RQ11217 - Project Manager/Leader - Senior

Responsibilities:

• Provides project management on large scale, complex, high profile and high risk projects for OPS I&IT initiatives.
  


• Ensures project deliverables meet clients’ business requirements on time, scope and budget.
  

Requirements

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

• Minimum 10+ years of experience as a Project Manager directly responsible for leading all aspects of large, complex Application Development initiatives
  


• Demonstrated hands on experience leading and managing agile projects, preferably following Scrum methodology
  


• Advanced knowledge of project management principles, methods and techniques
  


• Demonstrated experience successfully managing OPS governance Cluster and Corporate governance approval processes such as project gating, architecture governance points, digital first assessment
  


• Experience managing privacy and security deliverables
  


• Advanced knowledge and experience with Agile development concepts and methodologies
  


• Experience leading technical teams
  


• Experience running scrum ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, sprint planning, sprint reviews, retrospectives
  


• Demonstrated experience managing external and internal stakeholders and project interdependencies
  


• Strong technical and business aptitude
  


• Persistent attention to detail
  


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills (clear & concise)
  


• Self-motivated leader with strong interpersonal skills
  


• Advanced skills in Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office, and Visio, and Planview
  


• Proven ability to handle multiple tasks and deliver within extremely tight deadlines
  


• Project rescue/project triage experience is an asset
  


• Previous government experience is an asset
  

Skill Set Requirements:

Agile Project Management Experience:

• 10+ years demonstrated hands-on Project Management experience managing large complex application development projects
  


• 7+ years demonstrated experience managing agile/iterative/scrum projects
  


• 7+ years facilitating and leading ceremonies including daily stand-ups, sprint reviews, planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives and customer journey/story mapping
  


• Demonstrated experience using issue management tools such as Jira to manage backlogs and sprints
  


• Experience creating and managing project schedules, project plans, issue/risk logs, status reports and other project management artefacts
  


• Experience managing project resources by aligning skills/experience to project tasks
  


• 3+ years experience multiple complex Siebel Public Sector project concurrently
  


• Experience planning and managing OPS project gating, architecture and governance checkpoints/requirements
  

Leadership, Facilitation and Communication Skills:

• Demonstrated experience leading project teams, facilitating interactions with clients and among the project team, especially in complex multi-stakeholder environments
  


• Excellent verbal and written skills
  


• Proven ability to handle multiple tasks and deliver within extremely tight and/or aggressive project timelines
  


• Strong communication skills to present complex or technical details to business clients
  


• Strong negotiation, consensus building and ability to manage/facilitate difficult conversations with team members, clients and/or executives
  

Technical Skills:

• 5+ years demonstrated experience managing technical resources and tasks involving solution development (design, coding, configuration), data migration, testing, platform upgrades/patching, maintenance/support, integration
  


• Understanding of key phases and tasks of a Siebel based project
  


• Understanding of Oracle products/services, with an emphasis on Siebel Public Sector
  


• Advanced Microsoft Project, Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), Visio