scope, deliverables, dependencies, risks, issues, and change requests throughout the project lifecycle. Coordinate cross-functional teams, including technical specialists, business stakeholders, vendors, and external service providers. Establish and maintain project governance structures, reporting processes, and escalation procedures. Facilitate project meetings, steering committees, stakeholder workshops, and executive-level presentations. Monitor project performance, identify delivery risks, and implement corrective actions to maintain project objectives. Manage vendor relationships, procurement activities, and third-party deliverables. Support organizational change management, implementation planning, operational readiness, and transition to ongoing support. Prepare project status reports, executive briefings, decision documents, and other project management deliverables. Requirements: Extensive professional experience managing complex IT projects within large enterprise or public sector environments. Demonstrated experience leading enterprise technology implementations, systems modernization, infrastructure projects, or digital transformation initiatives. Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, frameworks, and best practices, including Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid delivery approaches. Experience managing project budgets, schedules, resources, risks, issues, and dependencies. Proven ability to coordinate multidisciplinary project teams and manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Experience establishing project governance, reporting structures, and project controls. Strong leadership, communication, negotiation, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills. Experience preparing executive-level project reporting, presentations, and recommendations. Relevant post-secondary education in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Project Management, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Preferred Qualifications: Previous experience managing IT projects for Government of Canada departments or agencies. Experience delivering large-scale public sector technology modernization or transformation initiatives. Project Management Professional (PMP), PRINCE2, or other recognized project management certification. Experience working within formal government project governance and approval frameworks. Experience with Microsoft Project, Primavera, Jira, Azure DevOps, or comparable project management tools. Experience managing projects involving multiple vendors, complex integrations, or geographically distributed teams. Existing Government of Canada Reliability Status or Secret security clearance. About New Value Solutions New Value Solutions is a Canadian IT consulting and professional services firm with extensive experience supporting public sector organizations across Canada. We specialize in connecting experienced technology and business professionals with consulting engagements involving enterprise systems, digital transformation, cybersecurity, and IT modernization. Engagements are available across Canada, with remote, hybrid, and onsite arrangements, start dates, and assignment details determined by individual client requirements as contracts are secured. If you have the necessary expertise and are legally authorized to work in Canada, please submit your resume. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those shortlisted will be contacted. ID# 5575

What you’ll do

Lead complex IT projects from planning through delivery, managing scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, dependencies, and quality. Coordinate multidisciplinary teams, vendors, and stakeholders while maintaining governance, reporting, change management, and operational transition activities.

Requirements

Requires extensive experience managing complex IT projects in large enterprise or public-sector environments, including technology implementations, modernization, infrastructure, or digital transformation. Candidates should have strong project management, leadership, stakeholder, and reporting skills, with relevant post-secondary education or equivalent experience; government experience, certifications, and security clearance are preferred.

Listed skills

• Executive Reporting · Preferred
• Risk Management · Preferred
• Agile · Preferred
• Team Leadership · Preferred
• Stakeholder Management · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• IT Project Management
• Project Planning
• Project Execution
• Budget Management
• Schedule Management
• Risk Management
• Scope Management
• Project Governance
• Stakeholder Management
• Vendor Management
• Agile
• Waterfall
• Hybrid Delivery
• Organizational Change Management
• Executive Reporting
• Team Leadership

Job areas

• Management & Leadership
• Technology
• Government & Public Sector
• Consulting

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