Job Description

BACKGROUND:
The Client requires a highly experienced Project Manager for strategic initiative aimed at replacing high-risk applications and databases to mitigate security vulnerabilities and modernize aging infrastructure. It also introduces cross-ministerial data sharing mechanisms to strengthen collaboration and drive greater operational efficiency.


THE DELIVERABLES:
The Candidate will be an integral part of the Project Management Team and will be responsible for following duties.


Develop the terms of the Detailed Project Plan in consultation with the Project Leadership Team. Produce the Project Plan and gain Project Sponsor approval. Ensure the project is undertaken in accordance with the standards, processes and documentation which follow Project Management Institute (PMI) standards. Produce deliverables on time, within budget and to specification ensuring project objectives are met. Ensure the work products and deliverables are completed in compliance with technical standards. Facilitate integration of project touch points (interconnections) across related projects if required. Monitor and report on project performance: scope, schedule, cost, and quality of project deliverables. Identify, monitor and manage risks related to the delivery of the project. Provide timely communications and reporting regarding projects risks, issues and concerns to the team, Project Sponsors and relevant stakeholders. Organize and facilitate multi-stakeholder workshops, meetings and prepare presentations. Work collaboratively with Third Party Vendors and other Partners to include their delivery as part of the overall implementation plan. Develop project change requests (scope, time and cost) while negotiating and sharing financial implications and or impact with the Project Sponsor. Identify changes to resourcing requirements.

Mandatory Requirements

Qualification/Requirement

M1



Project Management Professional (PMP) or PRINCE2 Practitioner certification.

A copy of a valid Certificate will be required.

M2



Demonstrated experience as a practicing Project Manager managing different, complex Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) implementation projects in an IT environment.


Candidate to provide details of


Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS)


projects they've managed.


Complex is defined as a project with


multiple stakeholders, vendors and


complex cloud integrations with public facing components.





M3

Candidate agrees and is committed

to working full time

onsite

in Regina, Saskatchewan

upon contract start date and for the duration of the contract.

Desired Requirements

Qualification/Requirement

R1



Local Knowledge


Client is interested in understanding the Candidate experience or comparable entities, as it relates to the technical and business landscape. Describe in detail.


This requirement is heavily weighted.





R2



Demonstrated experience as a practising Project Manager managing two (2) or more large-scale, complex transformation projects, that included public-facing online technology component(s).

Provide specific detailed examples.

This requirement is heavily weighted.