Senior Project Manager

Job title:

Senior Project Manager

Company

Quantum

Job description

Nº de réf : 116875Position: Senior IT Project Manager (Platform Migration)
Location: Downtown Toronto / on-site
Job Type: 6-12 months contract, full-time (potential to extend)Our Toronto-based client is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager to lead large-scale migration projects and ensuring successful, on-time delivery. This position requires working on-site 3-4 days per week Downtown Toronto.Your New Role:As the Senior IT Project Manager, you will be responsible for managing the migration from while also supporting additional smaller initiatives. You will be required to manage and coordinate the end-to-end project activities from initiation to implementation including project initiation with charter, kick-off, solution design, build, test, production implementation, post implementation review, issue resolution, status reporting and lessons learned. You work on multiple projects while leading and co-coordinating small teams of technicians responsible for the overall delivery of an assigned project.Responsibilities:– End-to-end project ownership from initiation to customer handover and project closure, with previous experience implementing enterprise class projects
– Lead and participate in project teams to implement project deliverables in line with stakeholder expectations
– Be responsible for project planning and resource allocation, working with virtual teams in a matrix organization
– Present status updates on project, with identification and management of Risks and Issues throughout the project
– Budget, receive invoices, and reconcile project costs
– Create meeting agendas as well as taking minutes tracking key discussions, action items and key decisions
– Control the project scope via change management process
– Manage the vendor relationship
– Work with vendor team to ensure adherence to SoW schedule and deliverables
– Manage handover of project to operational status
– Manage and delegate tasks to experienced and senior techniciansRequired Experience and Skills:– Must have at least 5+ years of full-time experience working as a project manager using Waterfall or Iterative project methodology and ideally (PMP certification required)
– Expertise in Infrastructure and ITSM, with proven experience in large-scale system migrations
– Strong PM experience i.e. has managed project deliverables through all phases, managed project plans, delivery schedules, project financials
– Experience with scoping projects that have ambiguity
– Experience with managing enterprise-wide software implementation
– Experience with managing vendor PM to ensure adherence to SoW and schedule
– Strong communication skills, verbal and written
– Strong problem solving and analytical skills, identify early warning indicators
– Process documentation
– Working knowledge of data analytics concepts
– Knowledgeable of ITSM and ITIL concepts and be able to act as a bridge between functional and technical roles on projects
– Experienced in business solutions implementationInterested? Please submit your resume to Zhanna Zajac at .REFER A PERM HIRE AND EARN $1,000! For more details, . Conditions apply.OUR VIRTUAL DOORS ARE OPEN! We’re also bringing the interviews to you by various web applications, virtually! Contact us today for your next opportunity.

Expected salary

Location

Toronto, ON

Job date

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 03:40:05 GMT

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