Project Manager (ID#4898)

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New Value Solutions, a national IT consulting company, is seeking a Project Manager with experience in defining project objectives, developing schedules, allocating resources, managing budgets, and coordinating the efforts of Agile team members and vendor partners to ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and with the desired outcomes aligned to objectives. The Project Manager will monitor progress, identify and mitigate risks, and communicate with stakeholders to keep them informed through the project lifecycle, facilitate collaboration among Agile team members, resolve conflicts, and provide leadership to ensure project success.

Responsibilities:

• Utilizing a project management methodology and processes for project activities and gates, create and manage standard project management artifacts and activities as required, including project plans, budget, scope, schedule and timeline, risk register, status reports, and others, with a focus on effective delivery.
• Conduct initial project planning, solicit estimates, requirements and user stories, incorporate change management, establish timelines, and monitor progress to ensure timely completion of projects.
• Obtain and allocate resources, assigning tasks to Agile delivery team, and allocating resources effectively to ensure project success.
• Ensure compliance with information privacy and security assessments, and project governance, procedures and practices, including escalating unresolved issues.
• Monitor project deliverables to ensure they meet quality standards and align with project requirements, managing testing activities as required.
• Provide content and business writing and maintain accurate project documentation, including project plans, status reports, and meeting minutes, for communication, future reference and auditing purposes.
• Execute and support other project activities and tasks for one or more projects.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of significant and recent, related experience in a leadership capacity on complex initiatives.
• The ability to lead and motivate a team, delegate tasks, manage vendors, manage a budget, and provide guidance and support throughout the project lifecycle in an Agile delivery environment.
• A strong background in projects within IT Asset Management or Device Management domains, including:
• Experience with ITAM frameworks and best practices.
• Familiarity with cybersecurity and Zero Trust best practices.
• Excellent organizational, planning and scheduling skills with very strong attention to detail.
• Excellent time management skills to prioritize tasks, manage deadlines, and ensure timely completion of project deliverables.
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills, including the ability to communicate complicated technical issues effectively to a variety of technical and non-technical audiences, including executive and senior leadership, product managers, project Agile team members, vendor-partners, service providers, and other stakeholders.
• Familiarity with predictive and hybrid project management as well as managing projects in Kanban/Agile style and utilizing work management tools such as Jira.
• Strong analytical skills including the ability to quickly identify potential issues and risks and craft innovative solutions.
• Experience navigating interdependencies across multiple business teams, Agile delivery teams (Scrum, Kanban, Hybrid methodologies) and external vendor partners.
• Effective negotiation with sponsors of other initiatives, product owners of teams with competing priorities and deadlines, and others.
• Application of appropriate judgment and discretion in the resolution or escalation of project issues and recommendations to the Project Sponsor, Steering or Governance committees.
• In-depth knowledge of standard project management methodologies and tools including scope and budget management, work breakdown structures and scheduling, stakeholder management, communication planning, risk assessment, readiness assessment, etc.
• Fluent in Confluence, Jira, the Microsoft Office Suite/SharePoint, and MS Project.
• Experience working with a Crown corporation is preferred.

If you have this expertise and are able to work in Canada, please submit your resume. While we thank all candidates in advance for their application, only those candidates who are shortlisted will be contacted.

ID# 4897

The hourly rate range for this position is $90 - $110, with the final rate based on consultant experience and fit for the role.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Information Technology
• Industries: IT Services and IT Consulting