Senior IT Project Manager

INTRO
The Project Leader is responsible for managing the delivery of medium to high risk IT projects characterized as having any of the following:

• Many work packages and interfaces, 
• Safety and licensing requirements involving internal and external regulatory interactions, 
• Work packages spanning multiple years in duration, and
• Involving a moderation financial commitment. 

Using general knowledge of project management principles, the Project Leader is involved in:

• Project planning, 
• Budgeting and resource allocation, 
• Discussions with internal clients to define the scope of the project, deliverables and timing, 
• Approving project scope of work and determining project priorities and division of responsibilities,
• Reviewing the project regularly with the Project Team for updates on deliverables against the plan,
• Identifying and managing project risks,
• Motivating team members to meet quality, scope and cost constraints.

DUTIES

• Planning projects from initiation to implementation
• Drafting of project management documents such as project scope statements, project charters, project execution plans, risk management plans, risk registers, etc…
• Identifying of stakeholders and their impact on the project success
• Identifying project team members and clearly understanding their roles and responsibilities
• Managing of the project team, stakeholders and vendors
• Estimating project duration and effort 
• Experience with building project schedules in programs such as Primavera or MS Project
• Prepare project budgets
• Prepare various types of reports such as monthly progress reports, cost reports, stakeholder reports, two week look-ahead, etc…
• Updating project schedules at regular intervals to track progress against the baseline
• Understanding of earned value management
• Understanding of processed to secure funding through gating and sanctioning
• Support project team members
• Drafting of procurement documents such as statements of work or request for information.
• Developing a vendor evaluation matrix to be used to measure proponents in a fair and equitable manner
• Measuring project benefits against the requirements
• Confirming project deliverables align with expectations and standards
• Controlling project procurements
• Controlling project costs and working within the approved budget
• Identifying risks and risk resolutions
• Managing and controlling project scope as defined in the project scope statement
• Celebrating project successes
• Directing and managing all aspects of the project activities
• Managing stakeholder expectations
• Developing a communication strategy and managing as expected
• Understanding of requirements
• Closing out projects and filing all documents as records.
• Tracking lessons learned
• Ensure a safe work place for everyone

QUALIFICATIONS
Education

• Graduation from a recognized educational institution in computer science OR 
• Graduation from an equivalent formal educational program and relevant IT technical and project management experience. 
• Project Management Professional (PMP) designation is highly desirable

Experience

• Ten or more years of recent related industry and demonstrated experience in a technology field aligned with departmental deliverables 
• Three or more years of demonstrated experience in a supervisory/leadership or project management role 

Abilities & Skills

• Proven ability to successfully apply project planning, monitoring and control techniques, as well as accurately estimate resource and budgetary requirements
• Proven track record for managing efficient cost and schedule performance and quality of deliverables for contracted services for large projects
• Demonstrated ability to lead diverse teams of professional employees, consultants and contractors 
• Consistently demonstrates understanding of project management principles (can quote principles and explain PMI concepts including EV and CPI) 
• Consistently demonstrated ability to work independently, handle deadline pressures, and effectively escalate project issues. 
• Demonstrated expertise in business systems analysis, technology-appropriate integration/deployment/development methodologies, and analysis and design techniques as applied over the entire lifecycle of an information system 
• For software-related roles, demonstrated application in one or more SDLC methodologies (e.g. Waterfall, RAD, JAD, Iterative) and able to provide input to recommendations for application of methodology to optimize development. 
• Ability to accurately estimate development efforts 
• Understands software testing techniques and toolsets
• Demonstrated interpersonal, presentation and customer service skills to build relationships with internal staff and external suppliers
• Demonstrated oral and written communication skills to prepare required documentation 
• Demonstrates influencing and negotiation skills to optimize the outcome of project deliverables, working in partnership with peers, business users and IT service providers. 
• Remains current with industry trends and best practices as they relate to their IT specific area. 
• Strong knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. 
• Communicates effectively in oral, written, and electronic form as appropriate for the needs of the project team. 
• Demonstrated personal accountability. 
• Makes effective presentations to project teams. 
• Must be professional in all dealings and demonstrate tact, diplomacy, and sensitivity. 
• Ability to multi-task, organize priorities and manage time well to meet deadlines.
• Adaptive, able to respond to changing conditions quickly.
• Logical thinking. 
• Demonstrated willingness and ability to learn. 
• Detail oriented, accurate. 
• Get-things-done attitude.

Job/Industry Specific Knowledge

• Experience and understanding of project management methodologies 
• Experience with the delivery of IT applications and SaaS solutions with and understanding of various methodologies including Agile, Scrum, Iterative and Waterfall.
• Experience with IT hardware solutions will be an asset (network, data centers, telecommunications, etc…)