Senior Project Manager

uring all objectives are met within agreed timelines and performance parameters. Working closely with business and technical teams, you will develop detailed project plans, oversee resources, and manage interdependencies across multiple workstreams. You will play a key role in coordinating cross-functional collaboration, facilitating Agile ceremonies, and ensuring clear communication and alignment with senior leadership. The ideal candidate will bring over ten years of IT infrastructure experience and at least five years managing medium-to-large modernization projects in complex environments. Strong business acumen, stakeholder management, and analytical skills are essential, along with proven experience leading initiatives related to infrastructure lifecycle management, firewall architecture modernization, and Zero Trust implementations. PMP and Scrum Master certifications are strong assets. This is an exceptional opportunity for a seasoned project leader to make a measurable impact in a highly visible and transformative environment.

*** Full-time hours: 37.5 hours a day, Monday through Friday ***

*** Hybrid (required 12 days on-site per month in Ottawa) ***

*** 12 month contract to start ***



Advantages
•High-impact leadership: Lead major infrastructure and security modernization projects that directly influence the strategic direction.
•Advanced technology exposure: Work with cutting-edge cloud, Zero Trust, and network security solutions in a complex enterprise environment.





Responsibilities
•Provide project management expertise for all project activities by working with stakeholders, project team members, and groups using proven project management best practices and methodologies.
•Oversee the project throughout all phases by ensuring resources are adequately utilized and the project is completed and fully operational within previously agreed upon timelines and performance parameters.
•Develop project plans and prioritize work to achieve project objectives, working with project resources and ensuring collaboration with other teams, as required.
•Oversee project risks, issues, and interdependencies while delivering defined scope and work plans within defined quality and timeframes.
•Prepare and present proposals, plans, charts, status reports, and risk logs to assist in analyzing, displaying, and socializing progress, challenges, issues, and problems using a variety of project management tools.
•Assist the team with change requests and risk mitigation plans.
•Align success measures to track adoption and transformation progress.
•Coordinate the input, support, and communication with all functional areas that affect requirements related to project scope, business value, and risk.
•Develop and maintain effective and collaborative relationships with stakeholders and business partners to ensure understanding of client needs and support effective resolution of client inquiries and concerns.
•Collaborate proactively with teams to coordinate interdependencies and optimize flow for delivery and operational teams.
•Act as a central point of contact for all project resources and subject matter experts.
•Facilitate daily scrum, sprint planning, retrospective meetings, and backlog management to provide guidance to the delivery team to identify and prioritize deliverables.
•Provide regular updates on progress and value delivery to senior management and/or the sponsor/client.
•Ensure all project deliverables are completed, including all related documentation and processes.
•Perform other activities and deliverables, as required.

Qualifications
The Consultant should have the following qualifications and skills:

•University degree or college diploma in information technology, project management, business administration, or a related field.
•A minimum of ten (10) years of recent demonstrated experience in the field of IT infrastructure and network security.
•A minimum of five (5) years of demonstrated experience as a Senior Project Management Specialist overseeing medium-to-large infrastructure modernization projects in a complex environment.
•Strong demonstrated business acumen, including the ability to identify and communicate value and translate business needs into project objectives.
•Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical audiences.
•Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to make sound decisions and judgments, especially in identifying and mitigating infrastructure risks.
•Demonstrated experience leading multiple initiatives concurrently and effectively managing interdependencies.
•Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with others to achieve objectives.

Additional Qualifications

The following will also be considered:

•Demonstrated experience managing infrastructure lifecycle programs, including hardware evergreening, and integration of cloud-native technologies across hybrid environments.
•Demonstrated experience leading enterprise-scale network security projects, including firewall architecture modernization, cloud-based segmentation, and Zero Trust implementations.
•PMP Certification.
•SCRUM Master Certification.

Summary
If you're interested in learning more please submit your résumé and one of our senior Recruiters would be happy to give you a call to discuss further.

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