Job Description

Project Manager/Leader
Description
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, with a focProvide both Business and IT Project Leadership/Management as required
Support Shared Utility Service (SUS) in all strategic planning associated with the project and its impact on the partner Ministry Stakeholders, political environment, technical support environment, etc. This includes assisting in preparing communications, conducting presentations, providing analysis and consulting advice.
Define, plan, and monitor Cloud Acceleration and API Marketplace initiative and multiple sub-projects under these initiative including multiple infrastructure and application sub-projects
Oversee systems integration within the SUS Platform and with the external partners
Assist / Facilitate / Responsible for development of Integrated Project Plan
Ensure that all required activities have been identified and assigned to sub project leads including new initiatives or changes to the initiatives, processes, procedures, or functions
Obtain required sign off on all major project-related milestones
Manage business and IT project-related risks
Identify and rectify project schedule slippages, and/or adjust project plan with stakeholders and partners
Monitor project and program timelines and deliverables, and communicate the status to designated management / stakeholders on a regular basis
Resolution of escalated project / Program related issues
Monitor the development of architecture deliverables
Skills
Experience and Skill Set Requirements
1. Technology Leadership 25%
1.1. 10+ years experience in technology project management, at least 5+ years must include projects that required large technology procurements.
1.2. Demonstrated experience gathering and developing requirements in order to create and maintain project schedules and integrated plans.
1.3. Demonstrated experience using the agile / scrum framework to promote best practices and awareness to the project team, clients and/or stakeholders in order to ensure success.
1.4. Demonstrated experience scheduling and facilitating agile / scrum events including but not limited to backlog management, sprint planning, daily stand-ups, sprint reviews and retrospectives.
1.5. Demonstrated experience with identifying and defining architectural requirements.
1.6. Demonstrated experience with change management.
1.7. Demonstrated experience identifying risks and providing proper mitigation strategies.
1.8. Demonstrated experience managing the implementation of application, infrastructure or migration activities.
1.9. Experience with Change Management and Release Management as processes supporting the implementation of large enterprise applications.
1.10. Experience with ITIL processes such as Service Level Management, Problem Management, Change Management, Release Management, and Capacity Management.
2. Technology Experience 25%
2.1. Demonstrated experience with the design of new enterprise and application layers
2.2. Ability to define, identify and describe information architectural requirements with clients
2.3. Demonstrated experience with common, consistent, shareable, re-usable and extensible data structures
2.4. Knowledge of application and infrastructure design
2.5. 5+ years of experience with quality control and assurance methodologies and practices as applied to the implementation of large applications
2.6 Experience managing enterprise solutions with technologies that include IBM Portal, WebSphere, DataPower, OpenShift, Cloud Automation Manager, Ansible and Oracle Database.
2.7 Experience managing enterprise solutions with application Software such as Urban Code, Velocity, Cognos, Informatica and IBM APIC
3. Vendor Management Experience 25%
3.1. Demonstrated experience managing large procurements, i.e. procurements resulting in multi-year contract durations and total values over $2M
3.2. Demonstrated experience with the full lifecycle of public procurements, including requirements development, Request for Bids (RFB) development, publishing, evaluation, contract award and vendor onboarding.
3.3. Demonstrated experience working with and managing external vendor relationships.
3.4. Demonstrated experience drafting SOW, Work orders and contract negotiations.
3.5. Demonstrated vendor management experience in OPS / government setting, understanding of Procurement practices
4. Stakeholder Management 25%
4.1. Demonstrated experience effectively communicating with teams, clients, various stakeholders and senior Management.
4.2. Demonstrated experience reporting on progress of deliverables, milestones, issues and risks to various audiences, including steering committees and formal status reporting.
4.3. Demonstrated experience preparing documentation such as Presentations, other technical documentation/deliverables (i.e. technical strategy document, option analysis) etc.
4.4. Experience providing updates and advice to senior management.
4.5. Experience presenting to executive steering committees responsible for project oversight and decision-making.
Supplier Comments
Diverse Lynx LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive due consideration for employment without any discrimination. All applicants will be evaluated solely on the basis of their ability, competence and their proven capability to perform the functions outlined in the corresponding role. We promote and support a diverse workforce across all levels in the company.

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