- Opportunity to lead high-impact IT programs and projects, influencing the strategic direction of the organization.
- Collaborate with a diverse team of professionals and stakeholders, enhancing your network and expertise.
- Engage in a variety of challenging and rewarding initiatives, ensuring no two days are the same.
- Contribute to significant organizational transformations, playing a key role in driving innovation and efficiency.
- Enjoy a flexible hybrid work environment, offering a balance between remote work and in-office collaboration.
- Direct and oversee large, complex IT projects, ensuring they align with enterprise-wide goals and deliver expected outcomes.
- Collaborate with business units, technology leaders, and cross-functional teams to define, plan, and execute projects effectively.
- Provide strategic IT consulting support, assisting in business case development, IT strategic planning, and organizational change initiatives.
- Mentor and guide less experienced project managers, sharing expertise in project management methodologies and best practices.
- Develop detailed project plans, manage budgets, and forecast resources, applying financial acumen and project management expertise.
- Engage with governance stakeholders to ensure project compliance with corporate standards and risk management protocols.
- Proactively identify and manage project risks and dependencies, ensuring timely communication and resolution of issues to meet project objectives.
- 8+ years of experience as a project manager.
- Experience with BCP/DR and Data Centre decommission is a definite asset.
- Experience with enterprise program governance for dependency, risk and resource management at an enterprise level is desired.
- Experience liaising with executive teams to articulate dependencies, risks, and opportunities at a functional cross-functional/enterprise level.
- Experience utilizing an extensive knowledge of IT project methodologies, processes, and practices to effectively deliver IT infrastructure, cybersecurity projects, and strategy/governance initiatives. ITIL knowledge is an asset.
- Advanced knowledge and demonstrated experience managing the entire project lifecycle for multiple initiatives or workstreams varying in complexity and ensuring the
- Demonstrated ability to analyze information and rationalize decisions or recommendations in ambiguous or difficult situations.
- Possess entrepreneurial solid skills with a bias to delivering business outcomes, forging strong business partnerships, effectively managing risk, managing scope change as an opportunity to provide more excellent value, and making value-oriented decisions.
- Strong oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Strong financial management skills with capital acquisitions.
- Strong risk assessment and management techniques.
- Experience facilitating meetings and committees with diverse audiences (from technical teams to VPs) and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.
- Experience leading and mentoring project teams.
- Strong resource planning.
- Experience with Office 365 tools (PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, Forms) and Project Management tools (MS Project Server, Jira, Miro board, Confluence, etc.)
- Ability to work in a highly collaborative virtual team environment, facilitating and contributing to work across geographies and other functional teams.
- Passionate about project management and delivering quality solutions, loves to learn and pass on learning to others, champions new ideas, and works with an
- Ability to influence and negotiate win-win outcomes among cross-functional teams.
- Ability to collaborate, negotiate, and hold vendors accountable.
- Accreditation in Project Management such as Certified Associate Project Manager (CAPM), Project Management Professional (PMP), PRINCE2 or other industry recognized Project Management accreditation.
- Familiarity and experience with Waterfall, Agile, Scrum and/or Product Management.
- Education and/or experience with formal Change Management methodologies such as
Program Manager - Winnipeg, Canada - Randstad Canada
Description
Join our dynamic Winnipeg Government Client on an initial 12 month contract as they seek a seasoned Program Manager to steer complex IT programs and enterprise-wide projects.
This is an exceptional opportunity to shape the future of our IT landscape and make a significant impact on our organization's success.
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