IT Project Manager - 6 Month Contract

Ontario (ON)  ‐ Onsite
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IT Project Manager - 6 Month Contract

Job Title: IT Project Manager  

Company: Direct IT Recruiting Inc.

Location: Toronto, Ontario

Status: 6 Month Contract

Job Category: Project Manager

Career Level: Intermediate to Senior

Work Experience: 5+ years as a PM, Agile, Waterfall, application development (Java, .NET, SQL), PMP

Industry: Financial

DESCRIPTION:

  • Working with the various stakeholder teams, the Project Manager will collaborate with other project managers and project sponsors on the planning, organization and implementation of various business strategies. The Project Manager will be a liaison for the other Project Teams and organization with external consultants, vendors to support all strategic activities.
  • Liaise with external consultants, vendors and internal lines-of-business
  • Provide project management direction and guidance to various project teams, adhering to proven project management methodologies, namely Agile methodology, and processes
  • Provide direction to define and manage project scope
  • Oversee task management of project resources Review and provide input on project documentation
  • Collaborate with reporting managers to effectively resource projects
  • Collaborate on the review and analysis of key business processes
  • Collaborate on the implementation of the communications plan
  • Work within project portfolio framework and adhere to defined standards and guidelines
  • Assist with change management directives and promote adoption of change
  • Develop and support innovate solutions to meet the needs of the organization that align with system architecture and strategic goals
  • Provide regular updates and information to project stakeholders regarding project progress and emerging issues

The successful candidate will have the following qualifications:

  • University Degree and Project Management Professional certification preferred
  • 5-7+ years project management experience
  • Proven track record of managing IT application development projects
  • Must be a strong leader and have the ability to explain and educate
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to work with team members in a Matrix environment
  • Experience working in an Agile environment, be familiar with Waterfall
  • Strong understanding of SDLC, software development life cycle
  • Strong ability to motivate and inspire others to achieve extraordinary results in a high performance culture
  • Excellent skills in project management and planning, using tools such as Microsoft Project
  • Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills
Start date
Immediately
Duration
6 months
From
Direct IT Recruiting INC.
Published at
28.04.2013
Project ID:
528742
Contract type
Freelance
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