Project Manager 6588-2712 - Toronto, Canada - Foilcon

Foilcon
Foilcon
Verified Company
Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Description

HM Note:
This hybrid role is three (3) days in office. Looking for a PM Leader who can facilitate and communicate to internal stakeholders as well as external vendors


Responsibilities:


Works in partnership with clients, advising them on information technology in order to meet their business objectives or overcome problems, work to improve structure and efficiency of an organization?s I&IT systems.


The I&IT Consultant may be used to provide strategic guidance to organizations with regard to Information Management & IT technology, IT infrastructures and the enablement of major business processes through enhancements to IT.


General Skills:

Acts as the technical advisor/expert on all aspects of a specific deliverable

Provide the quality assurance/quality control of specific deliverables

Anticipates and resolves problems to ensure that the deliverables are completed within budget, to the highest quality, meeting or exceeding expectations

Develops processes and procedures for implementing deliverables

Prepares reports and presentations including options, recommendations, implementation plans, etc.

Works with clients to define the scope of a project and to determine requirements

Defines software, hardware and network requirements

Analyzes I&IT requirements giving independent and objective advice on the use of I&IT

Designs, tests, installs and monitors new systems and develops solutions and implementation of new systems

Familiar with change-management principles and methodology

Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices


Skills:

Experience and Skill Set Requirements


Project Manager with experience and a proven ability to manage business requirements and technology needs across various methodologies and manage the resources to meet them; strong ability to identify risks and satisfy expectations of project sponsors/stakeholders on time, scope, and within budget.


Criteria:


Technical - 15%

  • Strong in leading scrum teams, familiar with Jira, Azure DevOps and related tools to lead daily standups
  • Knowledge, understanding and experience of established Project Management Methodologies and Techniques related to all phases of an IT project life cycle
  • Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles, concepts, policies and practices, including SDLC, Enterprise Architecture, PMI/PMBOK, UPM, ITIL, Agile/Waterfall
  • Knowledge of technology trends, standards and processes and strategies to direct resolution of analysis and design challenges, define project scope and ensure project compliance and system integration and that critical business objectives are met

Project Management:

  • 70%
  • Leads large scale, complex, high profile and high risk projects across all phases of IT projects specifically around security.
  • Develops and manages project schedules and/or integrated plan, scope and other project deliverables
  • Manages large project budgets and ensures a high level of fiscal control and accountability including estimates, forecasts and reconciliation/confirmation of actuals
  • Promotes I&IT standards and best practices for project management to facilitate control of system quality, adherence to standard methodology and control of the use of I&IT resources
  • Supervises project and consultant staff
  • Analyzes project environments to identify potential risk events and issues, articulating and prioritizing recommended mitigation strategies
  • Creates business case and gets approval from all stakeholders
  • Leads team for all governance and Treasury Board approvals

Leadership & Communication 15%

  • Plan and leads all phases of complex enterprisewide projects, scheduling activities, explaining procedures and monitoring the work of assigned technical resources
  • Leads change management and leverages strategies and actions to overcome resistance
  • Manages and builds effective client relationships through managing expectations, status updates
  • Knowledge and experience of resource management, supervise and provide leadership/guidance to project teams
  • Demonstrated consultation, negotiation and mediation skills to communicate project deliverables, resolve conflicts and develop and sustain effective working relationships
  • Provides, project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to multistakeholders at senior executive levels
  • Verbal and written communication skills to design, develop and deliver presentations, prepare proposals and business cases to clients, stakeholders, and senior management
  • Manages project budget and communicates to senior management on project status

Must haves:


  • PM who knows the IT landscape security side
  • Stakeholder engagement. Political equity should know what is appropriate to present/say


  • Nice to have

  • Public Sector Experience

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