Senior Project Manager 8+ years of experience. Reporting to the Manager, Data Product Delivery, the ideal candidate is responsible for the successful delivery of projects within the Data Center of Excellence. This role involves overseeing project management while embedding agile practices to ensure data access, analytics, & economy support data-informed decision-making. The Senior Project Manager collaborates across the organization to deliver data products as corporate assets, focusing on business outcomes, innovation, & transformation. The Senior project manager will also function as an agile coach by embedding agile practices across the team. Additionally, this role supports the identification, evaluation, & recommendation of project opportunities for the GoA & its external partners as needed.
The successful candidate is expected to have a broad skill set & be capable of performing diverse functions & activities, including but not limited to:
- Excellent organization & presentation skills
- Firm knowledge of project management methodologies & tools
- Excellent communication skills, both written & verbal
- Excellent business client & vendor management, & negotiation skills
- Ability to influence & foster an environment of transparency & shared accountability
- Ability to collaborate with diverse people, processes, & systems
- Ability to be flexible & highly adaptive in a fast-paced environment
The successful candidate is expected to have a broad skill set & be capable of performing diverse functions & activities, including but not limited to:
• Excellent organization & presentation skills
• Firm knowledge of project management methodologies & tools
• Excellent communication skills, both written & verbal
• Excellent business client & vendor management, & negotiation skills
• Ability to influence & foster an environment of transparency & shared accountability
• Ability to collaborate with diverse people, processes, & systems
• Ability to be flexible & highly adaptive in a fast-paced environment
Description of Services:
Responsible for the coordination & completion of IT projects. Oversees all aspects of projects. Sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, & monitors & summarizes progress of project. Builds & maintains working relationships with team members, vendors, & other departments involved in the projects. Prepares reports for upper management regarding status of project.
• Compile project charters & 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 & data integrity are achieved.
• Manage project(s) that will document business requirements, design & deliver IT solutions that are compliant with & 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 & the methodology to be applied.
• Produce & package deliverables for presentation to various internal support teams, steering committee, & other project stakeholders.
• Manage multiple projects, project resources & 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 & overcome hurdles to ensure win-win solutions
• Collaborate with business & IT leadership to develop a well-defined project plan that clearly states the project’s objectives, scope, assumptions, timeline, resource requirements, risks, benefits & budget
• Work with project sponsors & the project management office to develop a project organization structure with clearly defined roles & responsibilities for all stakeholders
• Document & report project status against established objectives, milestones, budget & resources & facilitate tracking & closure of issues & risks
• Develop project schedule plans & strategies, estimate resource requirements, develop & monitor work plans & take corrective action for completion of project tasks
• Provide guidance to project resources in establishing work priorities & prompt delivery of project tasks
• Develop, as required, related requirements documentation
• In collaboration with project sponsors, assess whether the project achieved stated outcomes & identify opportunities for improvement for future similar projects
• Provide leadership & assistance to business & project teams that require change management & communication support
• Work within the standards defined by the project management office & in the absence of standards work with the project management office to define new standard
