Cloud Project Manager

Contract

Toronto

Summary:

As a Project Manager you will provide high impact leadership on strategic Infrastructure, IT Operations, projects and programs. You will be responsible for the execution of project and program management activities (including, building the project governance structure, analysis of deliverables, cross-organization engagement of stakeholders, business case planning and delivery of work-streams), Risk Mitigation, Communication and Financial tracking on assigned projects and programs.

• Lead the IT projects and programs and projects
• Develop, track and manage project budget, project plans, timelines and scope
• Manage Business Analysts and other IT staff in the delivery of high-quality IT solutions that meet business needs
• Evaluate and approve change requests on applications or systems
• Measure the impact of changes on others systems
• Manage resource work calendars and evaluate the need for resources
• Provide the Exec team with relevant contextual information and analytics to facilitate decision-making
• Translate key leadership decisions and align all stakeholder groups towards delivering the project objective
• Assist in prioritizing competing objectives through detailed cost-benefit analyses
• Ensure appropriate systems development and project management processes are being utilized
• Make presentations to steering committees or project sponsors
• Communicate work in progress to management and partners
• All other duties as assigned by management

• Must have experience moving enterprise applications/projects to AWS and having established associated processes, Experience in ecommerce, web builds
• Must have experience with fast paced projects with massive resource constraints, ability to say no to execs, good communicator
• 10+ years of project management experience.
• Ability to work under pressure and react with urgency, meet deadlines and produce results on time
• Ability to respond quickly and effectively under constant changing conditions
• Ability to work in a multi-function, multi-tasking, detailed environment both within a team as well as independently
• College/University degree in IT/ Computer Science/ Networking
• PMP Certification is a must
• Experience in managing new software implementation
• Demonstrated success in managing multiple IT projects simultaneously with varying degrees of complexity
• Solid understanding of Information Technology and its corresponding domains
• Ability to negotiate a compromise among business partners with competing priorities
• Working knowledge of French is an asset