Our client seeks a Project Manager/Leader to oversee large-scale, high-risk IT projects, ensuring they meet business requirements on time, scope, and budget. This role requires expertise in leading complex IT projects, especially in security, and effectively managing resources, risks, and budgets using established methodologies (Agile/Waterfall, ITIL). The position involves collaborating with senior stakeholders, managing project deliverables, and ensuring effective communication with team members and clients.
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Advantages
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- High-profile, impactful public sector projects.
- Leadership opportunities in cutting-edge IT initiatives.
- Exposure to senior stakeholders and executive decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Lead large scale, complex, high profile and high risk projects across all phases of IT projects specifically in security.
- Develop and manage project schedules and/or integrated plan, scope and other project deliverables.
- Manage large project budgets and ensures a high level of fiscal control and accountability including estimates, forecasts and reconciliation/confirmation of actuals.
- Promote 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.
- Supervise project and consultant staff.
- Analyze project environments to identify potential risk events and issues, articulating and prioritizing recommended mitigation strategies.
- Create business case and gets approval from all stakeholders.
- Lead team for all governance and Treasury Board approvals.
- Plan and lead all phases of complex enterprise-wide projects, scheduling activities, explaining procedures and monitoring the work of assigned technical resources.
- Lead change management and leverages strategies and actions to overcome resistance.
- Manage and build effective client relationships through managing expectations, status updates.
- Supervise and provide leadership/guidance to project teams.
- Resolve conflicts and develop and sustain effective working relationships.
- Provide, project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders at senior executive levels.
- Manage project budget and communicates to senior management on project status.
Qualifications
- 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.
- Knowledge and experience of resource management.
- Demonstrated consultation, negotiation and mediation skills to communicate project deliverables.
- Verbal and written communication skills to design, develop and deliver presentations, prepare proposals and business cases to clients, stakeholders, and senior management.
Summary
The Project Manager/Leader will oversee the successful execution of high-risk IT projects, particularly in security, ensuring they meet business goals, stay on track, and are delivered within budget. Strong leadership, communication, and risk management skills are essential in this dynamic, public sector role.
If interested and qualified for this role, please apply today for immediate consideration!
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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Our client seeks a Project Manager/Leader to oversee large-scale, high-risk IT projects, ensuring they meet business requirements on time, scope, and budget. This role requires expertise in leading complex IT projects, especially in security, and effectively managing resources, risks, and budgets using established methodologies (Agile/Waterfall, ITIL). The position involves collaborating with senior stakeholders, managing project deliverables, and ensuring effective communication with team members and clients.
Advantages
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- High-profile, impactful public sector projects.
- Leadership opportunities in cutting-edge IT initiatives.
- Exposure to senior stakeholders and executive decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Lead large scale, complex, high profile and high risk projects across all phases of IT projects specifically in security.
- Develop and manage project schedules and/or integrated plan, scope and other project deliverables.
- Manage large project budgets and ensures a high level of fiscal control and accountability including estimates, forecasts and reconciliation/confirmation of actuals.
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- Promote 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.
- Supervise project and consultant staff.
- Analyze project environments to identify potential risk events and issues, articulating and prioritizing recommended mitigation strategies.
- Create business case and gets approval from all stakeholders.
- Lead team for all governance and Treasury Board approvals.
- Plan and lead all phases of complex enterprise-wide projects, scheduling activities, explaining procedures and monitoring the work of assigned technical resources.
- Lead change management and leverages strategies and actions to overcome resistance.
- Manage and build effective client relationships through managing expectations, status updates.
- Supervise and provide leadership/guidance to project teams.
- Resolve conflicts and develop and sustain effective working relationships.
- Provide, project, program, and/or portfolio reporting to multi-stakeholders at senior executive levels.
- Manage project budget and communicates to senior management on project status.
Qualifications
- 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.
- Knowledge and experience of resource management.
- Demonstrated consultation, negotiation and mediation skills to communicate project deliverables.
- Verbal and written communication skills to design, develop and deliver presentations, prepare proposals and business cases to clients, stakeholders, and senior management.
Summary
The Project Manager/Leader will oversee the successful execution of high-risk IT projects, particularly in security, ensuring they meet business goals, stay on track, and are delivered within budget. Strong leadership, communication, and risk management skills are essential in this dynamic, public sector role.
If interested and qualified for this role, please apply today for immediate consideration!
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
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