Senior Project Manager, PMO Fixed Term (2 year contract)

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Algonquin College campuses in Ottawa Perth and Pembroke are located on the traditional unceded and unsurrendered territory of the Anishinàbe Algonquin People. The Algonquin People have inhabited and cared for these lands since time immemorial. We take this time to express our gratitude and respect to them and to the land for all that it has provided and will continue to provide.

Job Description:

The Senior Project Manager is accountable for delivering the identified project objectives on time and within budget. The incumbent is responsible for identifying resourcing and retaining project resource requirements and for managing the project work. The Senior Project Manager is also responsible for identifying stakeholders and managing the stakeholder engagement.

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for providing professional project management leadership and for coaching and contributing to the professional development of project resources. The Senior Project Manager is expected to contribute significantly to the development of standard business processes such as business case templates with measurable KPIs and project management standards processes and tools to grow the foundation of the Project Management Office (PMO) as well as contributing to the development of organizational service delivery and change management models.

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum four (4) year degree in Computer Science Management Information Systems or Business Administration

• Project management certification is required i.e. PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) or Prince 2;

• At least 9 years of project management experience with a strong record of delivering quality project outcomes within the defined scope time and cost parameters;

• Experience leading business transformation projects;

• Experience leading teams and managing deliverables in a matrix environment;

• Experience delivering automation solutions combined with business process improvement initiatives;

• Experience working with and presenting to upper management and senior executives;

• Experience with large enterprise projects and budgets of up to 5 million;

• Agile or Scrum Master designation is an asset;

• Excellent knowledge and experience with Software Development Life Cycle processes;

• Experience with Microsoft Project online is required;

• Business transformation experience;

• Project/Program management demonstrated capability;

• Excellent communication skills. Able to communicate well at varying levels of the College hierarchy;

• Excellent understanding of application development and systems development life cycle methodologies;

• Strong process engineering/design skills;

• Strong facilitation interpersonal and presentation skills;

• Results driven and self-motivated;

• Critical thinking and problem solving skills;

• Customer focused with strong analytical skills;

• Excellent leadership motivational and conflict resolution skills;

* Position is at Payband 12

* Position vacancy is for P19333

This position is eligible for hybrid work in conjunction with the CollegesFlexible Work ArrangementPolicy. to change).

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