Senior IT Project Manager - Remote / Telecommute

Job Description :

• Responsible for the coordination and completion of IT projects.
• Oversees all aspects of projects.
• Sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, and monitors and summarizes progress of projects.
• Builds and maintains working relationships with team members, vendors, and other departments involved in the projects.
• Prepares reports for upper management regarding status of project.
• Compile project charters and business / project plans to support activities, including the most suitable approach to be used in the development of each applicable project, to ensure business objectives and data integrity are achieved.
• Manage project(s) that will document business requirements, design and deliver IT solutions that are compliant with and contribute to the Ministries’ enterprise architecture.
• Assist with the development of recommendations including providing details of resource requirements, dependencies, interdependencies, policy implications pertaining to internal / external influences and the methodology to be applied.
• Produce and package deliverables for presentation to various internal support teams, steering committee, and other project stakeholders.
• Manage multiple projects, project resources and project governance.
• Work with project sponsors to ensure that effective project communication exists through the duration of the project including escalation of risks as required.
• Take responsibility for ongoing client satisfaction manage peer-level client relationships and overcome hurdles to ensure win-win solutions.
• Collaborate with business and IT leadership to develop a well-defined project plan that clearly states the project’s objectives, scope, assumptions, timeline, resource requirements, risks, benefits and budget.
• Work with project sponsors and the project management office to develop a project organization structure with clearly defined roles and responsibilities for all stakeholders.
• Document and report project status against established objectives, milestones, budget and resources and facilitate tracking and closure of issues and risks.
• Develop project schedule plans and strategies, estimate resource requirements, develop and monitor work plans and take corrective action for completion of project tasks.
• Provide guidance to project resources in establishing work priorities and prompt delivery of project tasks.
• Develop, as required, related requirements documentation.
• In collaboration with project sponsors, assess whether the project achieved stated outcomes and identify opportunities for improvement for future similar projects.
• Provide leadership and assistance to business and project teams that require change management and communication support.
• Work within the standards defined by the project management office and in the absence of standards work with the project management office to define new standards.

Must Have :

• University graduation in business, management or related discipline, and four years of Project Management (PM) experience;
• OR Two-year diploma in business, management or related discipline and six years of PM experience; OR One year certificate in business, management or related discipline and seven years of PM experience;

OR Eight years of PM experience (Yes / No).

• Experience defining project scope and goals in collaboration with business stakeholders. 6 years
• Experience developing project deliverables including project charters, business cases, briefing notes, status reports, risk logs and project closures. 8 years
• Experience managing multiple projects concurrently. 8 years
• Experience working as a Project Manager on a large complex custom software application development project.

Nice to Have :

• Ability to learn quickly, problem solve, troubleshoot, work independently and as part of a team.(Yes / No)
• Ability to manage stress and conflict.(Yes / No)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with a diverse group. (Yes / No)
• The ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with team members, management and vendors. (Yes / No)
• Experience conducting, facilitating and interpreting impact and risk assessments across multiple scenarios.5 years
• Experience creating and managing project forecasts in Microsoft Project.4 years
• Experience developing and maintaining positive relationships across the organization, including executive level.5 years
• Experience in project coordination of government and vendor-wide information management / information technology initiatives.2 years
• Experience leading and facilitating meetings with stakeholders at all levels.8 years
• Experience leading change management and communication planning.5 years
• Experience leading custom software application development projects following a formal project life cycle methodology.6 years
• Experience working in or for the public sector.3 years
• Experience working with Government Restructuring (IMT changes) projects within Government.3 years
• Senior leadership experience working in the public sector with a sound knowledge of its stakeholders, business functions and informational requirements.3 years
30+ days ago