IT Project Manager/leader - Toronto, Canada - Dawn InfoTek Inc.

Dawn InfoTek Inc.

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

1 week ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Dawn InfoTek Inc. is a professional IT consulting team that partners with major financial institutions, investment firms and government sectors. We have been dedicated to delivering cutting-edge consulting services and recruiting all levels of IT positions for our clients.

Responsibilities:

Support the Sr. Project Manager to manage, oversee, track and update large complex projects; including scheduling, risk management, deliverables, and associated documentation.
Provide support to the project team and Ministry partners to complete and manage all required aspects of the project.
Work with project team to ensure successful delivery for the Public Safety Radio Network (PSRN) project.

Experience and Skill Set Requirements

Advancing the work items identified by senior members of the project team.
Support the development of project plans that identify resource, time, and budgetary needs.
Support project meetings with team, managers, and stakeholders.
Provide feedback, advice, project updates and encouragement to team members.
Meet deadlines assigned by the project team and deliver quality outputs.
Track project milestones and assist in project acceptance.
Undertake work as assigned.
Work collaboratively with the client representatives and in partnership with other project managers to develop coordinated approaches/ solutions.
Supporting the PSRN Program by proactively identifying, communicating, and managing multifaceted clientfacing risks and issues to deliver a superior customer service experience and to support efficient and effective project delivery.
Interacting directly with ministry clients, business partners, and project team members to develop and maintain strong ongoing relationships, always looking for opportunities to improve client satisfaction.
Supporting the development of ministryspecific dashboards, reports, and other project management materials.
Proactively identifying risks and issues pertaining to the assigned work package, developing mitigation options in coordination with the project team, and preparing materials to be presented to Project Champions and the Portfolio Team.
Establishing trust with vendors, stakeholders, and peer groups across ministries through effective relationship management.
Supporting the development/ updating of project artifacts, associated documentation, Briefing Notes, Change Requests, Contracts, Request for Bid (RFBs), etc.
Assisting with financial governance as needed.
Supporting the development of complex network implementation and/ or transition and migration strategies and plans with cross stream dependencies including vendor activities.
Knowledge of, and direct experience applying, fundamental project management tools, techniques, and methodologies to projects of various sizes and complexity.
Able to quickly absorb information.
Able to build relationships within the project team and with key stakeholders.
Knowledge of radio and/or telecommunications systems.
Strong communication and organizational skills.
Problem solver: ability to identify and analyze risks, issues, and problems, develop mitigation options and present findings to senior team members.
Facilitation: creating and maintaining associated documents including minutes, action items, RACI charts, risk logs, critical path, etc.
Consultation, negotiation, and relationship management skills; able to create a positive team environment.
Proficiency in creating and managing project schedules using MS Project and Excel, developing/ assessing process flows, Visio, and establishing/ reviewing/ updating key performance indicators (KPIs).

Criteria Ratings MUST TOTAL 100
Project Management Skills 35 points

Able to work effectively on concurrent tasks, while also building capacity and supporting the project team.
A professional who can work with mínimal direction and perform project management work that is varied and involves complexity.
Experience creating various levels of reports (e.g. executive, summary, status, etc.).
Demonstrated experience supporting meetings, preparing and distributing project updates and materials, taking minutes/ action items, maintaining progress reports, documenting risk mitigations, recommendations, etc.
Ability to support vendor management and commitments, provide oversight to ensure contractual obligations are met.
Reasonable knowledge of industry standards and methodologies
Demonstrated experience identifying and evaluating specific issues or risks, providing options analysis, and recommending action plans to mitigate the risks.
Demonstrated experience with standard project management tools, such as, MS Project, Clarity/Planview, Visio, MS Office Suite, SharePoint, PowerBI or equivalents.
Experience creating and maintaining project management artefacts/project collaterals, such as, meeting minutes, project plans, briefing notes, change requests.
Experience working with both the busines