IT Project Manager - Burnaby, Canada - Fujitsu

Fujitsu

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Burnaby, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Role

This position reports to the Director, Portfolio & Business Relationship Management, and works closely with IT and business groups to ensure projects are successfully planned, implemented and handed over to business operations.

This position will be responsible for interfacing with large cross functional teams and will need to demonstrate superior project management, communication, stakeholder and vendor management skills, and have sound knowledge of software implementation, business analysis, agile and waterfall Page 2 of 3 methodologies.

With input of the Project Steering Committee (PSC) this position will be responsible for managing day to day progress of all project scope dimensions.

Experience managing IT projects is required, experience managing cloud solutions is an asset but not required. Past experience in Business Analysis and/or Change Management is an asset, but not required.

Duties/Accountabilities:

Lead and deliver all aspects of the project lifecycle, ensuring quality and completeness of project delivery
Develop project charter and a plan for execution, including all other project documentation
Accountable for delivery of all in scope project activities; project plan, timeline, budget, scope, risks, issue, quality, staffing and any identified project constraints
Oversight of project team to ensure delivery of the stated project goals and objectives against the established measurement criteria; coordinating and managing team resource allocation, managing deliverables and schedules of project team members to ensure timely and quality delivery of project commitments
Chair Project Steering Committee (PSC), working group and subcommittee(s) (as required): preparing materials; sending out agendas, minutes etc. and facilitating discussions
Accountable point person for project delivery and communication, reporting on all project aspects, to all project stakeholders, including regular project status reports
Liaise with vendor and management of the vendor to contracted scope, cost and requirements to support project delivery, tracking vendor performance to meet project milestones; and report any variance or deviation from contract
Document and report on project level issues, decisions, dependencies and risks, facilitate resolution and escalation
Manage, plan and control cost, schedule, scope and create change requests and assess impact of proposed changes
Address challenges, including organizational, vendor, technical, documentation, budget logistics
Oversight of quality control, change management and business readiness requirements for the successful implementation of the project
Transition of new processes and systems to business operations, including the facilitation of business operational handoff activities and post implementation support
Perform project close (including the development of sustainment and knowledge transfer documentation), and facilitate the collection and documentation of lessons learned Page 3 of 3 Experience

Project Management: 10+ years managing large IT projects (required)

Government Experience (Asset but not mandatory) Capabilities
Experience leading and delivering enterprise level projects; business process management, solutions integration, packaged or cloud implementations
Technical mindset to lead cross functional teams, solid understanding of IT concepts
Demonstrated capability to drive deliverables under tight timelines in a complex and evolving organizational environment
Proficiency in project management software tools
Proven ability to complete projects according to outlined scope, budget and timeline
Proven relationship management, conflict management and leadership skills
Change management/business transformation experience in large organizations
Comfortable leading meetings and regularly communicating to project and business stakeholders
Excellent client facing (verbal and written) communications skills and interpersonal skills
Advanced time management and analytical skills
High degree of attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
Selfstarter, achievement oriented, motivated and proven problemsolving abilities

Certification

Project Management Professional, PMP Certification (required)

Education

University Degree (preferred) or equivalent
Diploma in Information Systems or related field (Desired)
Fujitsu at a Glance _
Fujitsu is a leading information and communication technology (ICT) company, headquartered in Japan, offering a full range of technology products, solutions, and services. Approximately 132,000 Fujitsu people support customers in more than 100 countries. We use our experience and the power of ICT to shape the future of society with our customers. _
We are a corporate culture that places great value on the pursuit of new possibilities previously unimagined and brings them to fruition. This has been the foundation of Fujitsu's success si