IT Project Manager

If you are a talented and experienced IT Project Manager, Aplin has the right opportunity for you! Our client, a leader in their field, has partnered with Aplin to find a candidate who will be responsible for establishing, implementing, developing, and controlling best practices for digital transformation initiatives throughout the organization.

This is a 12-month contract available to candidates in the Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, and Toronto area. 

Responsibilities:

• Define how the scope, goals, and deliverables of IT projects should support business goals, in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders
• Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout the project lifecycle
• Effectively communicate and manage project expectations to project managers, owners, sponsors, team members, and other stakeholders in a clear and concise fashion
• Establish project timelines and milestones/deliverables using the appropriate tools
• Determine frequency and content of status reports from project managers, analyze results, and troubleshoot problem areas/mitigate project risks
• Review budget proposals and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path
• Accept and assess status reports, change requests, and requirements documentation to ensure smooth project progression
• Risk management, including risk assessment, contingency planning, tracking risk status, and initiating contingency plans
• Communication management, including communication planning and execution of the plan
• Deliverable acceptance process, including identification of who will be accepting project deliverables and the process that will be used
• Tracking project roadmap, feature-milestone forecasting, monitoring delivery progress utilizing Jira/Azure tools for preparing and presenting reports to stakeholders

Qualifications:

• University degree in computer science, business, or engineering, or a combination of related disciplines and experience
• 5-10 years of experience managing Information Technology projects
• 5+ years running projects in Agile or Scrum environments
• Certified Scrum Master, PMP, or equivalent
• Expertise in project lifecycles, and project planning including resources, cost, and schedule estimation
• Experience developing business cases
• Experience in developing and deploying project best practices, policies, procedures, and processes
• Knowledge and experience with the entire software development lifecycle and business analysis methodologies
• Extensive knowledge and experience working with Microsoft Office, Visio, and Project
• Ability to work in Agile, Hybrid, and Waterfall in the context of large IT projects
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
• Ability to facilitate relations between business groups and technology departments

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