Project Manager - IT

Job Summary:
The Senior Project Manager provides leadership for clients projects working with the client team service provider to plan develop and deliver major additions enhancements and reengineering initiatives. The Project Manager develops and implements project management standards processes and best practices to ensure a consistent approach to project delivery & implementation. The role ensures projects are on time on budget and are being managed and delivered in a consistent and transparent manner.
Under the guidance of the PMO Manager this position provides project leadership and support to the planning and execution phases of projects including working with executives to define project scope; develops work plans and sequences of activities; determines resources; develops schedules and allocates resources; determines project reporting schedules; and determines objectives and measures upon which projects will be evaluated.

Responsibilities:

• Provide project management leadership for large and complex projects in accordance with established project management practices and in alignment with client strategic direction and applicable policies agreements and standards.
• Working with Process & Technology Excellence (P&TE) provide expertise and input to the development of project business cases business analysis process models / maps project definitions and requests for proposals.
• Define project scope with stakeholders develop work plans and sequence of activities; determine resources; develop schedules and allocate resources; determine project reporting schedules; and determine objectives and measures upon which projects will be evaluated.
• Lead implementation phases for projects including execution of activities in accordance with project plans monitoring projects and making necessary adjustments developing templates to document project activities and reviewing quality of work to ensure project standards are met.
• Monitor work plans for completion of project tasks.
• Develop and manage risk assessment and mitigation plan.
• Develop and manage issue logs including prioritization and escalation as required.
• Develop post implementation review strategies.
• Where new or enhanced business applications are being implemented work with specialist areas.
• Provide status reporting.
• Lead in project outcome measurement.
• Provide expertise and ensure appropriate signoff and approvals are in place for project documentation (e.g. project proposals project charters business cases cost / benefit analyses terms of reference budgets project management plans communication procurement organizational change etc.)
• Ensure business processes associated with projects are developed to support transition to operations within P&TE.
• Provide expert advice support and recommendations to management and mentorship to team members.
• Ensure Manager/Director are informed of relevant and emergent issues and support development or responses and recommendations.
• Address escalated issues for projects and issues relating to project management standards systems and processes.
• Draft responses to Action Requests briefing notes and compiled research that has been requested by the Manager Director or branch Executive Director ADMs office DMs office or Ministers office.
• Support responses to information requests and other enquiries and provides Manager/Director with support for decisionmaking by preparing input to correspondence briefing notes reports recommendations and presentations.
• Develop recommend and implement process improvement.
• Identify and analyze trends issues and best practices to support ongoing enhancement of the project mandate.
• Proactively engage and consult with stakeholders when providing project leadership including relevant Stream Business Community (HCM Payroll Finance SCM etc.) Business Analysts and Service Managers to identify impacts of business decisions and to ensure that the business needs of the stakeholders are considered and that issues and problems are addressed.
• Build collaborative relationships develop networks and bring people together including both internal and external stakeholders.
• Actively participates in internal and external committees teams and working groups.
• Collaborate with the Technology and Innovation other divisions to coordinate joint projects impacts and deliverables.
• Collaborate with the Business & Information Excellence (B&IE) team in relation to organizational readiness communications and training functions associated with projects.

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree or diploma in IT Computer Science Math or Engineering or equivalent experience.
• Available to lead frequent (daily) facetoface meetings with clients and technical teams.
• Experience defining project scope and goals in collaboration with business stakeholders.
• Experience developing project deliverables including project charters business cases briefing notes status reports risk logs and project closures.
• Experience in a project management role.
• Experience managing multiple projects concurrently.
• Currently active PMP or PGMP Certification as issued by the Project Management Institute or equivalent (attach a copy of the certificate)
• Ability to manage stress and conflict.
• Ability to work closely with key stakeholders to communicate progress.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group.
• The ability to learn quickly problem solve/troubleshoot work independently and in a team.
• Experience developing and maintaining positive stakeholder relationships across the organization including executive level.
• Experience exercising resourcefulness when making recommendations on highly technical or complex business issues without formal guidelines or precedents.
• Experience successfully implementing IT solutions in an environment with project resources from across multiple teams or organizations.
• Experience with various software development methodologies (i.e. agile waterfall scrum Kanban etc.).
• Experience working as a Project Manager on a large complex custom software application development project (where the software is developed in house for that specific organization).
• Experience working in an enterprise architect environment.
• Experience working in or for the public sector.
• Senior leadership experience working in the public sector (ideally Canada) with a sound knowledge of its stakeholders business functions and informational requirements.

Whopper Technologies a minority womenowned enterprise is at the forefront of digital transformation technology excellence and business growth solutions. Specializing in talent mobilization and innovation we are dedicated to enhancing customer experiences across diverse sectors such as Information Technology Telecommunications Healthcare Engineering and the Public sector. With a focus on deploying toptier talent and fostering innovation we empower businesses to thrive and excel in a rapidly evolving digital landscape helping them reach new heights of success. Whopper Technologies is committed to fostering workforce diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.