Duration: 2 months to start
Job Description:
The client is looking for a Technical Project Manager to lead and manage IT project tasks in support of the business-driven, customer service-oriented approach to providing IT services across the Secretariat. This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly skilled team and contribute to critical and highly visible projects.
Detailed Statement of Duties and Responsibilities
- Work with IT and stakeholders to develop effective plans with tasks, detailed milestones and activities.
- Review architectural documents, manage system dependencies, and collaborate with technical resources to ensure solutions are scalable and resilient.
- Manage the tasks between the project teams and the client resources.
- Coordinate and orchestrate multiple project activities for adherence to project plans and goals.
- Report status and risks on a regular basis to the Project Management team and stakeholders.
- Collaborate with agency business leaders to develop and maintain ongoing release schedules.
- Assist in defining project objectives and strategize with key stakeholders.
- Deliver results against established timelines, deliverables, tasks, dependencies, and associated technical specifications.
- Collaborate with Project Managers in developing detailed plans, work breakdown structures, project checklists and budgets to meet established time frames, funding, and staffing availability.
- Prepare and execute comprehensive supporting plans in the areas of quality control, risk management, change management, testing, and other associated areas.
- Manage process to include monitoring workstream scope and change control processes.
- Perform work in keeping with industry and internal standards, guidelines, and practices.
- Prepare remediation plans and communicate with external stakeholders and internal partners to resolve issues.
- Develop and maintain reports that effectively monitor the status of the project.
- Adhere to established policy and procedures with respect to project management methodology, quality assurance, and other related standards.
Preferred Qualifications
- Proven experience managing the implementation and deployment of large scale enterprise wide projects
- Experience working with multiple simultaneous projects/applications at various stages with competing priorities and shifting timelines
- A good understanding and proven work experience with various SDLC methodologies
- Proven experience managing projects using Agile and Waterfall
- Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification, Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or similar accreditation highly desirable
- Experience with delivering AI projects desirable
- Ability to develop and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders, management, end users, project team members, and vendors
- Strong cross functional leadership experience in a matrix environment
- Ability to translate and communicate technical concepts, information, plans, and procedures to both technical personnel and non-IT business users
- Knowledge and demonstrated ability to conduct detailed planning, and to perform risk assessments and develop associated risk mitigation plans
- Excellent oral and written communication skills and presentation skills with an ability to elicit results from cross-functional teams
- Expertise in conducting efficient and effective meetings
- Proven exceptional project management experience across multiple timelines simultaneously
- Solid working understanding of Government Security standards and Regulatory requirements
Job Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- Minimum (10) ten years of IT experience
- Minimum (8) eight years of experience in a project manager role, managing projects from conceptualization through delivery – on time and on budget with full accountability and financial responsibility.
- Minimum (5) five years of extensive hands-on experience managing large scale enterprise wide IT projects
- Experience with and preparing project documentation such as detailed requirements, status reports, etc.
- Proficiency with JIRA or similar project management tool
- Advanced level of proficiency with MS Office applications including Excel, Word, Visio, Outlook, SharePoint and Power Point.
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